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Name: Eli Gillman
College: Montana
Number: 10
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 215
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Class/Draft Year: rSr/2027
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Eli Gillman, Montana, Player News
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09/28 WEEK 4 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eli Gillman, RB, Montana,...Not even halfway through his senior season, Eli Gillman put an exclamation mark of a game on a career whose legend continues to grow by the day. Already sitting at the top of Montana's record books Gillman had his best game ever as a Grizzly on Saturday night, rushing for a school record 275 yards and four touchdowns to become the Big Sky Conference's outright all-time leader in rushing TDs. He saved his biggest performance f or UM's biggest game of the season to date, leading the No. 4/5 Grizzlies to a dominant 62-22 road win over No. 9/10 UC Davis in the FCS Game of the Week.Gillman's day at Davis was one the best in all of college football this season and he earned his flowers on Monday, sweeping the weekly awards as both the Stats Perform FCS National Offensive player of the Week and the Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week. Gillman's 275 yards broke Montana's 25-year-old single-game rushing record of 265 set by Y ohance Humphrey against Weber State in 2001. Those 275 yards are also the most in a single game in the Big Sky, the FCS, and all of D-I football so far this season. His four rushing touchdowns are also tied for the most in D-I football. They brought his career total to 60 rushing touchdowns, moving him past Sacramento State's Charles Roberts to become the league's all-time rushing touchdown record holder. - Montana Football
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09/28 WEEK 4 STATS FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eli Gillman, Montana, RB, R-Sr., 6-0, 215,...Gillman set Montana's single-game record with 275 rushing yards and scored on four runs to become the Big Sky Conference's all-time leader in rushi ng touchdowns (60) in the Grizzlies' 62-22 rout of No. 10 UC Davis. He averaged 10.6 yards on 26 carries, which included a 58-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. That was Gillman's 13th overall TD this season - the FCS high. Honorable Mention: Giovanni Adopte, WR, Gardner-Webb; Jaden Green, RB, Cal Poly; Jerry Kaminski, QB, North Dakota; Jax Leatherwood, QB, Tennessee Tech; Riley Warzynski, QB, Drake. - STATS Opta Analyst FCS Football
(DS#5 RB) rSr/2027 RB Eli Gillman, Montana
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Montana running back Eli Gillman set a school single-game rushing record with 275 yards and added a career high four rushing touchdowns as the Grizz dominated UC Davis, 62-22. Montana kept their No. 4 ranking in this week's AFCA FCS Coaches Poll while th e Aggies dropped to No. 15. Gillman's four rushing touchdowns gave him 60 for his career, moving him into first place all-time as the Big Sky Conference's rushing touchdown leader. No. 1 Montana State handed then-No. 17 Northern Arizona its second loss o f the season, 28-14, dropping the Lumberjacks to No. 19. South Dakota State still sits No. 2 after beating Eastern Illinois, 42-7. The Jackrabbits will hit the road this coming Saturday to face a reeling Illinois State team, who were upset by Northern Io wa, 28-21, and dropped seven places to No. 11. Tarleton State was idle and stayed at No. 3 while Stephen F. Austin jumped one spot to enter the top five.Youngstown State defeated then-No. 12 South Dakota, 47-28, and moved up three to No. 10 as the y travel to Carbondale, Illinois, to face their third straight ranked opponent in No. 25 Southern Illinois on Saturday. Joining Southern Illinois on the newcomers to the top 25 is Jackson State and Campbell. The Tigers enter the poll at No. 23 with a 4-0 record while the Camels are 4-1 and ranked No. 24. - American Football Coaches Association
(DS#5 RB) rSr/2027 RB Eli Gillman, Montana
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09/14 WEEK 2 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eli Gillman, RB, Montana,...A week after setting the program record for career rushing touchdowns, Gillman established a new school record for career total touchdowns Saturday, pushing his tally to 62. H e also set a new program record for career points scored among non-kickers, finishing the day with 372. Gillman's 147-yard effort against Utah Tech marked his 18th career 100-yard rushing game and his second consecutive week with three rushing touchdowns . The performance featured a 75-yard touchdown run - the longest in the Big Sky this week and the second longest of his career. Gillman also became just the fourth Grizzly in program history to surpass 4,000 career rushing yards, finishing the game with 4,005. He now needs 66 yards to break Yohance Humphrey's program record of 4,070 rushing yards. The only player left ahead of Gillman on the conference's all-time total touchdown list is Cooper Kupp, who finished his career at Eastern Washington with 77. Gillman now needs 16 total touchdowns to break Kupp's Big Sky record. - Montana Football
(DS#5 RB) rSr/2027 RB Eli Gillman, Montana
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2025 BIG SKY OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Eli Gillman, RB, Montana,...Gillman, who led the league in rushing yards per game (105.1) and rushing touchdowns (17), became the first Grizzly to win Offensive Player of the Year honors since John Edw ards in 2002. Additionally, Gillman joins all-time great Cooper Kupp as the only Big Sky players to have won both the Freshman of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year honors during their career. - Big Sky Football
