James Gibson: DB · Army · #2.
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James Gibson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the same secondary at Army. On tape: 6 tackles against Air Force, Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34@ Duke | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-14vs Liberty | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 28-21vs Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-28@ No. 5 Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-13@ Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 52-3vs San José State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-22@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 17-14vs Air Force | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 31-13vs Lafayette | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-14vs Colgate | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 17-10vs Navy | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 20 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
33tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL33 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 sacks · 2 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 21-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
10.6%
97 pass / 816 run
Plays / game
70.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
101 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Army, 36 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
