Robert Gillespie (American football)
| Position: | Running back | ||
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| Date of birth: | November 2, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth: | Hattiesburg, Mississippi | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Hattiesburg (MS) | ||
| College: | Florida | ||
| Undrafted: | 2002 | ||
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Robert Nolan Gillespie (born November 2, 1979) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of Tennessee. Gillespie played in the National Football League (NFL) for two seasons in the early 2000s with the Washington Redskins and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football for the University of Florida.
Gillespie was born in Los Angeles, California in 1979. He attended Hattiesburg High School in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and he was a standout high school football player for the Hattiesburg Tigers, rushing for 1,957 yards and twenty-six touchdowns, with another 700 yards receiving. As a senior in 1997, he was a SuperPrep high school All-American.
Gillespie accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2001. Spurrier would often rotate Gillespie in and out of games with the Gators' other tailback, Earnest Graham, and the two backs shared time at the position. In four college seasons, he totaled 1,854 yards rushing; he was also a sure-handed receiver out of the Gators' backfield, and became the second all-time Gators running back in career receptions (96) and receiving yards (1,091). He was a team captain during his senior season in 2001, and the Gators defeated the Maryland Terrapins 56–23 in the Orange Bowl, and finished 10–2 and ranked third in both major polls.
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