Throughout fall camp, InsideHilltopperSports.com is catching up with some of the newcomers on the football team. Wednesday, we spoke with freshman tight end Jay Gibson. Here is what the Tennessee native had to say.

- Talk about your summer so far and getting up here to campus, adjusting to college life, and fall camp?

"So far, it's been going really good. There have been a couple of tight ends that have been hurt, so I've been taking a few more reps than I was expecting to when I first got here. But, it's been going good and it's helping me learn the offense."

"The transition is it's a lot faster game than high school, but I think my high school prepared me well for the camp aspect because at my high school we lived on campus for two weeks during the summer and had a real football camp that was almost like this. We're definitely more busy here because it's college, but I think I was prepared well coming into it."

- What do you like about Western Kentucky being up here for the summer and going through workouts?

"I like the connections I've made, relationships wise. That's what I was worried about. The players are all good guys. Nobody is really entitled here and they all like to work hard, so that's probably been the best part about it."

- What else if different going through college camp compared to high school?

"Physicality is definitely another thing. You're coming from an environment where you are one of the strongest kids on your team or one the best players on your team in high school like every that is here probably was and then you come here kind of on the bottom of the line. So, you definitely need to be a lot more humble and do things you maybe necessarily didn't have to do in high school."

- What have you learned from your position coach so far?

"I love Coach (Ryan) Mahaffey. He pushed all the tight ends everyday to get a lot better and he doesn't accept anything but the best from us and that's great. It's been a transition for me because I've never played in a three-point stance in my life, so that's been a big transition and he's helping me out with it and being patient and I've felt like in the first two weeks of camp I've come a long way."

- What's the biggest thing you think you've improved on so far?

"Probably in-line blocking and being physical. I think it's one of my best traits and I think I've done a good job of improving on that."

- What have you learned from the upperclassmen so far?

"All the older tight ends have helped me a lot. Learning the signals has been difficult because it's only been two weeks now, but Mik'Quan (Deane), Kyle (Fourtenbary), Steve (Witchoskey), and Kris (Leach) have all helped me out learning the signals and learning what I'm suppose to do. All the other guys at other positions have helped me out just getting used to camp, the schedule, being busy all the time."

- When WKU got involved in your recruiting process, how much did you know about them and what sold you on them at the end?

"I didn't know much about them. My great uncle (Dee Gibson) came here and is in the Hall of Fame here, so I knew a little bit about the school. My mom is just down the road so I've got family around. They offered me pretty early on and I built a good relationship with all the coaches and they seem like genuine guys and good people to be around with the players here so that's what sold me on the school."

- For WKU fans that haven't watched you play yet, what do you bring to the table?

"I'm big and physical, but versatile also and can catch the ball."