Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Louisville
Ashton Gillotte
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Boca Raton, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ashton Gillotte shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Virginia
Player Story
Ashton Gillotte built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Boca Raton, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Ashton Gillotte's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 3 · Pick 2
- Overall
- No. 66
- NFL Team
- Kansas City Chiefs
Ashton Gillotte, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Louisville. Ashton Gillotte shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 126
- TFL
- 36
- Sacks
- 25
- QB hurries
- 20
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ashton Gillotte quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 126
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Virginia
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Millard South · Fresno State
- High school pipeline
- Millard South · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 3 · Pick 2 · Kansas City Chiefs
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 43 tackles · DL 43rd (top 5%) · ACC 103rd (top 14%) · National 822nd (top 14%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Louisville | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 22 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 13 | 41 | 11.5 | 10 | 6 | - | 0 | 72.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 12 | 43 | 10 | 4.5 | 10 | - | 0 | 66 |
Related Context
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Ashton Gillotte played DL for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ashton Gillotte recorded 126 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Louisville paired 27.5 primary output with 34.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · Louisville
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
7.5
Consistency
56.2
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 2. Syracuse: 3. Florida State: 2. Boston College: 0. Virginia: 2.5. Pittsburgh: 0. Wake Forest: 1. James Madison: 0. Clemson: 0. NC State: 2. Kentucky: 3.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Cincinnati: 1 by 24.2. Syracuse: 3 by 42.5. Florida State: 1 by 24.2. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 3 by 37.5. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 0 by 10. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 4 by 36.7. Kentucky: 2 by 43.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/17 | vs CincinnatiSplash game | W 24-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | @ KentuckySplash game | L 13-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs NC StateSplash game | W 25-10 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Clemson | L 16-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs James Madison | W 34-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Wake Forest | W 48-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | vs Pittsburgh | W 24-10 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ VirginiaSplash game | W 34-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Boston College | L 33-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/16 | vs Florida StateSplash game | L 31-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | @ SyracuseSplash game | L 7-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ashton Gillotte story
Ashton Gillotte built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Boca Raton, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Ashton Gillotte's career was his defensive production: 126 tackles, 36 tackles for loss, 25 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Louisville. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ashton Gillotte's production has multiple signals. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville.
The arc is straightforward: Ashton Gillotte moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Louisville | 14 | 19.9 | 7.1 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 14 | 19.9 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 16 | 23.3 | 7.5 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 16 | 23.3 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 27.5 | 34.3 | 12.6 | 11.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 24.5 | 34.5 | 10.9 | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Virginia
Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Florida State
Week 4 · W 31-23 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Duke
Week 9 · W 23-0 · Conference game
5
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 37-9 · Conference game
6
Havoc Plays
87.5 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 13 · L 13-26
3.5
Havoc Plays
81.1 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Louisville
27.5 primary output · 34.3 efficiency · 12.6 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Louisville
66
24.5 primary · 34.5 efficiency · 10.9 usage
#3
2022 Postseason · Louisville
50.1
16 primary · 23.3 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
17
Impact games
24
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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