DE · Kansas City Chiefs · #97
Ashton Gillotte
RDE2- College
- Louisville
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 270 lb
- Experience
- 2nd season
Sacks
1.0▼ 0.5 vs '25
47th of 118 DL
Pressures
2▼ 7 vs '25
101st of 118 DL
Pressure rate
1.1%▼ 0.8 vs '25
102nd of 118 DL
Run stops
13▼ 9 vs '25
22nd of 118 DL
Tackling
17 tkl
2 tfl · 14 stops · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs DENW | 14 | 26.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 vs INDW | 28 | 43.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ MIAW | 35 | 47.9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ LVW | 36 | 42.9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 6 vs LACW | 36 | 52.9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 @ SEAL | 40 | 58.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 189 | 46.0 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Chiefs
$6.7Mover 4 years
- Avg. per year
- $1.7M
- Guaranteed
- $1.5M 23%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.5M 0.5% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2028
2025
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 2 of 4
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 189 | 46.0 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 485 | 46.6 | 38 | 27 | 3 | 10.0 | 1.5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 79.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 23 | 674 | 46.4 | 55 | 41 | 5 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 79.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |