Two-year starter who ranked among the top-45 punters in the country for most of the season in 2000 ... missed the entire spring after back surgery ... averaging just under 40 yards per punt in his career ...
2000 SEASON: Made tremendous strides ranking in the upper half of the Big 12 Conference ... averaged 39.8 yards per punt ... placed 22 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line, compared to just 10 in 1999 ... booted five punts of over 50 yards, his longest being 55 yards ... had a terrific game against Michigan State, recording punts of 53, 55 and 53 yards ... boomed another 55-yarder at Nebraska ... was ranked as high as 37th six games into the season ...
1999 SEASON: Won the punting job during the pre-season ... averaged 38.7 yards in 62 attempts ... had five punts of over 50 yards and three of at least 57 yards ... booted a career-best 67-yard punt against Texas A&M ...
1998 SEASON: One of 11 true freshmen who received playing time ... saw action against Oklahoma and Kansas State ... punted twice for a 42-yard average ... also spent time as a wide receiver on the offensive scout team ...
HIGH SCHOOL: A two-sport standout athlete ... a three-year starter in football ... earned all-district honors as a senior ... kicked a 40-yard field goal and two extra points in Jefferson City’s 23-19 win in the 1997 state 5A championship game ... earned the special teams “Player of the Year” his senior campaign ... was selected as the starting punter/kicker in the state East/West Shriners All-Star Game ... first team all-state second baseman his senior year in baseball, leading the Jays to district titles in 1997 and 98 ... led his JC Post 5 American Legion baseball team to a state championship in 1998, but declined to play in the national finals in order to report to MU football freshman camp as a walk-on ... also turned down several baseball and footbal scholarships to attend Mizzou ... coached by Ron Cole ...
PERSONAL: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Gilpin ... his father built the Memorial Stadium set used by Mizzou’s Diamond Vision crew ... sister, Christina, will enter Missouri as a freshman this fall and will run track for the Tigers ... born Sept. 2, 1979 ... honorable mention Academic All-Big 12 and a member of the Tigers academic top 10.
PUNTING
| YEAR | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | LONG | TB | I20 |
| 1998 | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 62 | 2398 | 38.7 | 67 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000 | 65 | 2587 | 39.8 | 55 | 6 | 22 |
| TOTAL | 129 | 5069 | 39.2 | 67 | 6 | 32 |
