EAST LANSING, Mich. – Former Michigan State All-American wide receiver Kirk Gibson has been named one of 10 players and three coaches to the College Football Hall of Fame. The 2017 Class was announced Monday morning live on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
A four-year letterman who played for both Denny Stolz (1975) and Darryl Rogers (1976-78), Gibson earned first-team All-Big Ten and first-team All-America honors as a senior while helping lead the Spartans to a share of the 1978 Big Ten Championship and a No. 12 national ranking by The Associated Press. He set career highs in receptions (42), receiving yards (806) and touchdown receptions (7) in 1978.