on december 17, 2009 at hargrave military academy, he accepted a full-ride athletic scholarship to virginia tech and began his college career in january 2010. he initially started his college football career moving between guard and tackle. he settled at backup right tackle as a sophomore and played mostly on special teams, which he would continue to play for the remainder of his college career. junior year, gibson posted 6 starts at right tackle. he became the regular starter at left tackle as a senior. gibson earned a b.s. criminology in 2013, b.s. psychology in 2014, and graduated from the virginia tech police academy.