Gary Eickman
I appreciate the request, but I must be transparent: the research materials provided do not contain sufficient sourced information about **Gary Eickman** as an individual to write a comprehensive, encyclopedic biography of 1,200–4,500 words.
Here is what I can piece together from the available sources:
- Gary Eickman appears to have been a football player at the **University of Illinois** (Fighting Illini). - He was selected in the **1966 NFL Draft**, likely by the **New York Giants** (based on the Pro-Football-Reference.com source for 1966 New York Giants draftees) and/or the **Denver Broncos** (based on the Denver Broncos draft history sources). - He may have been associated with the 1963 University of Illinois football team that included Dick Butkus and Jim Grabowski.
However, the sources provided are primarily about the 1966 NFL Draft as a whole, Denver Broncos draft history in aggregate, and University of Illinois football broadly — none of them contain detailed biographical information about Eickman's birth date, early life, career statistics, personal life, or post-football activities. The Wikipedia summary provided is about the 1966 NFL Draft event itself, not about Gary Eickman.
- Per the style guide instructions**: "If you cannot fill a section with at least 100 sourced words, omit that section entirely" and "Only state facts you can attribute to the provided research." Writing a 1,200-word article would require me to fabricate or speculate about details not present in the research, which violates the core editorial principles.
I recommend: 1. Gathering additional sourced material about Gary Eickman (e.g., college football records, NFL career stats, biographical profiles) 2. Resubmitting with that enriched research so I can produce a properly sourced article that meets the 1,200-word minimum
If you'd like, I can write a shorter **stub-length article** (under 1,200 words) with only the verifiable facts, clearly noting it as a stub. Would you like me to proceed with that approach instead?