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Rotational defensive role
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2018-2023UConn
Eriq Gilyard
LB • 5'10" • 229 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Eriq Gilyard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
34
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · UCF
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- UCF • Kansas • UConn
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
Eriq Gilyard built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL, spending time with Kansas, UCF, and UConn. The clearest part of Eriq Gilyard's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- UCF
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Eriq Gilyard, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · UCF. Eriq Gilyard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.4 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- UConn · LB
- Career Tackles
- 225
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 50 games
- Best season
- 2020 Postseason · UCF
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Trinity Christian Academy · UCF
- High school pipeline
- Trinity Christian Academy · 46 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 4 tackles · LB 913th (top 75%) · FBS Independents 109th (top 58%) · National 3,554th (top 60%)
Eriq Gilyard played LB for UCF, Kansas, and UConn. Across 6 tracked seasons, Eriq Gilyard recorded 225 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UCF.
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