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Jaden Gibson

WR
Position
6'0''
Height
179 lbs.
Weight
Freshman
Class
Rabun County, Ga.
Hometown
Rabun County
High School
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HONORS
2023 Named to the ACC All-Academic Team … Named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll.

AT VIRGINIA:
2024 – Appeared in 10 games … Recorded 10 catches for 91 yards on the year … Caught two passes against then-No. 8 Notre Dame (11/16) … Recorded a career-high four catches for 38 yards against North Carolina (10/26). 2023 – Appeared in eight games, starting in two … Made first career start at Boston College (9/30) … Made collegiate debut against Tennessee (9/2).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
Set to enroll at UVA in January … Helped Rabun County to a 23-3 record in two seasons including a state quarterfinal appearance in 2021 … Set the Georgia state records for career receiving yards (5,124), career touchdown receptions (59) and single-season touchdown receptions (29 in 2022) … His 1,950 receiving yards as a senior in 2022 and his 1,878 yards as a junior in 2021 are the second and third-most, respectively, in a single-season in state history… Had seven 200-yard receiving games in his prep career including a 13-catch, 285-yard receiving effort, the eighth-most in a game in state history, against Elbert County on Oct. 22, 2022. He broke the state’s 49-year-old career receiving record and the state’s career touchdown record with his fourth TD catch of the contest … 2022 Region 8A-D1 Player of the Year … Named the 2022 Born 2 Compete Wide Receiver of the Year and the 2022 BLITZ Player of the Year … One of nine finalists for the 2022 Mr. Georgia Award presented to the top senior football player in the state of Georgia by the Peach Bowl … 2021 Max Preps First Team Small Town All-American … 2021 Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), Georgia High School Association (GHSA) & Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) First Team All-State selection … Played his first two seasons at Dawson County where he earned all-region honors as a sophomore before transferring to Rabun County … Originally committed to Georgia Southern but reopened his recruitment in November of his senior year … Three-star recruit by 247Sports and Rivals.com … Ranked in the top-100 wide receivers in the state of Georgia according to Rivals.com … Played for Jaybo Shaw (2021) and Mike Davis (2022) at Rabun County … Enrolled in UVA’s College of Arts and Sciences.