Eli Gillman
| Montana Grizzlies – No. 10 | |
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| Position | Running back |
| Class |  Sophomore |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | Cokato, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Dassel-Cokato Senior High (Cokato, Minnesota) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Eli Gillman is a running back for the University of Montana Grizzlies football team. He is from Dassel, Minnesota.
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 | ||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Montana Grizzlies | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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
- ^ "2024 Football Roster - Eli Gillman". gogriz.com. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ "Eli Gillman - Football". University of Montana Athletics.
- ^ "Montana running back Eli Gillman wins Jerry Rice Award". MontanaSports.com (MTSPX). December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Montana Grizzlies running back Eli Gillman puts together a freshman season for the ages". 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Montana running back Eli Gillman takes Big Sky Conference offensive player of the week honors". MontanaSports.com (MTSPX). September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Eli Gillman - Montana Grizzlies Running Back". ESPN.
- ^ "Eli Gillman Career Stats - NCAAF". ESPN. Retrieved December 2, 2024.