Sports are outlet for Liberty's Gibson

Running back has passion for football

Liberty RB Shakree Gibson.NICHOLAS PIATEK/For the Times Herald-Record

Times Herald-Record

Published: 2:00 AM - 09/27/13

LIBERTY As a young boy, Shakree Gibson was painfully shy, keeping to himself in what his foster mom, Brenda Miller, called his own little world.

Truth be told, young Shakree was more than shy. He was scared and insecure.

However, for Gibson, confidence would partially come in the form of sports. His therapy was provided on soccer fields, baseball diamonds, basketball fields and, most of all, on the football field.

This is why Gibson plays running back. He starts for Liberty, by way of Fallsburg, where he played the last three seasons. Gibson transferred to Liberty in June after completing his junior year at Fallsburg, which folded its football team after last season.

"When Fallsburg lost football, in my head, I was going crazy," Gibson said. "Football was the only way I could get everything out of my head. All the pain, the misery, the depression was stuck in my head. Football is the only way I could get it out of my head."

Gibson could end up being a 1,000-yard rusher for Liberty, a perennial Class C playoff contender, this fall. He put up 1,039 yards and seven touchdowns for Fallsburg last season. Gibson has 281 yards in three games this year.

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Sports are outlet for Liberty's Gibson