Player Dossier

2024-2025

Kentucky

Hardley Gilmore IV

WR • 6'1" • 183 lbs • Belle Glade, FL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Hardley Gilmore IV reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

45

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Hardley Gilmore IV built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Belle Glade, FL wearing No. 17, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Hardley Gilmore IV's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9052

Pahokee · Pahokee, FL

Committed To
Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Hardley Gilmore IV, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kentucky. Hardley Gilmore IV reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
466
Receptions
34
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Hardley Gilmore IV quick answers

Latest team and position
Kentucky · WR
Career Receiving Yards
466
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 17 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Pahokee · Kentucky
High school pipeline
Pahokee · 34 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Sophomore
2025 Receiving yards rank
313 receiving yards · WR 349th (top 32%) · SEC 57th (top 21%) · National 427th (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky56153155
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky1228313164.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Kentucky to BaylorP4 to P479.8Jan 12, 2026
2025Nebraska to KentuckyP4 to P481.2Apr 17, 2025

Hardley Gilmore IV played WR for Kentucky. Across 2 tracked seasons, Hardley Gilmore IV recorded 9 rushing yards, 466 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 313 primary output with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 72.7th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

26.1

Efficiency

58.9

Usage

12.7

Consistency

55.3

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Toledo: -5. Ole Miss: 54. Eastern Michigan: 48. South Carolina: 0. Georgia: 24. Texas: 34. Tennessee: 0. Auburn: 7. Florida: 9. Tennessee Tech: 61. Vanderbilt: 55. Louisville: 26

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 2 by 0. Ole Miss: 2 by 100. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 100. Georgia: 3 by 53.3. Texas: 4 by 56.7. Tennessee: 3 by 0. Auburn: 1 by 46.7. Florida: 2 by 30. Tennessee Tech: 2 by 100. Vanderbilt: 6 by 61.1. Louisville: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins24 · Games = 5 · -3.6 vs Losses
Losses27.6 · Games = 7 · +3.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Louisville

Result
Sat 11/29@ LouisvilleL 0-411262626026
Sat 11/22@ VanderbiltL 17-456559.29.20015
Sat 11/15vs Tennessee TechW 42-1026130.530.50145
Sun 11/9vs FloridaW 38-7294.54.5008
Sat 11/1@ AuburnW 10-3177707
Sat 10/25vs TennesseeL 34-56300007
Sat 10/18vs TexasL 13-164348.58.50011
Sat 10/4@ GeorgiaL 14-3532488015
Sat 9/27@ South CarolinaL 13-350
Sat 9/13vs Eastern MichiganW 48-232482424032
Sat 9/6vs Ole MissL 23-302542727038
Sat 8/30vs ToledoW 24-162-5-2.5-2.5000

Player Story

Hardley Gilmore IV story

Hardley Gilmore IV built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Belle Glade, FL wearing No. 17, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Hardley Gilmore IV's career was his receiving role: 34 catches, 466 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns, and 9 rushing yards across 17 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 rushing yards and 26 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Hardley Gilmore IV's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Kentucky

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonKentucky15386.78.4
2025 Regular SeasonKentucky31358.912.7160

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 119 Eastern Michigan

Week 3 · W 48-23

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

78.1 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Tennessee Tech

Week 12 · W 42-10

61

Receiving Yards

77.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

61 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Murray State

Week 12 · W 48-6

72

Receiving Yards

76.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

72 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs No. 7 Ole Miss

Week 2 · L 23-30 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

54

Receiving Yards

76.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ No. 11 Vanderbilt

Week 13 · L 17-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

55

Receiving Yards

73.4 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

55 receiving yards with a 61.1 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Kentucky

313 primary output · 58.9 efficiency · 12.7 usage

64.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Kentucky

55

153 primary · 86.7 efficiency · 8.4 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games