Throughout his pursuit of a career in the NFL, Gilliam has had to go through obstacles at every turn. Playing at Westland High School in Galloway, Ohio — a small school that had yet to produce a Division I football player until Gilliam’s arrival — Gilliam was already at a disadvantage from a recruiting and visibility standpoint.
Luckily, a recruiter from Toledo was impressed enough by Gilliam’s tape to extend him an invitation to walk-on, despite his high school team only winning seven games total during the years he was there.
“I walked on, was a walk-on for two years, earned a scholarship my third year, and the rest is history,” Gilliam said.
Well, not quite. There was an additional roadblock of Gilliam’s Pro Day getting canceled by the pandemic and having to find his way as an undrafted free agent — the NFL adjacent to a walk-on.
“It’s really been like that my whole life. I feel like I’ve just kind of been that walk-on mentality forever,” the fullback shared. “I’ve never been somebody’s first choice, you know what I mean? I was like I’ve got to go and prove myself, and here I am doing the same thing.”
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