2019 Football Roster

Jersey Number 13
Brennan Gillis
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-6 / 228
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Prev School:
- Northern Kentucky Univ.
- High School:
- Ben Davis HS
- Major:
- General Studies
2019 (R-Sr.): Saw limited action in two games against Toledo on Oct. 19 and Miami (Ohio) in the season finale … did not record any statistics.
2018 (R-Jr.): Did not see any action.
2017 (R-So.): Saw action in three of the final four games of the season … made his Ball State debut on Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan … caught a 16-yard pass on his first play as a collegiate football player to set up a touchdown at EMU … did not record a reception in his other two appearances.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played basketball during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons at Northern Kentucky. 2016-17: Played in all 35 games, averaging 3.0 ppg and shooting 53 percent from the floor … scored a career-high 10 points against No. 11/13 West Virginia. 2015-16: Earned his first collegiate start at No. 23 West Virginia … tallied five points and five boards off the bench at Green Bay on Jan. 4.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played wide receiver for coach Mike Kirschner at Ben Davis High … honorable mention all-league … posted 57 catches as a single-season high … also played basketball … first team all-state … played in the Hoosier Reunion All-State Classic and City vs. County All-Star Game as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of McKinley and Kimberly Gillis … one brother … born Aug. 6, 1996 … full name is Brennan Lee Gillis.
2018 (R-Jr.): Did not see any action.
2017 (R-So.): Saw action in three of the final four games of the season … made his Ball State debut on Nov. 2 at Eastern Michigan … caught a 16-yard pass on his first play as a collegiate football player to set up a touchdown at EMU … did not record a reception in his other two appearances.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played basketball during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons at Northern Kentucky. 2016-17: Played in all 35 games, averaging 3.0 ppg and shooting 53 percent from the floor … scored a career-high 10 points against No. 11/13 West Virginia. 2015-16: Earned his first collegiate start at No. 23 West Virginia … tallied five points and five boards off the bench at Green Bay on Jan. 4.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played wide receiver for coach Mike Kirschner at Ben Davis High … honorable mention all-league … posted 57 catches as a single-season high … also played basketball … first team all-state … played in the Hoosier Reunion All-State Classic and City vs. County All-Star Game as a senior.
PERSONAL: Son of McKinley and Kimberly Gillis … one brother … born Aug. 6, 1996 … full name is Brennan Lee Gillis.
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