Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-14vs Youngstown State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | Season-high 5 yds |
| Total | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
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Trenton Gillison
Junior tight end for Michigan State. 2021: 1 catch, 5 receiving yards.
6′4″ · 250 lb · Pickerington, OH
Michigan State 2021 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
TE recruit
No. 250 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 tight end for Michigan State. 2021: 1 catch, 5 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan State in 2018.
Trenton Gillison
Three seasons at Michigan State, two different head coaches: Mark Dantonio and Mel Tucker. The receipt: 5 rec yds, 1 receptions against Youngstown State — Week 2, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan State, 201 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
2018
- Signed with Michigan State4-star out of Pickerington Central
2022
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
2 coaches2019
Michigan State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2021 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced
2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, 5.0 YDS/g, 5.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 12 | 147 | 12.2 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 18 | 201 | 11.2 | 0 | -- |
Game log
DNA match
Player DNA
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Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology