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David Gilbert

position

Defensive Line

Height

6-4

Weight

254 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Coral Springs, Fla.

High School

Northeast HS

David Gilbert - Football - University of Miami Athletics

2013 (Senior): Transferred to Miami at start of fall camp in August … Played in 12 games along defensive line, recording 10 tackles with 1.5 tackles for loss … Tied for team lead with two fumble recoveries … Recorded tackle in eight different games … Recorded 0.5 sack and recovered fumble in Canes debut vs. FAU … Had two tackles and TFL in rout of Savannah State … Returned fumble 72 yards for TD in Senior Day win over Virginia … Earned letter.

2012 (Redshirt Junior, Wisconsin): Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten selection … Recorded two tackles against Stanford in Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 … Collected three tackles, including 0.5 for loss, and forced fumble in Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 … Recorded three tackles, including 1.0 for loss at Penn St on Nov. 24 … Collected three tackles, including 1.0 for loss, against Ohio State on Nov. 17 … Tallied two tackles at Indiana on Nov. 10 … Recorded three tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1.5 for loss and forced fumble against Michigan State on Oct. 27 … Tallied three tackles, including 0.5 for loss and one quarterback hurry, against Minnesota on Oct. 20 … Finished with four tackles, including 0.5 sacks and 1.5 TFL, at Purdue on Oct. 13 … Recorded three tackles against Illinois on Oct. 6 … Made three tackles, including 1.0 for loss, 1.0 sacks and forced one fumble at Nebraska on Sept. 29 … Collected three tackles and one quarterback hurry against UTEP on Sept. 22 … Made seven tackles, including 1.0 TFL, and 1.0 sacks against Utah State on Sept. 15 … Recorded three tackles at Oregon State on Sept. 8, tying career-high with 1.5 tackles for loss, and recording career-first pass break up … Started at defensive end against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1, recorded one tackle… Earned letter … Graduated form Wisconsin in August 2013.

2011 (Junior, Wisconsin): Started first four games of season before suffering season-ending foot injury … Picked up one sack and finished with two tackles against South Dakota on Sept. 24 … Recorded one tackle against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 … Named UW’s co-defensive player of the week after making three tackles with one sack against Oregon State on Sept. 10 … In career-first start, matched career high with four tackles, forced fumble and recorded career-high 1.5 tackles for loss with sack against UNLV on Sept. 1.

2010 (Sophomore, Wisconsin): Played in all 13 games … Recorded one tackle against TCU in Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 … Made one tackle against Northwestern on Nov. 27 … Tied then-career high with four tackles at Michigan on Nov. 20 … Recorded two tackles and one quarterback hurry against Indiana on Nov. 13 … Served on kick return, punt return and punt units at Purdue on Nov. 6 … Saw playing time at Iowa on Oct. 23 … Recorded two tackles inwin over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 … Made two tackles against Minnesota on Oct. 9 … Posted half-sack at Michigan State on Oct. 2 … Tied then-career high with four tackles and had career-first sack against Austin Peay on Sept. 25 … Saw playing time against Arizona State on Sept. 18 … Played on kickoff and punt return units against San Jose State on Sept. 11, but left game due to concussion … Named UW’s co-special teams player of the week after making career-high four tackles at UNLV on Sept. 4 … Earned letter.

2009 (True Freshman, Wisconsin): Played in 12 of 13 games, only missing season opener against Northern Illinois … Had two tackles against Northwestern on Nov. 21 … Posted Two tackles against Indiana on Nov. 7 … Named UW’s special teams player of the week after blocking punt that was returned for touchdown against Purdue on Oct. 31 … Recorded first two tackles and first two fumble recoveries of career, including one for touchdown after blocked punt, against Wofford on Sept. 19 … Made Wisconsin debut against Fresno State on Sept. 12 … Earned letter.

High School:
Ranked as the No. 12 defensive end in the nation and 44th-best player in the state of Florida by Rivals.com … No. 11 player in Florida by Soflafootball.com … 75th-best player in Florida by SuperPrep … First-team all-state and all-county as senior at Northeast HS … All-area player (Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel) … No. 22 ranked player by Sun Sentinel … Team captain as senior with 73 tackles, 15 sacks, five TFLs and 16 QB hurries … 130 tackles, 22 TFLs and 24 QB sacks in career … 73 tackles, five TFLs and 15 QB sacks as junior … 57 tackles, 17 TFLs, nine QB sacks and two blocked field goals as sophomore … Head coach was Adam Ratkevich.

Personal:
Son of Lancelot and Ann-Marie Gilbert … Was double-major in sociology and political science at Wisconsin.

 GILBERT CAREER STATISTICS
SEASON G-GS UT AT TT TFL YDS SACK YDS FF FR PBU INT YDS
2009 12-0 4 2 6 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2010 13-0 13 8 21 1.5 11 1.5 11 0 0 0 0 0
2011 4-4 4 6 10 3.5 27 3.0 26 1 0 0 0 0
2012 14-13 21 21 42 9.5 46 4.0 21 3 0 1 0 0
2013 12-0 6 4 10 1.5 4 0.5 2 0 2 0 0 0
CAREER 55-17 47 41 89 16.0 88 9.0 60 4 3 1 0 0