Jayden Gibson

South Carolina GamecocksContender

RESDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Oklahoma

3rd String

Is Jayden Gibson starting?

Jayden Gibson is listed 3rd string at RES for South Carolina Gamecocks.

Jayden Gibson is listed RES #3 for South Carolina at 73 OVR.

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Depth at RES · South Carolina Gamecocks

What's Next

Who do they play next?Noah Rogers — at Alabama · Sat, Sep 26 Who's the backup?Dylan Stewart — No. 2 at RES for South Carolina How do they compare?Pick an opponent for South Carolina Gamecocks

The Story

A 4-star recruit out of West Orange, ranked #181 nationally coming out of high school.

Recruit4★ · #181 Natl

Apopka, FL

Jersey: #9
Class: RS SR/TR
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 205 lbs
Transfer: Oklahoma

Jayden Gibson is currently behind Jayden Sellers at RES on the South Carolina depth chart, a SEC team rated 88 overall this season.

Recruiting Profile

Stars: ★★★★☆4-star
Composite: 0.9288
National Rank: #181
High School: West Orange
Hometown: Winter Garden, FL

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 84th-percentile recruit (no FBS production stats) → 73 after depth penalty.

Team defense (SP+)

Rating basis

Recruiting pedigree

Top 16% recruit

Depth-chart adjustment

+6 for role; −12 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

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Game-by-game stats will show up here once available.

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