_(cropped).jpg) Gibson with theWashington Football Team in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Positions | Running back Kickoff returner | ||||||||||||||||||
| Roster status |  Injured reserve | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1998-06-23)June 23, 1998 (age 27) Stockbridge, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Eagle's Landing(McDonough, Georgia) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 2020: 3rd round, 66th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||
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Antonio Gibson (born June 23, 1998) is an American professionalfootballrunning back andkickoff returner for theNew England Patriots of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football atEast Central Community College in Mississippi for two years prior to transferring toMemphis in 2018. As areturn specialist andwide receiver with Memphis, Gibson was namedAmerican Athletic Conference (AAC) special teams player of the year in 2019 and received conference honors for both positions. He entered the2020 NFL draft as a running back, where he was selected by theWashington Football Team in the third round and played four seasons.
Gibson attendedEagle's Landing High School inMcDonough, Georgia, playing for theirfootball, basketball, and track teams. As a senior, he was named theHenry Daily Herald's offensive player of the year.[1]
Gibson enrolled atEast Central Community College in 2016, playing football for them prior to transferring to theUniversity of Memphis in 2018.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] In 2019, he was named theAmerican Athletic Conference (AAC) Special Teams Player of the Year and made first-team all-AAC as areturn specialist and second-team as a wide receiver, becoming only the fourth player in conference history to receive such an honor at two positions.[5] He was invited to the2020 Senior Bowl as arunning back, where he recorded 68 rushing yards on 11 carries.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 6 ft0+3⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 228 lb (103 kg) | 31+1⁄8 in (0.79 m) | 8+5⁄8 in (0.22 m) | 6 ft3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) | 4.39 s | 1.55 s | 2.57 s | 35.0 in (0.89 m) | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | 16 reps | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine[7][8] | ||||||||||||
Gibson entered the2020 NFL draft as arunning back prospect, where he was selected by theWashington Redskins in the third round (66th overall).[9] Team executives cited his ability to play various positions as a major reason why they drafted him.[10][11][12] He signed his four-year rookie contract on July 22, 2020.[13]
He scored his first career touchdown, an 11-yard run, in Week 2 against theArizona Cardinals.[14] In Week 4 against theBaltimore Ravens, Gibson recorded 128 total yards from scrimmage along with a rushing touchdown.[15] He recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game in Week 7 against theDallas Cowboys, rushing 20 times for 128 yards and a touchdown.[16]
In a rematch against theCowboys on Thanksgiving, Gibson rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns during a 41–16 victory.[17] He was the first rookie to score three touchdowns on Thanksgiving sinceRandy Moss in 1998, and the first running back on the same day to rush for over 100 yards with three touchdowns sinceBarry Sanders in 1997.[18][19] He was also named thePepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for his performance.[20] The following week against thePittsburgh Steelers, he suffered aturf toe injury early in the first quarter and subsequently missed the rest of that game and the next one against theSan Francisco 49ers.[21][22] Gibson finished the 2020 season leading all rookies in rushing touchdowns with 11, and was also the first Washington rookie to record 1,000 yards from scrimmage sinceAlfred Morris in 2012.[23]
In Week 3 of the 2021 season, Gibson recorded a 73–yard touchdown reception against theBuffalo Bills.[24] The play was the second-longest touchdown reception by a Washington running back in franchise history.[25] The next week, he recorded 63 yards and one touchdown in the win over theAtlanta Falcons, which brought him over 1,000 career rushing yards.[26] This made Gibson the third Washington player in the franchise's history to attain 1,000 rushing yards within his first two seasons since running backAlfred Morris and quarterbackRobert Griffin III. OnMonday Night Football against theSeattle Seahawks, he recorded 111 yards over 29 carries in the Week 12 win which was his first 100-plus rushing yard game of the season.[27] On December 31, 2021, he was placed on the team's COVID-19 reserve list and was forced to sit out of the Week 17 game against thePhiladelphia Eagles.[28] He was placed back on active roster on January 5, 2022.[29]
In the 2022 preseason, Gibson was announced as the team's new kick returner while losing his starting position to rookie running backBrian Robinson Jr.[30][31] Following Robinson Jr. being shot in an armed robbery, Gibson returned as the team's starting running back in the beginning of the 2022 season. In the Week 7 win over theGreen Bay Packers, Gibson recorded 59 rushing yards, three receptions, 18 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown.[32][33] The touchdown was the franchise's 3,000 in their history, with the ball being displayed in thePro Football Hall of Fame.[34] On January 5, 2023, he was placed oninjured reserve.[35] He finished the season with 546 rushing yards and three touchdowns, along with 46 catches for 353 yards and two touchdowns.[36]
In the 2023 season, Gibson had 65 carries for 265 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown to go with 48 receptions for 389 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.[37]
On March 14, 2024, Gibson signed a three-year contract with theNew England Patriots.[38] He finished the 2024 season with 120 carries for 538 rushing yards and one rushing touchdown to go with 23 receptions for 206 receiving yards.[39]
In Week 2 of the 2025 season, Gibson was named AFCSpecial Teams Player of the Week after scoring a 90-yard touchdown on a kickoff return against theMiami Dolphins.[40][41] In Week 5 against theBuffalo Bills, Gibson exited the game with a knee injury, later determined to be atorn ACL, ruling him out of the rest of the season.[42][43] On October 10, 2025, he was placed on injured reserve.[44]
| Regular season | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Kick Returns | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
| 2020 | WAS | 14 | 10 | 170 | 795 | 4.7 | 40 | 11 | 36 | 247 | 6.9 | 40 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | WAS | 16 | 16 | 258 | 1,037 | 4.0 | 27 | 7 | 42 | 294 | 7.0 | 73 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | WAS | 15 | 6 | 149 | 546 | 3.7 | 20 | 3 | 46 | 353 | 7.7 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 485 | 23.1 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | WAS | 16 | 2 | 65 | 265 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 | 48 | 389 | 8.1 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 340 | 24.3 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | NE | 17 | 3 | 120 | 538 | 4.5 | 45 | 1 | 23 | 206 | 9.0 | 50 | 0 | 9 | 239 | 26.6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | NE | 5 | 0 | 25 | 106 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 342 | 28.5 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 83 | 35 | 787 | 3,287 | 4.2 | 45 | 24 | 197 | 1,495 | 7.6 | 73 | 7 | 56 | 1,407 | 25.1 | 90 | 1 | 12 | 8 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | WAS | 1 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
