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2019 Football

56 Jeff Gibbs

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 285
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • Highschool Lake Travis

Biography

Career Accolades: 2016 Ivy League champion

2019: Appeared in eight games on the offensive line … Part of an offensive line that was second in the Ivy League and ranked No. 31 among all FCS teams in sacks allowed-per-game (1.6).
 
2018: Started all 10 games on the offensive line, making six starts at center and four at right guard … Played 628 snaps … Led team with 53.5 knockdowns … Allowed just one sack … Part of an offensive line ranked No. 12 in FCS in tackles for loss allowed-per-game (4.2) … Part of offensive line ranked No. 20 in FCS in sacks allowed-per-game (1.1).

2017: Started all 10 games at right guard … Helped block for Ivy League’s No. 2 rushing offense which ranked No. 20 among all FCS teams.

2016: Played in five games on the offensive line, seeing time in each of Penn’s final five games … Helped block for Ivy League’s leading rusher … Protected quarterback Alek Torgersen who threw 17 touchdowns and just four interceptions … Helped line concede the second-fewest sacks in the Ivy League.

Lake Travis: Three-year letterwinner … Served as captain senior year … 2015 state finalist, team finished with a 15-1 record … 2013 squad reached state semifinals … Named 2016 team MVP … 2016 first-team All-District … 2016 Academic All-State … Young Men’s Service League president … FCA Leader.

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Jon Gibbs … High school teammate of Penn classmate Abe Willows … Enrolled in Wharton.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2016Freshman

    OL
    6'3" 255 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2017Sophomore

    OL
    6'3" 255 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2018Junior

    OL
    6'3" 255 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2019Senior

    OL
    6'3" 285 lbs
    56