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Eli Gillman ran for 123 yards and two touchdowns, Kenzel Lawler returned an interception 21 yards for a TD, and Montana beat Cal Poly 28-9 on Saturday. Keali'i Ah Yat was 27-of-41 passing for 257 yards with a 24-yard scoring strike to Michael Wortham tha t gave Montana the lead for good at 14-9 early in the fourth quarter. Wortham finished with 84 yards receiving on 10 catches for Montana (6-0, 3-0 Big Sky Conference), ranked No. 4 in the FCS coaches poll.Ty Dieffenbach threw a short pass to Brook s Wheatley who raced 21 yards to the end zone for a 26-yard touchdown (the 2-point conversion failed) early in the second quarter and Nick Serna kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to give Cal Poly (3-4, 1-2) a 9-0 lead. After t he Grizzlies punted on the opening possession of the second half, Lawler's pick-6 got Montana on the scoreboard before Wortham's TD catch with 13:37 to play capped a 14-play, 96-yard drive. Gillman ran for scores of 17 and 13 yards from there as the Griz zlies outscored Cal Poly 28-0 in the second half. Montana leads the all-time series with the Mustangs 20-5. - AP College Football
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WEEK 5 FCS NATIONAL TEAM OF THE WEEK: Montana Grizzlies (41-30 win over then-No. 8 Idaho),...The Grizzlies (4-0) never trailed Idaho while winning their Big Sky Conference opener and retaining the Little Brown Stein traveling trophy. Eli Gillman (career- high 27 carries, 142 yards, two touchdowns), Keali'I Ah Yat (TD run and pass) and Michael Wortham (164 all-purpose yards, TD) led the offense, while safety Kade Boyd had a team-high six tackles and a fumble recovery. Honorable Mention: Cal Poly (32-24 wi n at then-No. 21 Sacramento State); Mercer (38-34 win at ETSU); North Dakota State (51-14 win over then-No. 17 South Dakota); UIW (38-7 win over then-No. 12 Abilene Christian). - Stats Perform FCS
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WEEK 2 BIG SKY CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eli Gillman, Montana (RB, R-Jr., Dassel, Minn.),...Eli Gillman broke free for a 55-yard touchdown run on his first touch of the game and didn't look back, rushing for a career-high 198 yards and three touch downs on just 15 carries in Montana's win over Central Washington. Gillman's 198 is a Big Sky high and the third-best rushing game in, not only the FCS, but in all of D-I football so far this season. The three rushing TDs for Gillman is also the most of any rusher in the Big Sky so far this season, and his 13.2 yards per carry average is also a new single game career high and leads the league among backs with six-plus carries. - Big Sky Football
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Eli Gillman ran for 198 yards and three touchdowns, Keali'i Ah Yat threw for a pair of scores and Montana rolled to a season-opening 42-17 victory over Division II Central Washington on Saturday night. Gillman broke loose on a 54-yard touchdown run on Mo ntana's opening drive. Steve Rocker Jr.'s 5-yard TD run made it 14-3 heading into the second quarter.Beau Phillips ran for a 31-yard touchdown late in the second to pull Central Washington (1-1) to 17-14. But on the next possession, Ah Yat connect ed with Drew Deck on a 50-yard touchdown pass just before halftime. Gillman hit Michael Worthan on a 76-yard touchdown pass midway through the third and Gilliam then added TD runs from 11 and 1 yard to cap the scoring. Ah Yat was 14-of-24 passing for 250 yards. Worthan, who was Eastern Washington's quarterback last season, caught six passes for 120 yards. Rocker finished with 72 yards rushing. Kennedy McGill completed 7 of 16 passes for 76 yards for CWU. Phillips finished with 69 yards rushing on 11 car ries. - Montana/AP College Football
(DS#5 RB) rSr/2027 RB Eli Gillman, Montana
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Eli Gillman ran for 89 yards and two touchdowns and Montana held off Missouri State for a 29-24 victory on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. Jmariyae Robinson's 7-yard touchdown run capped a 10-play, 75-yard drive that pulled Missouri S tate to 26-24 with 4:43 to play. Montana's Ty Morrison made his third field goal of the game - a 38-yarder- to cap the scoring with 1:38 left. Back-to-back sacks deep inside Missouri State territory on the Bears' final possession sealed it for the FCS th ird-ranked Grizzlies. Gillman's 37-yard touchdown run gave the Grizzlies a 7-6 lead late in the first quarter. Morrison's field goals from 35 and 22 yards stretched the advantage to 12-10 at intermission.Jayden Becks' 32-yard run gave the Bears a 17-12 lead early in the third quarter. Montana answered with a Logan Fife 34-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Harris followed by a Gillman 2-yard TD run to take a 26-17 lead with 9:56 to play. Jacob Clark was 23-of-39 passing for 257 yards with one intercep tion for Missouri State. Montana advanced to the program's eighth FCS title game last season but lost to South Dakota State 23-3 and is the reigning Big Sky Conference champions. Attendance was 26,482, the seventh largest at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. - AP College Football
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2023 BIG SKY FOOTBALL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Eli Gillman, RB, Montana,...Gillman has already entered Montana's record books, breaking free for the longest touchdown run in program history at UC Davis from 85 yards out. His 857 rushing yards currently stan d as 21st-most in program history among all players, and are the most of any freshman in program history. He is the first Grizzly to earn the league's Freshman of the Year Award since its debut in 2013. - Montana football
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