92 Wallace Gilberry
7/20/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
2004 Rivals.com First-Team Freshman All-America
2004 Freshman All-SEC
2006 (Junior): Started all 12 games at defensive end. Gilberry was one of the leaders on the Crimson Tide defense with 10 tackles for a loss, three sacks and 10 quarterback hurries. He recorded 39 tackles with 21 solo stops to lead the defensive line. He also finished with one pass breakup and one forced fumble. He recorded three or more tackles in nine of the 12 games and had at least one quarterback hurry in eight games. He played 516 total snaps, the most of any defensive lineman. He had 40 or more snaps in eight of the 12 games. He had his best game in the final regular season game against Auburn with five tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, two sacks and one quarterback hurry. He had four tackles, one sack and one forced fumble against Mississippi State. In the first road game of the year, he had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and a quarterback hurry at Arkansas. In the SEC opener against Vanderbilt, he tallied five tackles with two tackles for a loss and one quarterback hurry. He had three tackles, one tackle for a loss and one quarterback hurry at Tennessee. Gilberry also recorded two QB hurries against both Hawai’i and Duke. He was awarded for his performances against Hawai’i and Duke with the Alabama Defensive Player of the Week. He served as the defensive captain for the Arkansas contest.
2005 (Sophomore): A 12-game starter at left defensive end, Wallace closed the season with 37 tackles, 10 stops behind the line for 37 yards, 1.5 sacks for 12 yards and six quarterback pressures. He had a fumble recovery against Tennessee which stifled a Vol drive deep in Alabama territory. He had a career-high seven tackles against LSU and six against Auburn. He had two and one-half tackles behind the line for 17 yards against LSU. After playing behind Todd Bates at left defensive end in 2004, Wallace moved into a starting spot in 2005. He had an excellent spring, earned the “Jerry Duncan I Like to Practice Award”.
2004 (Freshman): Playing in every game, Wallace had some eye-popping stats on the season. He was the team leader with 13 stops behind the line (50 yards) and 6.5 sacks (44 yards) as he finished with 28 tackles. He also had seven quarterback pressures, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He had five tackles against Mississippi State and 2.5 sacks for 17 yards. He had three tackles for loss in back-to-back games against Mississippi State and LSU. Wallace played in every game and had 237 snaps on the season, including a high of 28 against LSU. Gilberry closed out spring practice behind Todd Bates at the left defensive end position.
2003 Redshirted
Prep: Gilberry was a standout defensive end in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game. He played his prep football at Baldwin County High School. In his junior season, Gilberry played primarily tight end where he started the last seven games. As a senior at defensive end, he made 61 solo tackles, 16 assists, seven sacks, seven tackles for losses, and deflected six passes. He also caused two fumbles, recovering both. Gilberry was timed at 4.60 in the 40-yard dash. He bench pressed 275 pounds, squatted 530 and dead lifted 525. He stole the show in the Alabama/Mississippi All Star game (six tackles, two sacks) where he attracted major attention. He was signed in August and became Mike Shula's first signee. The Alabama All-Stars dominated for most of the second half, but Mississippi had one last chance when an interception and return gave them the football at the Alabama 10 yard line with just over a minute to play. But Gilberry proceeded to sack the Mississippi quarterback for a 14-yard loss, helping to seal the win for his squad.
Personal: The son of Sharon Gilberry-Williams and Clayton Williams, Wallace has two brothers, Allen and Alden and two sisters, Les'Lee and Lillian. Born 12-5-84. He is a Telecommunications and Film major.
GILBERRY'S STATS
Year G T TFL Sacks Int. FC-FR PBU QBP
2004 12 28 13-50 6.5-44 0-0 2-2 0 7
2005 12 37 10-43 1.5-12 0-0 0-1 1 6
2006 12 39 10-28 3-20 0-0 1-0 1 10
Totals 36 104 33-121 11-76 0-0 3-3 2 23
CAREER BESTS
Tackles: 7 vs. LSU, 2005
Tackles for Loss: 3 (2 times) last vs. LSU, 2004
Yards Lost: 17 several, last at MSU, 2005
QB Sacks: 3 vs. Mississippi State, 2004
Yards Lost: 17 vs. Mississippi State, 2004
QB Pressures: 2 (Several times) Last vs. Duke, 2006
Pass Break-Up: 1 at Mississippi State, 2005
Fumbles Caused: 2 vs. Kentucky, 2004
Fumbles Recovered: 1 several, last vs. Tennessee, 2004
