Ashton Gillotte: DL · Louisville · #9.
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Ashton Gillotte
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at Louisville: Scott Satterfield and Jeff Brohm. All-ACC in 2024 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Boston College — Week 9, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
43 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisville | 43 | 23 | 10.0 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 41 | 20 | 11.5 | 10.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Louisville | 23 | 11 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 19 | 15 | 7.0 | 4.0 | -- |
| Career | 126 | 69 | 36.0 | 25.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Austin Peay | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-14vs Jacksonville State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-19vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-31@ No. 16 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 27-34vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-20@ Virginia | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 45-52vs No. 6 Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-27@ Boston College | 9 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 33-21@ No. 11 Clemson | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-38@ Stanford | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-9vs Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | W 41-14@ Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 23 | 10.0 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2024
W 37-9
vs Pittsburgh
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Pittsburgh.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
23%10 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
23%10 hurries43 tackles · 10 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
50.5%
426 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
64.8
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
436 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #67 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Louisville, 25 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #66 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
A stat line in 46 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
ACC Defensive Line Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Jeff Brohm. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 2nd NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 2nd NFL season
