Stephon Gilmore

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Stephon Gilmore played college football at South Carolina. He played football, and basketball and ran track in high school at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill. He was born to Linda and Steve Gilmore and has a younger brother, Steven Gilmore who is also a cornerback and currently plays for Detroit Lions.

Furthermore, Gilmore also has four younger sisters, Sabrina, Sierra, Scarlet, and Savanna Gilmore. As the oldest son of the family, he had to babysit his five siblings while growing up. “I can remember when he was babysitting all the kids and we’d come back all the kids would be seated and still,” said Stephon’s mother, Linda. She added,

We never told him how to babysit, but he would keep them all in line. He would just pinch them to behave and it worked.

He is very close to his family so he decided to put his family on his arm. He has inked a tattoo of a family tree with all his immediate family on his left arm from shoulder to elbow.

Gilmore has been happily married to his college sweetheart, Gabrielle Glenn since 2014. The cornerback has three children, Sebastian, Gael, and Gisele, with his wife. His better half is a former athlete; was a collegiate sprinter for the University of South Carolina.

Career Highlights

• Gilmore played quarterback in high school and rushed 1,331 yards and 23 touchdowns and passed for 1,771 yards.
• He started playing cornerback after joining the University of South Carolina in 2009 and appeared in all 12 games for the Gamecocks.
• Buffalo Bills picked him in the first round, 10th overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. He, thereafter, became the highest-selected Gamecocks’ cornerback since Dunta Robinson in 2004.
• He signed a four-year rookie contract for $12.08 million with the Bills on May 17, 2012.
• After four seasons with the Bills, Gilmore signed a five-year contract with the New England Patriots for a staggering $65 million which included $31 million guaranteed money.
• Gilmore played for Carolina Panthers in the 2021 season followed by Indianapolis Colts in the 2022 season.
• He also signed a two-year contract with the Colts on April 18, 2022, for $23 million, with $14 million guaranteed, however, he just stayed there for a season.
• He currently plays for the Dallas Cowboys where he traded in exchange for a compensatory fifth-round selection in the 2023 NFL draft.
• According to Forbes, Gilmore has a net worth of $29.3 million as of 2024.

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