Stephon
Gilmore.
Stephon
Gilmore.
South Carolina· 6'0"· 190 lb· 4.38s 40
Gilmore best projects to a Cover-3 or Cover-2 zone-heavy scheme that prioritizes long and fluid athletes with good COD ability.
Starter at boundary CB from day one with the potential to develop into a Pro Bowl caliber lockdown corner.
Man-heavy schemes where he is consistently isolated on shifty slot receivers or asked to press elite, quick-twitch wideouts.
A highly athletic corner with excellent length and speed, Gilmore projects as a versatile asset in a zone defense. His impressive change of direction skills and burst make him an ideal fit for schemes that blend zone coverage with man principles that would allow him to play off-man and funnel receivers to help. Though raw in some aspects of his technique, his natural physical traits and instincts will make him a valuable addition to an opportunistic defense.
Selected #10 overall in Round 1 of the 2012 NFL Draft by Buffalo Bills out of South Carolina.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.38sp50
- Vertical
- 36inp50
- Broad jump
- 123inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.61sp50
- Shuttle
- 3.94sp50
- Bench
- 15repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | South Carolina | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | South Carolina | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Stephon Gilmore has played cornerback for the Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Indianapolis Colts, and Dallas Cowboys. He is a former Defensive Player of the Year and multiple-time Pro Bowler and All-Pro.