He entered the 2020 NFL draft as a running back, where he was selected by the Washington Football Team in the third round and played four seasons.

Gibson attended Eagle's Landing High School in McDonough, Georgia, playing for their football, basketball, and track teams.

[1] Gibson enrolled at East Central Community College in 2016, playing football for them prior to transferring to the University of Memphis in 2018.

[6] Gibson entered the 2020 NFL draft as a running back prospect, where he was selected by the Washington Redskins in the third round (66th overall).

[20] The following week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he suffered a turf toe injury early in the first quarter and subsequently missed the rest of that game and the next one against the San Francisco 49ers.

[26] This made Gibson the third Washington player in the franchise's history to attain 1,000 rushing yards within his first two seasons since running back Alfred Morris and quarterback Robert Griffin III.

[29] In the 2022 preseason, Gibson was announced as the team's new kick returner while losing his starting position to rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr.[30][31] Following Robinson Jr. being shot in an armed robbery, Gibson returned as the team's starting running back in the beginning of the 2022 season.