Cornerback, Florida Atlantic, 2017–⁠21

Zyon Gilbert

Number: No. 24
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 170 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
Born: Feb 4, 1999

Zyon Gilbert played cornerback at Florida Atlantic (2017–⁠21).

15tackles, career highat Buffalo, 2017

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2017 and 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Florida Atlantic	52	30	2.5	0	0	1	0
2018	Florida Atlantic	51	30	0.5	0	0	0	0
2019	Florida Atlantic	48	35	0	0	2	8	0
2020	Florida Atlantic	46	29	0.5	0	1	5	0
2021	Florida Atlantic	50	34	2	1	2	10	1
Career		247	158	5.5	1	5	24	1

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD	PR	Yds	TD
2017	Florida Atlantic	–	–	–	1	0	0
2020	Florida Atlantic	4	72	0	–	–	–
Career		4	72	0	1	0	0

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Florida Atlantic	24	CB	Yr 1
2018	Florida Atlantic	24	CB	Yr 2
2019	Florida Atlantic	24	CB	Yr 3
2020	Florida Atlantic	24	CB	Yr 4
2021	Florida Atlantic	24	CB	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′1″	170

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2021 Florida Atlantic 12 games, 50 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	atFlorida	L 14–⁠35	7	4	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Georgia Southern	W 38–⁠6	1	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 18	vs.Fordham	W 45–⁠14	1	1	0	0	1	2
Sep 25	atAir Force	L 7–⁠31	6	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 2	vs.Florida International	W 58–⁠21	2	1	0	0	1	0
Oct 9	atUAB	L 14–⁠31	6	5	2	1	0	1
Oct 21	atCharlotte	W 38–⁠9	5	3	0	0	0	1
Oct 30	vs.UTEP	W 28–⁠25	3	2	0	0	0	4
Nov 6	vs.Marshall	L 13–⁠28	4	3	0	0	0	1
Nov 13	atOld Dominion	L 16–⁠30	3	2	0	0	0	0
Nov 20	atWestern Kentucky	L 17–⁠52	11	9	0	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 17–⁠27	1	1	0	0	0	0

2020 Florida Atlantic 9 games, 46 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Oct 3	vs.Charlotte	W 21–⁠17	8	4	0.5	0	1
Oct 24	atMarshall	L 9–⁠20	8	6	0	0	0
Oct 31	vs.UTSA	W 24–⁠3	4	3	0	0	1
Nov 7	vs.Western Kentucky	W 10–⁠6	5	2	0	0	0
Nov 13	atFlorida International	W 38–⁠19	4	2	0	0	0
Nov 20	vs.Massachusetts	W 24–⁠2	0	0	0	0	2
Dec 5	atGeorgia Southern	L 3–⁠20	5	4	0	0	0
Dec 10	atSouthern Miss	L 31–⁠45	5	4	0	0	0
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Memphis	L 10–⁠25	7	4	0	1	1

2019 Florida Atlantic 12 games, 48 tackles, 2 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Aug 31	atOhio State	L 21–⁠45	3	2	0	0
Sep 7	vs.UCF	L 14–⁠48	2	1	0	0
Sep 14	atBall State	W 41–⁠31	8	7	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Wagner	W 42–⁠7	0	0	0	1
Sep 28	atCharlotte	W 45–⁠27	3	3	1	3
Oct 12	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 28–⁠13	8	6	0	0
Oct 18	vs.Marshall	L 31–⁠36	6	2	0	0
Oct 26	atOld Dominion	W 41–⁠3	0	0	0	1
Nov 2	atWestern Kentucky	W 35–⁠24	7	5	1	2
Nov 9	vs.Florida International	W 37–⁠7	3	2	0	0
Nov 23	atUTSA	W 40–⁠26	4	3	0	1
Dec 21 ✦	vs.SMU	W 52–⁠28	4	4	0	0

2018 Florida Atlantic 12 games, 51 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 1	atOklahoma	L 14–⁠63	4	3	0
Sep 8	vs.Air Force	W 33–⁠26	4	2	0.5
Sep 15	vs.Bethune-Cookman	W 49–⁠28	2	1	0
Sep 21	atUCF	L 36–⁠56	5	4	0
Sep 29	atMiddle Tennessee	L 24–⁠25	8	8	0
Oct 6	vs.Old Dominion	W 52–⁠33	4	1	0
Oct 20	atMarshall	L 7–⁠31	4	1	0
Oct 26	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 13–⁠21	5	4	0
Nov 3	atFlorida International	W 49–⁠14	4	2	0
Nov 10	vs.Western Kentucky	W 34–⁠15	4	1	0
Nov 15	atNorth Texas	L 38–⁠41	3	1	0
Nov 24	vs.Charlotte	L 24–⁠27	4	2	0

2017 Florida Atlantic 12 games, 52 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	PD
Sep 1	vs.Navy	L 19–⁠42	4	3	0	0
Sep 9	atWisconsin	L 14–⁠31	5	5	0	0
Sep 16	vs.Bethune-Cookman	W 45–⁠0	2	1	0	0
Sep 23	atBuffalo	L 31–⁠34	15	9	2	0
Sep 30	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 38–⁠20	5	3	0	1
Oct 7	atOld Dominion	W 58–⁠28	1	0	0	0
Oct 21	vs.North Texas	W 69–⁠31	1	1	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Marshall	W 30–⁠25	4	1	0	0
Nov 11	atLouisiana Tech	W 48–⁠23	6	3	0	0
Nov 18	vs.Florida International	W 52–⁠24	1	0	0.5	0
Nov 25	atCharlotte	W 31–⁠12	4	2	0	0
Dec 2	vs.North Texas	W 41–⁠17	4	2	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2022
Height	6′0¼″
Weight	193 lb
Arm length	30⅞″
Hand size	8⅞″
40-yard dash	4.49 s
10-yard split	1.54 s
Vertical jump	40″
Broad jump	11′6″
3-cone drill	7.34 s
20-yard shuttle	4.29 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 3 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2022	New York Giants	3	14	1	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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