#22

Kelvin Gilliam

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #22

6′3″ · 295 lb · Richmond, VA

CFB Index 76 · #50 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Virginia Tech for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

3 TFL · 34 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Wofford

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oklahoma in 2021.

His career, year by year

Kelvin Gilliam

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr · #22

Wins his gap play after play. Kelvin Gilliam has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Miami — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Oklahoma11-2HC: Bob Stoops · Balanced

2022Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #50 of 330?

Low confidenceAscending6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (17th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.3	0.2	0.1
Road5g	2.6	0.2	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #50 of 330 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #50 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #8 of 73 ACC DLs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Virginia Tech	34	7	3.0	2.0	1	--	--
2024	Virginia Tech	35	11	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Oklahoma	5	2	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Oklahoma	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		78	21	6.5	3.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 23–21

at NC State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Stewart — 174 rush yds (15 car) · N. Veltsistas — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ South Carolina	3	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-44vs Vanderbilt	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 26-45vs Old Dominion	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-6vs Wofford	4	1	2.0	1.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 23-21@ NC State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 23-30vs Wake Forest	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 20-35@ Georgia Tech	4	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-34vs California	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-28vs Louisville	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 14-34@ Florida State	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-34vs Miami	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Virginia	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		34	7	3.0	2.0	—	1