{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1981)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox gridiron football person |name=Tim Gilligan |image= |import=yes |position1=Wide receiver |birth_date={{birth date and age|1981|2|17}} |birth_place=Elko, Nevada, U.S. |number=12, 87<ref name="pfa">{{cite web | url=https://profootballarchives.com/players/g/gill03650.html | title=Tim Gilligan | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=11 March 2025}}</ref> |college=Boise State |high_school=Elko |undraftedyear=2004 |height_ft=5 |height_in=9 |weight_lbs=180 |playing_years1={{CFL Year|2004}}–{{CFL Year|2005}} |playing_team1=Montreal Alouettes |CFL=677 }} '''Timothy Ryan Gilligan''' (born February 17, 1981) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played two seasons with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Boise State University.
==Early life== Timothy Ryan Gilligan was born on February 17, 1981, in Elko, Nevada.<ref name="pfa"/> He attended Elko High School in Elko.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://elkodaily.com/sports/q-a-with-former-elko-high-and-boise-state-star/article_a730e44f-d93f-5486-ba85-4ec803269938.html |title=Q & A With former Elko High and Boise State star Tim Gilligan: Gilligan trying to overcome injury in second year with CFL's Montreal Alouettes |publisher=elkodaily.com |date=July 13, 2005 |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |author=Christensen, Mike |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218005512/https://elkodaily.com/sports/q-a-with-former-elko-high-and-boise-state-star/article_a730e44f-d93f-5486-ba85-4ec803269938.html |archivedate=February 18, 2021 }}</ref>
==College career== Gilligan played for the Boise State Broncos from 2000 to 2003. He earned first All-WAC receiver and second team All-WAC punt-returner honors his senior season in 2003. He also set a school record for receiving yards in a season with 1,192 while also totalling a career-high 67 receptions and six touchdowns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arbiteronline.com/2004/07/14/gilligan-gets-on-board-in-montreal/ |title=Gilligan gets on board in Montreal |publisher=arbiteronline.com |date=July 14, 2004 |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106174834/https://arbiteronline.com/2004/07/14/gilligan-gets-on-board-in-montreal/ |archivedate=November 6, 2015 }}</ref>
==Professional career== Gilligan signed with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes in June 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/g/gilligan_tim.htm |title=Tim Gilligan |publisher=cflapedia.com |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106174718/http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/g/gilligan_tim.htm |archivedate=November 6, 2015 }}</ref> He played for the Alouettes during the 2004 and 2005 seasons.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/2004cflmtl.html | title=2004 Montreal Alouettes | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=November 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/2005cflmtl.html | title=2005 Montreal Alouettes | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=November 6, 2015}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2007, Gilligan took a job as a prison guard with the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. In September 2009, he was arraigned on a charge of felonious sexual misconduct. Gilligan admitted to having sexual relations with a female inmate. He was sentenced to three years in prison.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/child-stealers-and-prison-profiteers-a-case-study/77911 | title=Child-Stealers and Prison Profiteers: A Case Study | publisher=fromthetrenchesworldreport.com | date=February 27, 2014 | accessdate=11 March 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=gillitim001 Stats Crew profile] *[https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/tim-gilligan-1.html College stats]
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