Isaiah Gibson Sr.

Senior defensive lineman on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 320 lb · Springfield, OH

CFB Index 21 · #292 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Southern Miss for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7 pm ETvs UConnM. M. Roberts StadiumUConn by 3

How he plays

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1.5 TFL · 26 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 0.5 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Jackson State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on Southern Miss's 2025 roster.

Transferred from Marshall to Southern Miss in 2025.

His career, year by year

Isaiah Gibson Sr.

DL · Southern Miss · Sr · #7

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Across five seasons and three programs, two head coaches: Mark Stoops and Charles Huff. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Kentucky5-6HC: Mark Stoops · Run-heavy

2021Kentucky10-3HC: Mark Stoops · Run-leaning

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

21Below cohort / limited sample #292 of 330?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1711 / 2975 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2803 / 2975 · 4th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

21 · #292 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #44 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Southern Miss	26	4	1.5	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Marshall	28	5	2.0	0.5	1	--	--
2022	Marshall	10	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Kentucky	5	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Kentucky	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		74	13	4.0	0.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 38–20

vs Jackson State

0 TFL · 4 TOT

With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 38-20vs Jackson State	4	0	0.5	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 38-22vs App State	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-30@ Louisiana Tech	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-25vs Jacksonville State	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 38-35@ Georgia Southern	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 49-21vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 27-21@ Arkansas State	4	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 35-42@ South Alabama	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 18-28vs Troy	2	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 16-27vs Western Kentucky	2	1	1.0	—	0
Total		26	4	1.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

26Tackles

4Solo

1.5TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

26 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 TFL.

Week 111 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Southern Miss

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Southern Miss

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Quientrail Jamison-Travis’s 2025 season.

Quientrail Jamison-Travis

96%match

Auburn · 2025

Parker Peterson

Wisconsin · 2025

88%

Chris McClellan

Florida · 2023

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 13

88%

Ricky Correia

California · 2024

87%

Eric Taylor

Mississippi State · 2023

87%

Matches Quientrail on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Keivie Rose's graduate season at Arkansas (2024).

Keivie Rose

88%match

Arkansas · 2024

All-Conference USA

Nazir Stackhouse

Georgia · 2024

All-SEC

84%

Aidan Keanaaina

California · 2025

82%

Alfred Collins

Texas · 2024

All-SECNFL Rd 2 · Pk 11

79%

Dion Wilson Jr.

Syracuse · 2024

78%

Matches Keivie on

Class year

TFL rate

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Isaiah Gibson Sr.

Quientrail Jamison-Travis

Auburn · 2025

96%

Parker Peterson

Wisconsin · 2025

88%

Brandon Cleveland

NC State · 2024

84%

Jason Shuford

Marshall · 2024

84%

Domonique Orange

Iowa State · 2025

77%

The defensive line · Southern Miss

#5JJ HawkinsDL · Jr.5.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#16Jameer LewisDL · Sr.4.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#36Brodarius LewisDT · Sr.3 tackles for loss · 2025
#7Isaiah Gibson Sr.DL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#52Xavier McIverDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025

26 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Nose Anchor

Players who play like Isaiah Gibson Sr.

The defensive line · Southern Miss