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2024 Football Roster

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87 Jay Gibson

  • Position Tight End
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 255
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cleveland, Tenn.
  • Prev School Western Kentucky
  • Highschool McCallie
  • Twitter @jaygibson_

Biography

NIL OPPORTUNITIES
- Transferred in 2019 from Western Kentucky
- All-around TE with pass-catching & blocking abilities
- May 2022 grad with a degree in Management
- Moved to the coaching staff in 2025 (Offensive Quality Control)
 
Career Stats 
Games: 38 | Rec: 41 | Yards: 371 | TD: 3

Career Highs 
Rec.: 4 at Austin Peay, 11/23/2024
Yds: 44 at Samford, 9/23/2023
TD: 1 vs. Wofford, 2/27/2021; Mercer, 10/22/2022 & Wofford, 10/19/2024
Long Catch: 31 at Samford, 11/9/19

2024 (Senior II)
- Nine games played with six starts...13 catches for 102 yards and one score.
- Career-high four receptions (28 yds) in the win at Austin Peay in the regular season finale...also had multiple catches at Tennessee (2-22), Wofford (2-2, TD) and at Western Carolina (2-34).
- Long catch of 26 yards came at the Catamounts.
- Recorded two tackles...one each at Tennessee and at Western Carolina.
- Returned following medical waiver from NCAA for seventh season...preseason All-SoCon per the league (2nd team) & Phil Steele (1st).

2023 (Senior I)
- Started three games...played four in the regular season earning a medical redshirt before returning to see action in the postseason.
- Season-high two catches at Samford with 44 yards...injured in second half missing the final seven regular season games.
- Went 63 days between games catching a pass in the FCS PLayoff win at Austin Peay and again a week later at Furman.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2022 (Junior)
- Played in nine games with eight starts...caught 13 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown.
- Tied career high of three catches in October win over VMI...then career best 42 receiving yards.
- Caught second career TD pass in October win over Mercer.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll.

2021 (Sophomore II)
- Missed the season with an injury in fall camp.
- A.D. Honor Roll.
 
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Played in four games with three starts... four catches for 17 yards.
- First career touchdown catch vs. Wofford.
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll…SoCon Honor Roll.
 
2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
- Played in 10 games off the bench.
- Caught five passes for 54 yards...31-yard reception at Samford
- Dean's List and A.D. Honor Roll...SoCon Honor Roll.
 
Prior to Chattanooga
- Appeared in four games and redshirted in 2018 at Western Kentucky...Dean's List student.
- Played for head coach and former Moc Ralph Potter at McCallie High School...helped the Blue Tornado to the Tennessee state semifinals in 2017.
- 2-time All-State performer...earned Division-II-3A East/Middle Region first team honors as a senior.
- 3-star recruit by 247Sports with a rating score of 80…ranked 52nd nationally at his position and 90th overall in the state.
 
Personal
- Full name is James Edward Gibson...son of Jim and Mary Beth Gibson...born Oct. 8, 1999.
- Father played tennis at Belmont...ninth of 10 children...five brothers and four sisters.

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Historical Player Information

  • 85

    2019Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 255 lbs
    85
  • 87

    2020Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'5" 260 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2021Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'5" 249 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2022Junior

    Tight End
    6'5" 255 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2023Senior

    Tight End
    6'4" 260 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2024Graduate Student

    Tight End
    6'5" 255 lbs
    87