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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Virginia Tech
Kelvin Gilliam Jr.
DL • 6'3" • 295 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA
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Impact Production
51
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
30
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oklahoma • Virginia Tech
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: California
Player Story
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Kelvin Gilliam Jr.'s...
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- Committed To
- Oklahoma
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Kelvin Gilliam Jr., DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech. Kelvin Gilliam Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 78
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Virginia Tech · DL
- Career Tackles
- 78
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
- Top game
- California
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Highland Springs · Oklahoma
- High school pipeline
- Highland Springs · 29 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 34 tackles · DL 102nd (top 10%) · ACC 167th (top 21%) · National 1,173rd (top 19%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 4 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 19 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 12 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 27.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 12 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 12 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42.6 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oklahoma to Virginia Tech | P4 to P4 | 81.4 | Dec 7, 2023 |
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. played DL for Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kelvin Gilliam Jr. recorded 78 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Virginia Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Virginia Tech paired 10 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oklahoma, Virginia Tech.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: California
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
4.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
California
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Wofford: 3.5. NC State: 0. Wake Forest: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. California: 4. Louisville: 0. Florida State: 0. Miami: 0. Virginia: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 2 by 8.3. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. Wofford: 4 by 51.7. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 4 by 16.7. California: 4 by 56.7. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 5 by 20.8. Virginia: 2 by 13.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.5 · Games = 3 · +2.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 9 · -2.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
California
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs California
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Virginia | L 7-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Miami | L 17-34 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Florida State | L 14-34 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Louisville | L 16-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/24 | vs CaliforniaSplash game | W 42-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Georgia Tech | L 20-35 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Wake Forest | L 23-30 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ NC State | W 23-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs WoffordSplash game | W 38-6 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Old Dominion | L 26-45 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Vanderbilt | L 20-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ South Carolina | L 11-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. story
Kelvin Gilliam Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Richmond, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Oklahoma and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Kelvin Gilliam Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 78 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Kelvin Gilliam Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Oklahoma
2021-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Virginia Tech
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 1.5 | 9 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Oklahoma | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Virginia Tech | 5 | 16.3 | 3.8 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 5 | 16.3 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Virginia Tech | 10 | 20.1 | 4.7 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 80 California
Week 9 · W 42-34 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Old Dominion
Week 3 · W 37-17
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Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Wofford
Week 4 · W 38-6
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Virginia
Week 14 · W 37-17 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
51.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.
#5
vs UTEP
Week 1 · W 45-13
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Havoc Plays
48.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech
10 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 4.7 usage
42.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Oklahoma
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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