Concordia Career:
2011: A BSN Preseason All-America Second Team (FCS, DII, DIII, NAIA) selection ... named JBScouting.com Preseason All-America Honorable Mention ... Optimum Scouting Preseason All-NSIC First Team... BSN All-American honorable mention... d2proday.com All-American... Don Hansen All-Super Region Third team... All-NSIC... played in 11 and started 10 games at wide receiver for the Golden Bears... ranked 12th in the nation in receiving yards per game (97.09)... ranked 11th in the nation in total receiving yards (1068)... 8th in the conference in receptions per game (4.18)... 1st in the conference in receiving yards per game (97.10)... 10th in the conference in all-purpose yards per game (129.7)... 6th in the conference in scoring average per game (7.6)... 5th in the conference in touchdowns (14)... 1st on the team in every receiving category... 2nd on the team in kick return yards (364)... 1st on the team in all-purpose yards (1427)... BSN National Player of the Week against Southwest Minnesota State (11/12/2011)... twice named CU Offensive Player of the Week... caught 6 passes for 190 yards (77 yard reception, longest of season) and 2 touchdowns, also returned one kickoff for 22 yards totaling 212 all-purpose yards against Minot State (9/3/2011)... tied a season high with 7 receptions (99 yards) against St. Cloud State (9/10/2011)... recorded 3 receptions for 33 yards and a touchdown along with returning 3 kicks for a season high 94 yards (127 all-purpose) against Northern State (9/17/2011)... caught 2 passes for 43 yards and a touchdown while also returning 4 kicks for 73 yards (116 all-purpose yards) against Minnesota State (9/24/2011)... recorded 5 recpetions for 142 yards and a touchdown along with 2 kick returns totaling 50 yards (192 all-purpose) against Bemidji State (10/8/2011)... caught 5 passes for 165 yards and a touchdown, returned 2 kicks for 45 yards (205 all-purpose)... tied a season high in receptions (7) and caught 2 touchdown totaling 143 receiving yards against Upper Iowa (11/5/2011)... had a season high in touchdown receptions with 3 while catching 5 passes for 156 yards against Southwest State (11/12/2011)... had a touchdown reception in 10 out of 11 games including a streak of 8 straight games to start the season.
2010: All-NSIC South Division First Team wide receiver ... an All-Region sprinter during the outdoor track & field season, provisionally qualifying for DII Championships in first track experience ... won NSIC Championship in 100m dash ... tied school single season record with 11 receiving touchdowns and ranks 10th in overall touchdowns in a season with 12, adding a kickoff return score ... ranks second in yards per catch (20.3) for a career and in kick return average (26.1) ... kick return average also ranks third for a single season, while yards per catch ranks fourth for a season ... all 12 of his touchdowns were at least 23 yards and he averaged 43.5 yards per touchdown scored ... averaged 39.8 yards per touchdown reception on his 11 receiving scores, racking up 438 of his 876 receiving yards on the season ... scored a touchdown in six consecutive games to start the season ... had a catch in all 11 games played and scored a touchdown in nine of 12 games on the season ... had at least three receptions for 70-plus yards in six games ... career best performance came in win at Northern State (9/18/10) with eight catches for 183 yards and three touchdowns and was the first of four 100-yard receiving performances and the first of a pair of 200-yard all-purpose games as he finished with 217 AP yards ... had five catches for 119 yards and four kick returns for 88 yards for 207 AP yards against Winona State (10/23/10) ... had six catches for 124 yards including a 54 yard touchdown against playoff team Augustana (10/2/10) ... had four catches for 137 yards and two touchdowns with a long of 61 in win over Upper Iowa (11/6/10) ... scored a 27-yard touchown in Mineral Water Bowl against Pittsburg State (12/4/10) ... had six 100-yard all-purpose games ... longest play from scrimmage was the 84 yard kick return touchdown against Minot State (9/4/10) in week one ... ranked 2nd in NSIC in receiving yards (830) and seventh in receptions (40) in 10 league games ... had third most touchdowns (10) and eighth most points (60) in conference play ... in overall games (12 games), ranked fourth in receiving yards (873), fifth in kick return average (26.1), sixth in scoring (72 points) and third in total touchdowns (12) ... ranked 62nd nationally in receiving yards per game (72.75) ... ranked second on the team with 1,173 all-purpose yards (873 rec, 313 KR, -13 rush).
Webber International University: Attended WIU in Babson Park, Florida an NAIA Independent athletic program for two years.
Ridgeview High School: A three-sport athlete earning letters in football, basketball and track ... was a two-time All-Conference First Team performer in football and basketball in 2005 and 2006 ... also earned All-County First Team in both sports ... scored 20 touchdowns between junior and senior seasons with 14 as a junior.
Personal: Born May 18, 1987 ... son of Charles and Delores Gilbert ... has four brothers, Chris, Jay, Juan and Mike; and a sister, Treace ... will major in in criminal justice at Concordia with a sociology minor ... his cousin, Eric Baker, is a running back for the University of South Carolina.
