Long before Antonio Gibson put on his first Redskins jersey after being selected by Washington in the third round of the 2020 NFL Draft, his grandmother was buried with one.



Gibson’s mom, Annette Williams, made a surprise appearance on Friday’s “Redskins On The Clock” broadcast and spoke about being born and raised in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Her family, she says, now lives close to FedEx Field.



“The Redskins was my team coming up,” she said. After living in Georgia for years, she said she’s gravitated toward the Falcons a bit.



“But my mom, oh my gosh, she’s passed away now, but she would have been so proud,” Williams said. “She was a die-hard Redskin. We even buried her with her jersey.”



So what does it mean to Gibson to be drafted by a team with such close family ties?



“It means a lot,” Gibson told the Redskins Talk crew. "She meant a lot to us. I know how much she meant to my mom and the family. Everybody was always over her house growing up. She loved the kids. That was my second tattoo. I got a tattoo on my arm for her. She was an important piece to the family. That’s going to mean a lot to be able to play.”

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When Gibson debuts for the Redskins – and when there are fans back in the stadium – it’s safe to say there should be a large cheering contingent for him.



“When I say we have huge, huge family in Maryland, it's going to be a lot,” Williams said of gift jerseys being ordered for her family already.



Before the guest appearances by Gibson’s mom on the broadcast, Pete Hailey asked Gibson what was going to happen to the hats sent from all of the other teams in the NFL who didn’t draft him. The league sent each team’s hat to prospects so they could have the right one to put on after the call was made.



“My mom says she’s putting them in a case,” Gibson said. “She said she wants to remember it all, so I guess that’s where they’re going.”

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