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Gilchrist Fact: Averaged 29.8 yards per kickoff return as a freshman in 2007.
Years Lettered: 2007
Bowl Participation: Reserve cornerback in the 2007 Chick-fil-A Bowl against #21 Auburn.
Fall 2008 Depth Chart Position: Second-team cornerback
Overview: Second-team cornerback behind Chris Chancellor...his presence is a reason Clemson has a deep secondary, ranking among the best in the nation...high school All-American who was rated as the #8 cornerback in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com in high school...played in the U.S. Army All-Star game in 2006...named the top performer in the weight room among cornerbacks for the 2008 spring practice.
2007: Saw a lot of action as a second-team cornerback and contributed in the return game...played all 13 games; he played on defense in 11 games, including double-figures in snaps in each of the last five games...played 26 snaps against Wake Forest and had a season-high five tackles...played 25 snaps against Central Michigan and had four tackles...had a 66-yard kickoff return that set up a score at Duke; also had three tackles in 23 snaps...played just 12 snaps in the first five games and 147 in the last eight...had his only pass breakup at Maryland and had a recovered fumble at South Carolina.
Before Clemson: Rated as the #8 cornerback in the nation by CollegeFootballNews.com...#6 cornerback in the nation by Rivals.com...#42 prospect in the nation by Rivals.com...#7 cornerback in the nation by Scout.com...#47 prospect in the nation by Tom Lemming...#11 defensive back in the nation by PrepStar...member of the PrepStar 100...member of the ESPN 150 by ESPN.com...second-team All-American by USA Today...SuperPrep All-American at T. Wingate Andrews High School...All-American by PrepStar...U.S. Army All-American Bowl participant...U.S. Army All-American scholar...#5 prospect in North Carolina by SuperPrep...#3 prospect in North Carolina by Rivals.com...Carolina Panthers Community Captain Nominee...Watkins Award Semifinalist...Shrine Bowl selection...all-state as a junior and two-time all-conference pick...Piedmont-Triad AAA Defensive Player-of-the-Year as a junior...NCHSAA Scholar-Athlete...participant in the North Carolina Athletic Association First-Team Program...missed four games as a senior due to an elbow injury...totaled 46 tackles, two interceptions, four pass breakups, one rushing touchdown, and one touchdown on a punt return as a senior...had 235 yards rushing, 110 yards receiving, nine punt returns for 185 yards, and nine kickoff returns for 215 yards as a senior...as a junior, he had 52 tackles, 10 interceptions, and seven pass breakups; he also had four kickoff returns, two punt returns, and two interception returns for touchdowns as a junior...scored 11 touchdowns as a junior...had 1,460 all-purpose yards as a junior, including 220 rushing, 181 receiving, and 1,059 on returns...averaged 17 yards per touch in all-purpose yards as a junior...four-year letterman in basketball and conference player-of-the-year as a senior...all-conference in basketball as a junior...three-year letterman in track & field; he was a member of the state championship 4x200m team...participated as a Peer to Peer mentor...volunteered at the High Point Salvation Army in the Angel Tree Program...recruited by Billy Napier...chose Clemson over Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Southern California, Tennessee, and Virginia Tech...born Dec. 8, 1988...majoring in pre-business.
