Player Dossier

2009-2011

South Carolina

Stephon Gilmore

CB • 6'1" • Rock Hill, SC, USA

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Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

Stephon Gilmore built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a cornerback from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Stephon Gilmore's career was his defensive...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2009 · Rating 0.9812

South Pointe · Rock Hill, SC

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2009

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2012
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 10
Overall
No. 10
NFL Team
Buffalo Bills

Stephon Gilmore, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Postseason · South Carolina. Stephon Gilmore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1
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2011 · South Carolina · Player Highlight

Stephon Gilmore college highlights at South Carolina.

Season
2011
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Stephon Gilmore quick answers

Latest team and position
South Carolina · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 26 games
Best season
2011 Postseason · South Carolina
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
4-star · South Pointe · South Carolina
High school pipeline
South Pointe · 20 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
NFL Draft
2012 · Round 1 · Pick 10 · Buffalo Bills
Latest roster
No. 5 · Class 2011

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2009 PostseasonSouth Carolina100-0--010.1
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina100-0--010.1
2010 PostseasonSouth Carolina80-0--031.7
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina80-0--131.7
2011 PostseasonSouth Carolina80-0--053.3
2011 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina80-0--053.3

Related Context

Stephon Gilmore played CB for South Carolina. Across 3 tracked seasons, Stephon Gilmore recorded 68 passing yards, 37 rushing yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2009 with South Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Postseason

South Carolina paired 4 primary output with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2011 Postseason · South Carolina

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10

Usage

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 1. East Carolina: 0. Navy: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 1. Tennessee: 1. The Citadel: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

20 vs Nebraska

Result
Mon 1/2vs NebraskaW 30-131
Sat 11/19vs The CitadelW 41-20
Sat 10/29@ TennesseeW 14-31
Sat 10/8vs KentuckyW 54-31
Sat 10/1vs AuburnL 13-16
Sat 9/24vs VanderbiltW 21-31
Sat 9/17vs NavyW 24-21
Sat 9/3vs East CarolinaW 56-37

Player Story

Stephon Gilmore story

Stephon Gilmore built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a cornerback from Rock Hill, SC wearing No. 5, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Stephon Gilmore's career was his defensive production: 8 interceptions across 26 career games in the available record. His career also includes 68 passing yards, 37 rushing yards, and 253 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Stephon Gilmore's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Carolina

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200920092010201020112011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 PostseasonSouth Carolina12
2009 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina120
2010 PostseasonSouth Carolina37.52
2010 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina37.50
2011 PostseasonSouth Carolina4101
2011 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina4100

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 3 · W 38-16

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Florida State

Week 1 · L 17-26 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida

Week 11 · W 36-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Furman

Week 3 · W 38-19

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Nebraska

Week 1 · W 30-13 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Postseason · South Carolina

4 primary output · 10 efficiency · usage

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#2

2011 Regular Season · South Carolina

53.3

4 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

#3

2010 Postseason · South Carolina

31.7

3 primary · 7.5 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games