2025 Football Roster
Gibson, Gavin
Jersey Number 5
Gavin Gibson
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Hickory, N.C.
- High School:
- Hough
Bio
Prior to North Carolina
• A transfer from East Carolina, who spent his first two collegiate seasons at Maryland • Totaled 52 tackles, including 25 solo stops in 13 games as a starting nickel at ECU in 2024, while also adding 6.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble • Intercepted three passes, returning one for a touchdown, and tallied six passes defended • Made a season-high nine tackles on Sept. 7, 2024, at Old Dominion • Started 10 games and helped lead the Pirates to a Military Bowl win over NC State with a sack and four tackles in 50 snaps • Played at Maryland in 2022 and '23, mostly as a backup and on special teams
• A transfer from East Carolina, who spent his first two collegiate seasons at Maryland • Totaled 52 tackles, including 25 solo stops in 13 games as a starting nickel at ECU in 2024, while also adding 6.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble • Intercepted three passes, returning one for a touchdown, and tallied six passes defended • Made a season-high nine tackles on Sept. 7, 2024, at Old Dominion • Started 10 games and helped lead the Pirates to a Military Bowl win over NC State with a sack and four tackles in 50 snaps • Played at Maryland in 2022 and '23, mostly as a backup and on special teams
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