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  Brandon Gilbert
Brandon Gilbert
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Graham, NC

High School:
Graham

Height / Weight:
5-9 / 183

Position:
PK

Birthdate:
11/04/1985

Major:
Physical Education

Selected to the 2006 Don Hansen's Football Gazette Preseason NCAA Division II All-America Team. Voted to the 2006 Preseason All-CIAA Team. School's eighth all-time leading scorer with 144 points, 89 points from breaking the NCCU career scoring record. Needs to make 15 extra-point kicks to set a new school career record. 2005 - Sophomore Season Named First-Team All-CIAA, First-Team Daktronics Inc. Division II All-Southeast Region, First-Team Don Hansen's Football Gazette All-Southeast Region. Broke single-season school records in field goals made (16) and extra-point kicks made (42), and broke NCCU's single-game record for extra-point kicks made with 10 against Edward Waters (Aug. 27). Posted school's second-best scoring season on record with 90 points. Led the conference in field goals (16), field goal percentage (76.2), PAT percentage (97.7), and scoring by a kicker with 90 points. Ranked sixth in the NCAA Division II with an average of 1.3 field goals per game. Selected as the Most Valuable Player of the CIAA Championship Game after making a career-best four field goals, including a career-long 47-yard bomb and the 30-yard game-winner with three seconds remaining, for a career-high 14 points against Bowie State (Nov. 5). Earned CIAA Special Teams Player of the Week award after making a pair of field goals and converting all four extra-point kicks at Johnson C. Smith (Oct. 29). Accounted for 13 points with three field goals and four PAT kicks versus Shaw (Sept. 17). Made a 46-yard field goal at Winston-Salem State (Oct. 15). Scored in double-figures five times (Aug. 27, Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Oct. 29, Nov. 5). Voted to the 2005 Preseason All-CIAA Team. 2004 - Freshman Season Voted to the All-CIAA Second Team and CIAA All-Rookie Team after leading the conference in field goal percentage at 63.6 percent (7-of-11) and placing second in the league in field goals made (7), PAT kicking percentage (33-of-34, 97.1 percent), and scoring by kickers (54 points, 5.4 per game). Broke the school's single-season record with 33 extra-point kicks made. Second on the team in scoring with 54 points. Earned CIAA weekly honors four times - twice CIAA Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 25 and Oct. 23) and twice CIAA Rookie of the Week (Aug. 28 and Sept. 18). Made three field goals, including a season-long 41-yard kick, against North Carolina A&T (Sept. 5). Scored 10 points in his first college game, making a 25-yard field goal and connecting on all seven extra-point kicks versus Johnson C. Smith (Aug. 28). Kicked a game-winning, 25-yard field goal with 1:48 remaining against Bowie State (Sept. 18). Graham High School Three-time all-conference selection. Team won 2000 state championship. Also earned all-conference honors in soccer and baseball. Personal Born December 4, 1985, in South Carolina to Anne and Joe Gilbert. Physical Education major at NCCU.

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