The Philadelphia Stars signed former Georgia State offensive lineman Shamarious Gilmore on Wednesday. The 23-year-old from Riverdale, Georgia, attended training camp for the Seattle Seahawks in 2022. In addition, he attended training for the Houston Roughnecks (XFL) in 2023.
Free Agent Signing:
— Philadelphia Stars (@USFLStars) March 8, 2023
•OG Shamarious Gilmore, Georgia St.
Collegiately, Gilmore played left guard for five seasons at Georgia State (2017-21). He set the school record for playing 60 games, of which 59 were starts, and played 51 straight games for the Panthers. He started four bowl games which was also a first in school history.
For three seasons, the Panthers’ offensive line helped the offense average 223 yards rushing yards, including a school-record 241.6 yards in 2019, and was also part of school records as GSU offense averaged 33.3 points per game in 2020 and 439.8 yards of total offense in 2019. In addition, Gilmore played in the Gridiron Classic all-star game following the 2021 season.
In his final season, Gilmore was named team captain after the offensive line helped the Panthers rank eighth in FBS with 226.4 yards rushing per game. He was named First-team All-Sun Belt Conference for the second straight year.
Gilmore is a two-time All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention, 2019 All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team, and two-time All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (2019-20).
To make room for Gilmore, the Stars released offensive lineman Paul Nosworthy. The 25-year-old from Baldwin, New York, started six games at left guard for the Stars in 2022. The Stars drafted Nosworthy in the 23rd round (179th pick) in the 2022 USFL Draft.
Collegiately, Nosworthy played 36 games at left guard in three seasons (2017-19) at the University of Buffalo. In 2019, he was named to the All-MAC Second Team for the Bulls. In 2021, he played for the Generals (TSL).
