Michael Gallup

Michael Gallup
No. 13 – Dallas Cowboys
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1996-03-04) March 4, 1996
Atlanta, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Monroe Area
(Monroe, Georgia)
College: Colorado State
NFL Draft: 2018 / Round: 3 / Pick: 81
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2018
Receptions: 6
Receiving yards: 82
Receiving touchdowns: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Michael Gallup (born March 4, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Colorado State University.

Early years

Gallup attended Monroe Area High School in Monroe, Georgia, where he played football, baseball, basketball, and ran track.[1] He started focusing on football as a junior, playing quarterback in a triple option offense.

As a senior, he played wide receiver and running back, registering 28 receptions for 637 yards (22.8-yard average) and 10 receiving touchdowns, 37 carries for 484 yards (13.1-yard average) and 7 rushing touchdowns. He helped his team advance to the second round of the Class 4A playoffs.

College career

Gallup moved on to Butler Community College to improve his grades.[2] As a freshman in 2014, he led the team with 780 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns. Against Dodge City Community College, he tallied 5 receptions for 287 yards and 3 touchdowns.

In 2015, he played in only 3 games due to an ankle injury and had 9 receptions for 74 yards and one touchdown.[3]

In 2016, he transferred to Colorado State University.[4] He started slow in his first season, but began to increase his production after his third game against the University of Northern Colorado, when he had 4 receptions for 82 yards and one touchdown. He played in all 13 games (11 starts), recording 76 receptions for 1,272 yards (tied for first in the conference) and 14 touchdowns.[5]

As a senior in 2017, he was a finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award.[6] He started all 13 games, posting 100 receptions (school record) for 1,413 yards and 7 touchdowns.

He finished his career with various accomplishments. He had 3 of the top 8 single-game all-time receiving performances in school history, 4 of the top 10 games in school history for receptions, ranked second in single-season receiving touchdowns (14), only player in school history to catch 3 or more touchdowns three times, record for single-season receptions (100), second best single-season receiving yards (1,413), ranked fifth in career receptions (176).

College statistics

Receiving
YearTeamGPRecYardsAvgTDs
2016CSU 13761,27216.714
2017CSU 131001,41814.27
Total261762,69015.321

Professional career

On November 20, 2017, it was announced that Gallup had accept his invitation to play in the Senior Bowl.[7] On January 27, 2018, Gallup caught three passes for 60-yards and was part of Denver Broncos' head coach Vance Joseph's North team that lost 45-16 to the South coach by Houston Texans' head coach Bill O'Brien.[8] He attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed all of the combine and positional drills. On March 7, 2018, Gallup participated at Colorado State's pro day and performed the 40-yard dash (4.45s), 20-yard dash (2.63s), 10-yard dash (1.57s), broad jump (10'8"), short shuttle (4.52s), and three-cone drill (7.09s). At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Gallup was projected to be a third round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He was ranked as the 10th best wide receiver prospect in the draft by DraftScout.com and was ranked the 14th best wide receiver by Scouts Inc.[9][10]

External video
Michael Gallup's NFL Combine Workout
Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 1 in
(1.85 m)		 205 lb
(93 kg)		 31 1⁄2 in
(0.80 m)		 9 1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)		 4.51 s 1.60 s 2.66 s 4.37 s 6.95 s 36 in
(0.91 m)		 10 ft 2 in
(3.10 m)		 10 reps
All values from NFL Combine[11]

The Dallas Cowboys selected Gallup in the third round (81st overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft. Gallup was the ninth wide receiver drafted in 2018.[12]

External video
Cowboys draft Michael Gallup 81st overall

On May 21, 2018, the Dallas Cowboys signed Gallup to a four-year, $3.52 million contract that includes a signing bonus of $889,980.[13] He made his NFL debut in the Cowboys' season-opening loss to the Carolina Panthers. In the 16–8 loss, he had a single reception for nine yards for his first professional catch.[14]

Personal life

Gallup was adopted when he was 10 months old.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Gallup's determination leads him from Kansas junior college to CSU". Coloradoan. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Colorado State wide receiver Michael Gallup". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Michael Gallup becoming Colorado State football's big-play threat". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Michael Gallup's determination leads him from Kansas junior college to CSU". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Michael Gallup fishing for more catches this fall for CSU Rams". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Colorado State receiver Michael Gallup named one of three Biletnikoff Award finalists". Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Gallup accepts invitation to 2018 Reese's Senior Bowl". csurams.com. November 20, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ Kurtzman, Rich (January 29, 2018). "Michael Gallup only boosted his draft stock in Senior Bowl". milehighsports.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Michael Gallup, DS #10 WR, Colorado State". draftscout.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  10. ↑ "NFL Michael Gallup, DS #14 WR, Colorado State". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: Michael Gallup". National Football League. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ Patra, Kevin (April 27, 2018). "Cowboys select Michael Gallup in 3rd round of 2018 Draft". NFL.com.
  13. ↑ "Spotrac.com Michael Gallup contract". Spotrac.com. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  14. ↑ "This is what went wrong for the Cowboys in a season-opening loss to the Panthers". star-telegram. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  15. ↑ "CSU receiver Michael Gallup's gifts go well beyond football". Coloradoan. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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