He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the seventh round of the 2013 NFL draft and also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

[1] Gilkey grew up in Naperville and moved with his parents and four siblings to the town of Sandwich, Illinois at age 12.

[2] After graduating from Aurora Christian High in 2008, Gilkey enrolled at Chadron State College, an NCAA Division II school in northwestern Nebraska.

[2] At Chadron State, Gilkey played in 37 games with 34 starts and earned first-team All-American honors from D2Football.com.

[8] He is the president and CEO of HGC Development Group, a design-build firm based in Tampa, Florida.