Eli Gillman is an American college football running back for the Montana Grizzlies. He won the 2023 Jerry Rice Award.

High school career

Gillman attended Dassel-Cokato Senior High in Cokato, Minnesota. As a senior, Gillman had 43 touchdowns and ran for more than 1,900 yards before committing to play college football at the University of Montana. He also held offers from Central Michigan, Northern Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Georgetown, and Dartmouth.[1]

He helped lead his high school team, Dassel Cokato, to its first state championship.[2]

College career

He had the most rushing yards by a freshman in the University of Montana's history and won the Jerry Rice Award.[3] He also had the longest touchdown run in the program's history.[4]

His sophomore year he racked up 175 yards and a touchdown in a win over Western Carolina.[5] For the season he has more than a thousand yards rushing and 15 rushing touchdowns.[6]

Statistics

Season Games Receiving Rushing Punt Returns Kick Returns
GP GS Rec Yds Avg TD Att Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
2022 2 0 1 5 5.0 0 8 65 8.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 15 15 19 140 7.4 0 194 968 5.0 12 0 0 0 0 2 34 17 0
2024 13 13 18 176 9.8 2 157 1,092 7.0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career[7] 30 30 38 321 8.4 2 359 2,125 5.9 28 0 0 0 0 2 34 17 0

References

  1. ^ "2024 Football Roster - Eli Gillman". gogriz.com. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Eli Gillman - Football". University of Montana Athletics.
  3. ^ "Montana running back Eli Gillman wins Jerry Rice Award". MontanaSports.com (MTSPX). December 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Montana Grizzlies running back Eli Gillman puts together a freshman season for the ages". 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Montana running back Eli Gillman takes Big Sky Conference offensive player of the week honors". MontanaSports.com (MTSPX). September 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "Eli Gillman - Montana Grizzlies Running Back". ESPN.
  7. ^ "Eli Gillman Career Stats - NCAAF". ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2024.


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