Antonio Gibson

BIOGRAPHY

Antonio Gibson was born June 23, 1998, in Stockbridge, Georgia. He is a Running Back in the NFL.

Gibson attended Eagle's Landing High School in McDonough, Georgia, playing for their football, basketball, and track teams. As a senior, he was named the Henry Daily Herald's offensive player of the year.

Gibson enrolled at East Central Community College in 2016, playing football for them prior to transferring to the University of Memphis in 2018. In his two years at East Central, he had 50 receptions for 871 receiving yards with 13 touchdowns, 27 kick returns, 554 kick-return yards, and 249 rushing yards. He played wide receiver and running back at Memphis. In his two years, he had 44 receptions for 834 yards with 10 touchdowns, 369 rushing yards and four touchdowns and 647 return yards, and a touchdown.

Gibson entered the 2020 NFL Draft as a running back prospect, where he was selected by the Washington Redskins in the third round with the 66th overall pick. Washington VP of player personnel Kyle Smith cited his ability to play various positions as a major reason why they drafted him. He signed his four-year rookie contract on July 22, 2020.

He scored his first career touchdown, an 11-yard run, in Week 2 against the Arizona Cardinals. In Week 4 against the Baltimore Ravens, Gibson recorded 128 total yards from scrimmage along with a rushing touchdown. He recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game in Week 7 against the Dallas Cowboys, rushing 20 times for 128 yards and a touchdown. In Week 10 against the Detroit Lions, Gibson rushed for 45 yards and two touchdowns during a 30–27 loss.

In a rematch against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, Gibson rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns during a 41–16 victory. He was the first rookie to score three touchdowns on Thanksgiving since Randy Moss in 1998, and the first running back on the same day to rush for over 100 yards with three touchdowns since Barry Sanders in 1997. He was also named the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for his performance. The following week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he suffered a turf toe injury early in the first quarter and subsequently missed the rest of that game and the next one against the San Francisco 49ers. Gibson finished his rookie season leading all rookies in rushing touchdowns with 11, and was also the first Washington rookie to record 1,000 yards from scrimmage since Alfred Morris in 2012.