On3 Names Louisville DE Ashton Gillotte as Top 100 Player Ahead of 2023 Season

The edge rusher is one of the Cardinals' top players, and arguably their top returner.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program has been starting to generate a fair amount of national buzz in recent weeks. Between the Cardinals' hiring of head coach Jeff Brohm and his efforts navigating the transfer portal, some have started to tab the the Cardinals as a dark horse in the ACC for the 2023 season.

Now, one of their top players is starting to get some offseason/preseason recognition.

On Thursday, On3's Charles Power and Clark Brooks released their list of the top 100 players in college football for the 2023 season. On it was Louisville defensive end Ashton Gillotte, who was placed at No 64 overall.

As you can imagine, the 6-foot-3, 270-pound edge rusher is arguably the top Cardinal to return from last season's squad, and one of Louisville best overall assets when taking into account transfers. Starting 12 games, he logged 7.0 tackles for loss and 6.0 sacks, which was good for fifth and third respectively on the team and leads all returners. He also tallied 23 overall tackles (11 solo) and two fumble recoveries.

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Louisville is set to face 13 top 100 players this upcoming season, according to On3. Notre Dame (OL Joe Alt, CB Benjamin Morrison, QB Sam Hartman) and Miami (S Kamren Kitchens, DL Leonard Taylor and DE Akheem Mesidor) sport three, Duke (OT Graham Barton and DL Dewayne Carter) and Kentucky (WR Barion Brown and QB Devin Leary) both boast a pair, while Boston College (DE Donovan Ezeiruaku), NC State (CB Aydan White) and Virginia (DE Chico Bennett Jr.) each have one.

The Cardinals finished their 2022 season with an overall mark of 8-5 (4-4 in ACC), including a 24-7 win in the Fenway Bowl over Cincinnati. They'll kick off their 2023 season against Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. on Friday, Sept. 1.

(Photo of Ashton GIllotte via University of Louisville Athletics)

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