Bruce Gibson

Detroit Lions 177th pick

RB · Pacific · 1978

Draft Details

Year

Round

Round 7

Pick

177th overall

Team

Position

College

Bruce Gibson was the 177th overall pick in the 1978 NFL Draft, selected by the Detroit Lions.

Pick	Player	Pos	Team	College
174	Dan Doornink	RB	New York Giants	Washington State
175	Fred Quillan	C	San Francisco 49ers	Oregon
176	Art Whittington	RB	Las Vegas Raiders	SMU
176	Arthur Whittington	RB	Oakland Raiders	SMU
178	Karl Baldischwiler	OT	Miami Dolphins	Oklahoma
180	Cliff Featherstone	DB	San Diego Chargers	Colorado State

Other Detroit Lions picks in 1978 include Luther Bradley (CB, round 1), Al Baker (DE, round 2), Bill Fifer (OT, round 4), William Fifer (OT, round 4), Homer Elias (G, round 4), Larry Tearry (C, round 4), Amos Fowler (C, round 5), Dan Gray (DE, round 5), Dwight Hicks (DB, round 6), Tony Ardizzone (C, round 6), Jesse Thompson (WR, round 6), Jim Breech (K, round 8).

No NFL career statistics are available for Bruce Gibson in our sources (nflverse, Wikipedia).

Bruce Gibson is a former running back out of Pacific, selected by the Detroit Lions with the 177th overall pick (round 7) in the 1978 NFL Draft.

Rd	Pick	Team	Player	Pos	College
1	1	HOU	Earl Campbell	RB	Texas
1	2	KC	Art Still	DE	Kentucky
1	3	NO	Wes Chandler	WR	Florida
1	5	BUF	Terry Miller	RB	Oklahoma State
1	6	GB	James Lofton	WR	Stanford
1	7	SF	Ken MacAfee	TE	Notre Dame
1	8	CIN	Ross Browner	NT	Notre Dame
1	9	SEA	Keith Simpson	DB	Memphis
1	10	NYG	Gordon King	OT	Stanford
1	11	DET	Luther Bradley	CB	Notre Dame

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