back in high school, gilbert never looked at big-time football factories such as michigan. he wanted to get away from what he saw in detroit. he wanted a quiet, smaller environment in which to live after one of his classmates was gunned down. so he turned down bo schembechler and the university of michigan to go to a school known for its powerful basketball program, and not for its football ability: the university of kansas. the kansas jayhawks coach glen mason said, "the very first play of the first drill, he goes up against a lineman and he absolutely demolished him. we just looked around at each other."