Defensive end for South Alabama. 2017: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.
6′1″ · 260 lb · Fairfield, TX
The story
2017 defensive end for South Alabama. 2017: 1.5 sacks, 2.5 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJimmie Gipson
One game to point at: 5 tackles against Louisiana — Week 10, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at South Alabama, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (29th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Major Applewhite
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | South Alabama | 21 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-47@ Ole Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-44vs Oklahoma State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-34@ Louisiana Tech | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-23vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-19vs Louisiana | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-19vs Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-52@ Georgia Southern | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 17-22@ New Mexico State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.