College Career
University of Mississippi (1958-1961)
• All-SEC football (’59, ‘60)
• All-SEC baseball (’59, ‘60, ‘61)
• SEC Champions baseball (’59, ‘60)
• All-American, All-South quarterback (’60)
• All-American baseball (’60, ‘61)
• SEC Player of the Year, football, Nashville Banner (’60)
• SEC Back of the Year, Atlanta Touchdown Club (’60)
• FWAA National Champions, SEC Champions, football (’60)
• All-District III, baseball (’60, ‘61)
• Outstanding Player in Sugar Bowl, football (’61)
• 3rd in Heisman Trophy balloting (’60)
• College Football Hall of Fame (’95)
• Ole Miss Team of the Century (’93)
Pro Baseball Career
New York Yankees (1965-1971)
• Catching instructor (’93)
Tampa Yankees, Florida State League, manager (1994)
Baseball Coaching Career
Ole Miss (1972-1990)
• SEC Western Division champions three times (’72, ‘77, ‘82)
• SEC Overall champions twice (’72, ‘77)
• District III champions (’72)
Did You Know?
Jake Gibbs was Mississippi’s first college athlete to earn All-America honors in two different sports, baseball and football.
