UNC football landed its 12th transfer reward of the Bill Belichick age by means of the dedication from previous East Carolina and Maryland protective back Gavin Gibson on Monday. The 6-foot, 185-pound North Carolina item will show up in Chapel Hill with one year of eligibility staying.
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Gibson’s choice to sign up with the Tar Heels for the very first season of Belichick’s reign followed he had a look at the program on a main go to over the weekend.
In between his 2 seasons at Maryland after becoming a three-star hire at Hough High School in Cornelius, N.C., Gavin Gibson logged 22 getaways, tallying 32 deals with, 4 for a loss, one sack, and 3 pass breaks up.
In his only ECU project this go-round, he played 13 video games, consisting of the Pirates’ Military Bowl win over NC State. Gibson ended up the year with 52 deals with, 7 for a loss, and 3 interceptions, consisting of one returned for a rating, plus 3 pass breaks up and one required fumble.
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He’s the 2nd member of the 2024 Pirates lineup to dedicate to the UNC football coaches, signing up with protective lineman CJ Mims. And Gibson is the very first Tar Heel transfer pickup in the secondary this cycle.
Looking like a three-star possibility in the eyes of 247Sports, Gibson presently ranks No. 544 total and No. 47 amongst securities in the transfer website.
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