Cash Gilliam: LB · Utah State · #5.
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Cash Gilliam
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for three head coaches at Utah State: Gary Andersen, Frank Maile and Blake Anderson. On tape: 8 tackles against Wyoming, Week 12, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Utah State | 64 | 39 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2020 | Utah State | 20 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Utah State | 15 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 99 | 53 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 26-23@ Washington State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-24vs North Dakota | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-45@ Air Force | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-27vs Boise State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-34vs No. 13 BYU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-24@ UNLV | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 26-24vs Colorado State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 51-31vs Hawai'i | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-13@ New Mexico State | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 48-17@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-44vs Wyoming | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 35-10@ New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 46-13@ No. 19 San Diego State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 57 | 32 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups64 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
47.6%
503 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
81.3
13 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
537 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Utah State, 99 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Matt Wells, Gary Andersen, Frank Maile, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.
