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2019 Football Roster

25 Christian Gibson

  • Position RB
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 210
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • High School Prime Prep Academy

Biography

Career Notes: Attended the 2020 SPIRAL Tropical Bowl.

2019 (Redshirt Senior)
Aggies' second-leading rusher for the season ... Played in all 12 games with one start ... 99 carries for 489 yards (4.9 avg.) and three touchdowns ... Added 10 receptions for 54 yards working out of the backfield ... Returned one punt of 37 yards and three kicks for nine yards, finishing fourth on the team in all-purpose yards with 589 (49.1 per game) ... Scored rushing touchdowns in each of the final three games of the year ... Ran the ball a career-high 23 times for 98 yards (4.3 avg.) and caught two passes for eight yards in a rain-soaked affair at Georgia Southern (10/26) ... Broke loose for 115 rushing yards and a touchdown on 14 carries (8.2 avg.) in the Aggies' home win over UIW (11/16) ... Seven carries for 61 yards, including a season-long 53-yard running touchdown, in the rivalry win again UTEP (11/30) ... Ran for 49 yards and a touchdown, in addition to blocking a punt, in the season finale at Liberty (11/30).

2018 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in all 12 games in the backfield … Had a breakout season in the running game, pacing the team with 590 yards on the ground on 96 carries … Finished with six rushing touchdowns … Averaged a team-best 6.1 yards per carry … Recorded eight receptions out of the backfield for 73 yards … Back-to-back 100-yard rushing games at UTEP (9/22) and vs. Liberty (10/6) … Career-high 127 rushing yards vs. Liberty (127) with a long of 66 – the longest run by an Aggie since Jason Huntley vs. Arizona State (50 yards) in 2017 … Career-high three rushing touchdowns at Louisiana (10/13) – first Aggie with three rushing touchdowns in a game since Larry Rose III in 2015 (vs UNM – 10/3/15) … All six rushing touchdowns came in a three-game stretch from 10/6-20 … Handled five kickoff returns and two punt returns … Totaled 726 all-purpose yards for the season … Blocked punt in the win at UTEP (9/22).

2017 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 12 games … First season at running back after converting from defensive back … First career carry came against Troy (9/16).

2016 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in two games ... Lone tackle of the season came against Arkansas State (11/12).

2015 (Freshman)
Redshirt season.

High School
Played varsity football at Prime Prep Academy ... Won the state championship after leading the Spartans to a 9-2 overall record and 4-0 district mark as a senior ... Ran for 1,600 yards and 16 touchdowns as a junior ... Was a long jump state champion.

Personal
Son of William Gibson and Nicola Allen ... Has two younger brothers, Carron and Gervinho ... Majoring in communication studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2015Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 195 lbs
    5
  • 6

    2016Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 206 lbs
    6
  • 25

    2017Junior

    Running Back
    6'1" 206 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2018Redshirt Junior

    Running Back
    6'1" 210 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2019Redshirt Senior

    Running Back
    6'1" 210 lbs
    25