PRONUNCIATION
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2024 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention (College Football Network)
2024-25: Played in all 13 games, starting 12 … Saw action on 572 plays (525 defense, 47 special teams) … Was second on the team with 62 tackles … Included in that total were 5.0 tackles for loss and three sacks … Al;so had four quarterback hurries and a pass breakup … Named honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference … Also named honorable mention all-conference by College Football Network … Got the start in the opener against Boise State, posting four tackles … Had three tackles in the win at Nevada … Had five tackles, including one for loss, and a quarterback hurry against South Carolina State … Posted seven tackles and a quarterback hurry at Ole Miss … Recorded four tackles and a quarterback hurry in the win at Georgia State … Had one tackle in the win over Marshall … Selected to wear the No. 0 jersey for the game … Had a tackle in the win over James Madison … Posted eight tackles at Old Dominion … Had seven tackles, including a big sack on fourth down late, in the win over South Alabama … Posted eight stops, including a sack, against Troy … Came off the bench in the win at Coastal Carolina, posting two stops, including half a tackle for loss … Tallied seven tackles in the win over App State … Had five tackles, including a sack, before leaving the game with an injury against Sam Houston in the New Orleans Bowl.
2023-24: Played in all 13 games, starting one … Was on the field for 211 total snaps (135 defense, 76 special teams) … Tallied 13 tackles, including 3.0 for loss, along with two pass breakups, a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble … Had three tackles, including one for loss, and a forced fumble in the opener against The Citadel … Played six snaps on defense in the win over UAB … Had a tackle and a pass breakup at Wisconsin … Had a pass breakup and a quarterback hurry in the win at Ball State … Posted two tackles in the win over Coastal Carolina … Had a tackle for loss at James Madison … Had a solo tackle in the win over ULM … Had a tackle in the win over Georgia State … Was in for 22 total plays at Texas State and nine on defense at Marshall … Had a tackle against Old Dominion … Played 20 total snaps at App State … Started in the Myrtle Beach Bowl and tallied three tackles, including one for loss.
2022-23: A first-team Division II All-American by the Associated Press and second-team honors from D2CCA … Started all 14 games for Wingate … Tallied a team-high 95 tackles, including 20.5 for loss and 6.5 sacks … Also had seven pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two quarterback hurries … Named first-team All-SAC and all-region … Named the South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Week after a big game against Limestone where he recorded a team-high 12 tackles, including a game-high four tackles for loss, while also forcing a fumble … Also had four TFL against Virginia Union.
2021-22: Played in six games for Wingate … Had 19 tackles, including three for loss, and one pass breakup … Had eight tackles, including two for loss, against Limestone.
2020-21: Played in three games in Wingate’s COVID-shortened season that was played in the spring … Had 11 tackles, including half a stop for loss … Posted six tackles against Barton.
2019-20: Redshirted at Wingate.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Steve LaPrad … Selected for the 82nd Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas All-Star Game as a senior … Named to the All-Low Country team as a junior after leading the Patriots in total tackles with 139 … Included in those 139 stops were 14 tackles for loss and four sacks … Also had four forced fumbles.
PERSONAL: Born Davon Tyrone Gilmore on April 24 in Charleston, SC … Son of Toya Gilmore.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies - Culture & Society
