Player
Jack Gibbens
LB · Patriots
Jack Gibbens: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Undrafted out of Minnesota in 2022 — 3 quiet years in Tennessee, then a breakout 48-tackle season as a Patriot in 2025.
TrendGibbens by season
| Season | Team | Tackles | PDs | TFL | Sacks | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TEN | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | TEN | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | TEN | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2025 | NE | 48 | 4 | 8 | 1.0 | 1 |
Gibbens spent 3 seasons in Tennessee as a depth LB and core special-teamer (Minnesota and Abilene Christian alum, signed UDFA 2022). He cleared 39 tackles in 2023 when injuries opened a role, then slid back to a part-time spot in 2024.
The 2025 Patriots signing has produced the best season of his career by every measure — career highs in tackles (48), TFL (8), PDs (4), and his first forced fumble.
Tackles per season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| TEN | 11 |
| TEN | 39 |
| TEN | 20 |
| NE | 48 |
8 TFLs in 2025 — already double his career total (5) heading into the year.
MilestoneTFL accumulation by season
| Season | TFL | Career TFL |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 8 | 13 |
Gibbens entered 2025 with 5 career TFLs across 3 seasons. He's matched and surpassed that in a single year as a Patriot — 8 TFLs through Week 12, plus 3 QB hits as a blitz piece.
The New England staff has deployed him as a downhill run-stopping LB in their base packages, and the production curve has followed.
3 Tennessee seasons combined: 70 tackles. One New England season: 48 tackles. He's already at 69% of his Titans career production.
SplitTennessee chapter vs 2025 NE
| Period | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-24 TEN | ~51 | 70 | 5 | 1.5 |
| 2025 NE | ~12 | 48 | 8 | 1.0 |
On a per-game basis, Gibbens has gone from 1.37 tackles per game in Tennessee to ~4.0 tackles per game in New England — roughly a 3x role expansion. The TFL rate has scaled with him: 0.10/G in TEN vs 0.67/G in NE.
This is the textbook late-bloomer LB curve: 3 years on a roster as core STs depth, then a starter opportunity unlocks the tape.
118 career tackles — 13 of them are TFLs. That's 11% of all his tackles coming in the backfield.
RareGibbens has 13 TFLs on 118 career tackles — an 11.0% TFL rate. Most off-ball LBs sit in the 6-8% range; double-digit TFL share marks a player who's actively winning at the line of scrimmage rather than cleaning up downfield.
The 2025 NE rate is even more extreme — 8 TFLs on 48 tackles is 16.7% — pushing him into a top-quartile run-disruption profile when on the field.
Career-first forced fumble in 2025 — an end-of-game strip on a goal-line carry.
ComparisonGibbens recorded his first career forced fumble as a Patriot in 2025, plus his first career fumble recovery. Through his Tennessee years he was a tackler more than a takeaway player — 0 forced fumbles, 0 recoveries across 3 seasons.
The combination of his first FF + first FR + 8 TFLs + 1 sack + 4 PDs makes 2025 his most well-rounded season by a wide margin.
2024 dip — just 20 tackles after a 39-tackle 2023, then a near-double rebound in 2025.
AnomalyThe middle of Gibbens' career is the strange section. After flashing in 2023 (39 tackles, 3 TFL) as Tennessee's emergency starter, his 2024 snap share dropped — only 20 tackles, 0 PDs as he got squeezed by Kenneth Murray's signing and Jamal Adams' midseason arrival.
The Patriots signed him as a low-risk depth/STs addition; the 48-tackle bounce-back has been the surprise contribution of NE's 2025 LB room.
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