Player Profile: Joe Gibson
#77 Joe Gibson
Rivals.com: Profile as recruit
Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-3
Weight: 310
Class: Junior
Hometown: Prairie Village, Kan.
High School: Rockhurst HS
Career Honors: 2015: Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (spring). 2014: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (fall and spring).
2015 (So.): Saw action in six games, starting three at center against Iowa State, Baylor and TCU… South Dakota State: Helped Kansas along the offensive front to its most points scored since 2011 in week one… Memphis: Helped pave the way for the Jayhawks’ 194 rushing yards… at Rutgers: Saw time on special teams… at Iowa State: Started at center… Baylor: Started his second-straight game at center… Texas Tech: Started at center and helped KU to its most passing yards in 2015 (330) before leaving the game early due to an injury… Oklahoma State: Missed the contest due to injury… Oklahoma: Missed the contest due to injury… at Texas: Did not play… TCU: Did not play… West Virginia: Did not play… K-State: Did not play.
2014 (RFr.): Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors… Played in eight games overall, starting seven at center… at West Virginia: Played for the first time in his career… Oklahoma State: Started the first game of his career at center… Went on to claim the starting center job for the remaining seven games of the season.
2013 (Fr.): Redshirted his first year at Kansas.
High School: Earned three letters playing under head coach Tony Severino at Rockhurst HS... Played on both the offensive line and the defensive line... Served as a team captain in 2012... Named Most Outstanding Rockhurst Lineman and garnered second team all-state honors as a senior... Also played basketball for RHS, earning two letters... Named Academic All-State for basketball.
Personal: Son of Paul and Claudia Gibson... Father, Paul, played football at Pittsburg State... Comes from a family of Jayhawks as his great uncle, Ray Evans, was a standout for Kansas in both football and basketball... Evans is a member of both the Orange Bowl and College Football Hall of Fame... His uncle, Harry Gibson, also played basketball at KU... Majoring in marketing.