Kyle Gibson: DB · UCF · #25.
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Kyle Gibson
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at UCF: Scott Frost and Josh Heupel. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Temple — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 4.5 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 · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-17@ UConn | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-0vs South Carolina State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-36vs Florida Atlantic | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-14vs Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 48-20vs SMU | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-30@ Memphis | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-10@ East Carolina | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 52-40vs Temple | 14 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 35-24vs Navy | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-13vs No. 19 Cincinnati | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-10@ South Florida | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 56-41vs Memphis | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 32-40vs No. 11 LSU | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 83 | 51 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 |
Week 10 · 2018
W 52-40
vs Temple
1 tackle for loss · 14 tackles · 1 hurry
Edged out Temple at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%4 TFL83 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
40.0%
393 pass / 589 run
Plays / game
75.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
431 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
83 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UCF, 172 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: George O'Leary, Scott Frost, and Josh Heupel. Multi-era developmental context.
