Look, the reason I said what I did is because Gibson fumbled on his very first series of the year, all the way back in Game #2. You said you didn’t think he had fumbled once.
I’ll go on to say this, which most people will think is stupid: If he is capable of holding onto the ball, Jerrick Gibson is our best running back. Period. He has the best vision, he has the ability to break tackles, and has improved in his ability to pick up the blitz. Wisner is solid, I’ve never been impressed with Baxter, and Clark hasn’t shown me much either.
Gibson is our best back. But it doesn’t really matter because you can’t trust the kid. I mean he went the whole offseason knowing that he had to improve his ball control, and then on his first running series against UTEP he fumbles the fucking ball.
His only chance of staying on this team and not portaling out is if Baxter and Wisner continue to remain sidelined and he shows out against SEC competition in a way that impresses the coaches enough to play him more.