2018 Football Roster
James Gilbert
- Position:
- Running Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-9 / 198
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Indianapolis, Ind.
- Prev School:
- Arsenal Tech HS
- High School:
- Arsenal Tech
- Major:
- Communication Studies
Awards and Honors:
2017, 2018 Maxwell Award Watch List
2017 Doak Walker Award Watch List
2016 All-Mid-American Conference First Team
2016 Ball State John Magnabosco Award (Team MVP)
2018 (R-Jr.): Saw action in 11 games with 10 starts at running back … missed the Oct. 31 game at Toledo with an injury … currently ranks seventh on Ball State’s all-time rushing list (2,806 yards) … led the Cardinals with 659 rushing yards … tied for the team lead with seven touchdowns … reached 100 yards rushing in a game for the eighth time in his career in the opener against Central Connecticut … finished with a season-high 100 yards rushing, including a 35-yard touchdown, against CCSU … scored a pair of touchdowns in the wins over Kent State (Sept. 29) and Western Michigan (Nov. 13) … tallied personal highs in receptions (4) and receiving yards (26) against Northern Illinois on Oct. 6 … chipped in with 89 yards rushing and a touchdown at Indiana on Sept. 15.
2017 (Jr.): Played in the first three games with two starts at running back … suffered a hand injury on Sept. 16 against Tennessee Tech and did not play the rest of the season … scored a touchdown in all three games in which he appeared, including twice in the win over UAB on Sept. 9 … notched his first collegiate receiving score in the win over Tennessee Tech on Sept. 16 … tallied a season-best 92 yards rushing on 11 carries against TTU.
2016 (So.): Played in all 12 games with nine starts at running back, including each of the final eight contests … led the Mid-American Conference with 12 rushing touchdowns … piled up 1,332 rushing yards, the fourth most in a single season by a Ball State player … reached the 100-yard rushing mark seven times, including a stretch of five consecutive games in the middle of the season … rushed for 264 yards and two touchdowns at Buffalo on Oct. 15 … one of the touchdowns at Buffalo was an 80-yard score which gave the Cardinals the lead for good in the third quarter … the 264 yards are the second highest total in the Ball State single game record book … scored a personal-high three touchdowns on Oct. 1 against Northern Illinois … ran for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Georgia State on Sept. 2 … notched at least 10 carries in all 12 games.
2015 (Fr.): Played in all 12 games … registered at least 10 carries in 10 of the 12 games … led the team in carries (152) and rushing touchdowns (8) … scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown at Eastern Michigan on Sept. 19, a five-yard run early in the fourth quarter … notched a pair of touchdowns in the season opener against VMI … posted a season-high 73 yards rushing in the win over UMass on Oct. 31 … also hauled in two receptions against UMass … longest rush of the year was 34 yards at Northwestern on Sept. 26 … joined the team in January 2015.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Anthony Henderson at Arsenal Tech High … set the school’s career rushing record with 4,817 yards … 2014 Indianapolis Public Schools Player of the Year … earned all-state honors as a senior … three-time all-city … named Tech’s Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Takeisha Brandon … two sisters … born Nov. 10, 1995, in Indianapolis, Indiana … earned his Ball State bachelor's degree in December 2018 … full name is James Derrick Gilbert.
