Nathan Gibbs '13 Recruiting Profile

My name is Nathan Gibbs, and I have played as an offensive lineman on the Hickory High School football team for 3 years. I've been on varsity for 2 years. I am 6'5", 287 pounds. I played left tackle primarily, but was often moved around.  I have also played a fair amount of defense--mostly defensive end.  I can also long snap.  I served as a team leader last year, and I know the game very well. I was voted player of the week and All-Unifour HM. 

I live in Hickory, NC which is one hour north of Charlotte.  I have a brother, Ben, who is a graduate of West Point (he was a baseball pitcher) and is now stationed at Fort Bragg.  My sister, Anna, is on a volleyball scholarship at Queens University and is studying nursing.  My mom is a personal trainer and fitness instructor, and my dad is a banker.

I consider myself a very hard worker, on and off the field.  I make sure that I am first on the field and work out on my own outside of team workouts.  I consider myself a motivator, and have often served as team co-captain (we rotate those positions for games). I also juggle a very vigourous academic schedule taking AP and IB courses which require a lot of work and time outside of the classroom.

I have a strong desire to play football in college and feel that I have the work ethic to do so.   I have watched the rigors that my brother and sister had to face playing a sport and attending elite universities.  My brother also had to work in the military demands at West Point, and my sister is managing two jobs while doing 5 am workouts and excelling in nursing.

My number one priority in my secondary education is academics.  I strongly want to play football at the collegiate level, and hope that I can find a good fit athletically as well as academically.  I am interested in the sciences, possibly engineering, and a possible minor in psychology.  I see myself playing at the Division 1-AA level or a high level Div II or a lower level D1 program.

I am open to all geographic regions and sizes.  I would like to be close to or in a metropolitan area.  I am interested in colleges that offer a variety of majors.  Although I think that I want to pursue a career in the sciences or engineering, I am not quite sure yet.  I am interested in the Ivy League Schools.  I am not particulary interested in a Christian school. Some NC schools of interest are Wake Forest, UNC-CH, Elon,  NC State, Appalachian State, Duke University, but I am open to others as well.