Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018East Carolina
Cannon Gibbs
LB • 6'2" • 228 lbs • Brandon, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cannon Gibbs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
84
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Player Story
Cannon Gibbs built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Brandon, MS wearing No. 4, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Cannon Gibbs' career was his defensive production:...
Read the storyCannon Gibbs, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina. Cannon Gibbs shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 101
- TFL
- 9.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Cannon Gibbs quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 101
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- UConn
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 283rd (top 24%) · American Athletic 69th (top 13%) · National 605th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 9 | 50 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 21.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 11 | 51 | 9 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58.8 |
Related Context
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Cannon Gibbs played LB for East Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Cannon Gibbs recorded 101 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 13.5 primary output with 31.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 31.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
31.6
Usage
7
Consistency
45.3
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Carolina: 0. South Florida: 2. Old Dominion: 0. Temple: 2. Houston: 0. UCF: 2. Memphis: 2.5. Tulane: 1. UConn: 4. Cincinnati: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. South Florida: 2 by 28.3. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 5 by 40.8. Houston: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 8 by 53.3. Memphis: 7 by 54.2. Tulane: 2 by 18.3. UConn: 7 by 69.2. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. NC State: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 8 · -0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
69.2 vs UConn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/1 | @ NC State | L 3-58 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/23 | @ Cincinnati | L 6-56 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/18 | vs UConnSplash game | W 55-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Tulane | L 18-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs MemphisSplash game | L 41-59 | 7 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | vs UCFSplash game | L 10-37 | 8 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Houston | L 20-42 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ TempleSplash game | L 6-49 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Old Dominion | W 37-35 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/23 | @ South FloridaSplash game | L 13-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs North Carolina | W 41-19 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cannon Gibbs story
Cannon Gibbs built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Brandon, MS wearing No. 4, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Cannon Gibbs' career was his defensive production: 101 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 20 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Cannon Gibbs' production has multiple signals. With 20 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Cannon Gibbs moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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East Carolina
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 25 | 4.4 | 2.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13.5 | 31.6 | 7 | 11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UConn
Week 12 · W 55-21 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.7 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 89.7 takeover score.
#2
vs Memphis
Week 10 · L 41-59 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#3
vs BYU
Week 8 · W 33-17
2
Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
vs UCF
Week 8 · L 10-37 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
@ South Florida
Week 4 · L 13-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
13.5 primary output · 31.6 efficiency · 7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · East Carolina
21.9
2.5 primary · 25 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · East Carolina
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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