We don’t know yet who’s going to stand beside him. Could be K.J. Dillon or Wendell Smallwod. Might be Jacky Marcellus or Jovon Durante. Dana Holgorsen might even rotate those four or some combination of them, but one of them will be next to Shelton Gibson. “He’s going to be pretty good,” Holgorsen said in a wonderfully amused matter-of-fact style Monday.

But Shelton Gibson, who is a starting wide receiver expected to make The Leap this season and also trying too hard right now to get there, is also better than pretty good on kickoff and punt coverage. Something’s got to give, and Holgorsen hopes it isn’t his kickoff and/or punt coverage teams.

“He was probably the best we had last year at punt coverage and kickoff coverage,” Holgorsen said. “He was everywhere.”

That hasn’t changed, but Holgorsen knows he has to make a few alterations so that Gibson’s results in one area of expertise aren’t affected by his activity in another.

“He can’t do everything,” Holgorsen said. “He can’t be on kick return, kick coverage, punt coverage and wide receiver. He can’t do all that stuff. We’ve got to figure out what he deserves on offense, what he’s capable of on offense. How many snaps he takes on offense — and not just him — will dictate how many snaps they all take on special teams.”