Gary Gibson (American football)

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Gary Gibson
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Gibson with the Buccaneers in 2012
No. 91, 71, 95
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1982-05-05) May 5, 1982 (age 42)
Plant City, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:312 lb (142 kg)
Career information
High school: LaFayette (NY)
College: Rutgers
Undrafted: 2005
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:76
Sacks:3.0
Pass deflections:5
Player stats at PFR

Gary Gibson (born May 5, 1982) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Rutgers.

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Gibson was also a member of the Hamburg Sea Devils, Carolina Panthers, St. Louis Rams, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

College career

Gibson played in 44 games with 32 starts at Rutgers and totaled 114 tackles, 6.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, He played in 10 games with eight starts as a senior and produced 25 tackles with 2.5 sacks. He was named co-winner of team’s Most Improved Player Award as a junior and started all 12 games that season and recorded a career-high 44 tackles. He started all 12 games as a sophomore and tallied 32 tackles. Gibson appeared in 10 games as a freshman. He red shirted as a true freshman in 2000.

Professional career

Baltimore Ravens

Gibson signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by Baltimore on April 29, 2005 and was placed on the reserve/injured list on August 30, 2005.

Carolina Panthers

He then signed as a free agent by Carolina in June, 2007, and was signed to the practice squad by Carolina in August and then was signed to the active roster on November 7, 2007 and recorded a tackle. Gibson re-signed as an unrestricted free agent by Carolina March 5, 2008. That season Gibson played 11 games and recorded nine tackles for the Panthers.

St. Louis Rams

Gibson in 2010 while with the Rams Gary Gibson (American football).JPG
Gibson in 2010 while with the Rams

Signed as a free agent by the St. Louis Rams April 20, 2009. He was a starter for three Rams preseason games in 2009 and is on the active roster. He was also the starter at left defensive tackle for the first five games of 2009, until a knee injury put him on the injured reserve for the rest of the 2009 NFL season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Gibson signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on May 3, 2012. [1]

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References

  1. "Ex-Ram Gary Gibson signs with Bucs, reunites with Schiano". NBC Sports. May 3, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2023.