Torieal Gibson

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
5-9
Weight:
165
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cleveland, Ohio
High School:
Glenville

2011 (Sr.): Started nine games . . . started his 13th career game vs. Toledo . . . managed a career-long 94-yard pass reception that went for a touchdown in the first quarter at Eastern Michigan, which set a Rynearson Stadium record for longest scoring pass play . . . tallied seven catches for 142 yards and one TD at EMU . . . the seven catches tied his career high, while the 142 yards set a new career high . . . led the Cardinals with 57 receiving yards and tied for team-high honors with five catches vs. IU . . . managed four catches for 21 yards at South Florida . . . had two receptions for 20 yards vs. Buffalo . . . posted four catches for 40 yards at Oklahoma . . . two catches for 18 yards vs. Temple . . . managed six catches for 74 yards and a long reception of 29 yards at Western Michigan . . . ranked second on the team with 45 catches and 519 receiving yards . . . managed his second touchdown catch of the season in the season finale vs. Toledo . . . recieved a Ball State Ray Louthen Senior Participation Award.

2010 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games . . . started four games . . . earned third letter . . . caught at least one pass in eight games . . . recorded his first touchdown reception of the season at Toledo . . . season high three catches vs. Liberty and vs. Western Michigan . . . season best 22 receiving yards at Toledo . . . season long 22-yard catch vs. Eastern Michigan.

2009 (So.): Played in all 12 games to earn second letter . . . caught his first career touchdown pass on a 34-yard reception from Kelly Page with 9:57 left in the third quarter at Army . . . caught a season long 50-yard scoring strike from Page at Temple . . . three TD catches -- at Army, vs. Toledo and at Temple . . . managed five catches for a season high 110 yards and one TD at Temple . . . career high seven receptions vs. Toledo . . . . at least one catch in 10 games . . . second for the Cardinals in kickoff returns . . . season high five kick returns for a season best 59 yards at Eastern Michigan . . . season long 25-yard kickoff return vs. New Hampshire and vs. Toledo.

2008 (Fr.): Played in 12 games, including the Mid-American Conference Championship Game and the GMAC Bowl . . . earned first letter . . . led Ball State in kickoff returns and kickoff return yardage . . . career high seven kickoff returns for career best 142 yards vs. Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl . . . five kickoff returns at Miami University and at Central Michigan . . . tallied 97 yards in kickoff returns, including a career long 66-yard return vs. Kent State . . . managed a career long 11-yard reception vs. Eastern Michigan.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for Coach Ted Ginn . . . also competed in basketball . . . Football: Helped team to a 9-3 record as a senior, including an undefeated mark in the Senate Athletic League . . . helped Glenville to regional finals as a senior . . . all-state and all-league as a senior . . . managed 23 receptions for 314 yards with two touchdowns as a senior . . . also tallied 17 punt returns for 174 yards and one TD as a senior . . . registered 40 career receptions for 749 yards plus 27 punt returns for 219 yards in his career.

Personal: Son of Carla Gibson . . . born Nov. 22, 1988, in Cleveland, Ohio . . . one brother and one sister . . . name is Torieal Gibson.

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	td	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2008	11	4	19	0	11	0.4	4.8	1.7
2009	12	25	337	3	50	2.1	13.5	28.1
2010	11	13	119	1	22	1.2	9.2	10.8
2011	11	40	478	1	94	3.6	11.9	43.5
TOTAL	45	82	953	5	94	1.8	11.6	21.2

SCORING	g	td	rcv	total	avg/g
2008	11	0	0	0	0.0
2009	12	3	3	18	1.5
2010	11	1	1	6	0.5
2011	11	1	1	6	0.5
TOTAL	45	5	5	30	0.7

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2008	11	28	603	66	21.5	54.8
2009	12	11	176	25	16.0	14.7
2010	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
2011	11	0	0	0	0.0	0.0
TOTAL	45	39	779	66	20.0	17.3

ALL PURPOSE	g	rcv	kr	total	avg/g
2008	11	19	603	622	56.5
2009	12	337	176	513	42.8
2010	11	119	0	119	10.8
2011	11	478	0	478	43.5
TOTAL	45	953	779	1732	38.5

TACKLES	g	ua	total
2008	11	0	0
2009	12	1	1
2010	11	0	0
2011	11	1	1
TOTAL	45	2	2

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, 5 times
Touchdowns: 1, 5 times
Receptions: 7, Toledo, 10/3/09 ; at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/11
Receiving yards: 142, at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/11 (7 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, 5 times
Long reception: 94, at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/11
All-purpose yards: 142, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09 ; at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/11
Kick returns: 7, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09
Kick return yards: 142, vs Tulsa, 1/6/09 (7 returns)
Long kick return: 66, Kent State, 9/27/08
Tackles: 1, at Western Michigan, 11/24/09 (1-0); at Eastern Michigan, 11/5/11 (1-0)