2012: Posted a catch for four yards in his start against Brevard ... Recorded an unassisted tackle at Georgia Tech but did not post any offensive numbers ... Had just one catch at Vanderbilt but it was a career-long of 29 that came in the second quarter, which gave PC one of its seven first downs ... Caught two passes, one for a game-long of 14 yards in the third quarter which helped lead to PC’s first score ... Played at Davidson ... Had one catch at VMI for 10 yards ... Had one catch for 14 yards and one kick return for eight yards against Liberty ... In the PC Division I era career record books he is ninth in kick returns with eight ... Had a catch at Gardner Webb to round out the season ... Started in five of 11 games for the Blue Hose ...
2011: Had three catches against VMI for a career-long 42 yards, including a career-long of 28 ... Posted one catch for nine yards at CCU ... At Liberty he recorded three catches for 28 yards ... Also ran a kick back for nine yards ... Two catches for 15 yards at GSU, also returned a kick for six yards ... Scored a touchdown off an 11-yard pass from Singer at the end of the third quarter against Gardner Webb ... Caught one pass for eight yards at California, and returned three kicks for 23 yards, both were career highs for him, along with his long return of 15 yards ... Gave PC its first lead against North Greenville, catching a nine-yard touchdown pass from Derrick Overholt on a fake field goal attempt ... Caught one pass, but it was for a touchdown, for four yards against Wofford, the team's first TD of the season.
2010: Saw time in nine games on the season ... Recorded his first collegiate catch against Coastal Carolina ... Saw valuable snaps in the wins over Gardner-Webb and Davidson ... Valuable blocker.
High School: Three-year letterwinner under Bill Stewart at Etowah H.S. ... Guided his team to back-to-back region championships ... Led his squad to four consecutive playoff appearances ... Had 17 receptions for 315 yards and four touchdowns his last two years ... Registered 51 pancake blocks his last three years ... A first-team all-county selection at tight end and punter his senior campaign ... Named Cherokee County special teams Player of the Year as a senior ... Also earned Cherokee County Fellowship of Christian Athlete of the Year award his senior season ... Won the 2009 scholar-athlete award ... Earned the all-county academics award.
Personal: Joseph Wesley Gilkey was born September 27, 1991 in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. ... Son of Joey and Sharon Gilkey ... Has a younger sister, Taylor ... Major is Psychology.
