Usage / Role
49%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Army
James Gibson
DB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Centreville, VA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
James Gibson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
66
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Army
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Army
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Player Story
James Gibson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Centreville, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Army. The clearest part of James Gibson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Army
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
James Gibson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Army. James Gibson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 2
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
James Gibson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Army · DB
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Army
- Top game
- Liberty
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Westfield · Army
- High school pipeline
- Westfield · 10 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DB 278th (top 33%) · FBS Independents 52nd (top 21%) · National 1,234th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 11 | 33 | 3.5 | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | 54.6 |
Related Context
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James Gibson played DB for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, James Gibson recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Army.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Army paired 7.5 primary output with 19.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.3 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: Liberty
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Army
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
19.3
Usage
7.2
Consistency
39.6
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 2. Liberty: 2. Hawai'i: 1. Oklahoma: 0. Buffalo: 0.5. San José State: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Air Force: 0. Lafayette: 0. Colgate: 0. Navy: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 2 by 28.3. Liberty: 3 by 32.5. Hawai'i: 1 by 14.2. Oklahoma: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 1 by 9.2. San José State: 5 by 30.8. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Air Force: 6 by 25. Lafayette: 2 by 8.3. Colgate: 3 by 12.5. Navy: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.4 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
Liberty
Best efficiency game
32.5 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/8 | vs Navy | W 17-10 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Colgate | W 28-14 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | vs Lafayette | W 31-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Air Force | W 17-14 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 37-22 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ San José State | W 52-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Buffalo | W 42-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Oklahoma | L 21-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Hawai'i | W 28-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs LibertySplash game | W 38-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/31 | @ DukeSplash game | L 14-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
James Gibson story
James Gibson built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a defensive back from Centreville, VA wearing No. 2, spending time with Army. The clearest part of James Gibson's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives James Gibson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Army
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Army | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 2 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 7.5 | 19.3 | 7.2 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Liberty
Week 2 · W 38-14 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Duke
Week 1 · L 14-34
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Eastern Michigan
Week 9 · W 37-22
1
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Fordham
Week 1 · W 64-6
2
Havoc Plays
43.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.1 takeover score.
#5
@ San José State
Week 7 · W 52-3
1
Havoc Plays
38 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Army
7.5 primary output · 19.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage
54.6
#2
2017 Regular Season · Army
14
2 primary · 10.9 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Army
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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