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2024 Catamount Football Roster

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32 Walter Gibson

  • Position Defensive Back/LongSnapper
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Apex, N.C.
  • High School Apex HS

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Senior): Played in 11 of the team’s 12 games on special teams and as a defensive reserve … Two-way player on defense and as long-snapper … Credited with three total tackles … Recorded stops at NC State (Aug. 29), at Elon (Sept. 14), and a solo stops against The Citadel (Oct. 12).

2023 (Redshirt Junior): Played in 10 of the 11 team’s games as a defensive reserve and on special teams … Credited with six total tackles on the season including four solo stops … Made his WCU debut in the season-opener at Arkansas (Sept. 2) … Recorded his first tackle on a solo stop against Charleston Southern (Sept. 23) … Tallied a career-high two tackles on solo stops in the road win at nationally-ranked Chattanooga (Oct. 7).

Prior to Western Carolina: Played two seasons at Monroe University in New Rochelle, N.Y. ... Played in 12 games over two seasons, five as a true freshman and seven as a sophomore ... Credited with 13 total tackles, including eight solo stops ... Forced a fumble as a freshman in 2021 ... Recorded his first career interception as a sophomore in 2022 at Wagner College.

Personal: Is the son of Elizabeth Gibson

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    43
  • 32

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Defensive Back/LongSnapper
    5'11" 200 lbs
    32