John Gibson

Defensive back for Missouri. 2016: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

DB · Missouri · #5

6′0″ · Missouri City, TX

Missouri 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 983 nationally · Signed with Missouri

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 defensive back for Missouri. 2016: 3 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Missouri, 28 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2012

Signed with Missouri3-star out of Fort Bend Marshall

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#983 national

CFB

College

Missouri

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014–2015

Gary Pinkel

Missouri

2016

Barry Odom

Missouri

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Gary Pinkel → Barry Odom. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Missouri11-3HC: Gary Pinkel · Run-leaning

2015Missouri5-7HC: Gary Pinkel · Balanced

2016Missouri4-8HC: Barry Odom · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (86th percentile). Strength: passes defended (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#65 / 763 · 86th pct

Passes defended#360 / 2668 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#1034 / 2668 · 60th pct

Tackles#1463 / 2668 · 44th pct

Tackles for loss#1737 / 2668 · 28th pct

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QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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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

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eli Drinkwitz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Missouri	28	22	1.0	0.0	4	3	--
2015	Missouri	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
2014	Missouri	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		28	22	1.0	0.0	4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 28–24

vs Arkansas

6 TOT · 6 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With J. Johnson — 81 rush yds (2 car) · D. Lock — 268 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.2 · -26 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-26@ West Virginia	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 61-21vs Eastern Michigan	4	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 3	L 27-28vs Georgia	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 79-0vs Delaware State	2	1	0.0	1	1
Wk 5	L 7-42@ LSU	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-40@ Florida	1	0	0.0	2	1
Wk 10	L 21-31@ South Carolina	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 26-17vs Vanderbilt	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 37-63@ Tennessee	3	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 28-24vs Arkansas	6	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Total		28	22	1.0	3	4

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

John Gibson

2012

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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