Last confirmed: Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Mt. Pleasant, SC
Gimel President: DL · Illinois · #14.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Gimel President
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 0.5 sacks against Western Michigan — Week 3, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Illinois | 40 | 19 | 12.5 | 4.5 |
| Career | 40 | 19 | 12.5 | 4.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 8-41@ No. 3 Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-40vs Minnesota | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-27vs Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-48@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 5 | 4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Total | 40 | 19 | 12.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
31%12 TFLSack rate
11%4 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries40 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
40 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
