THE FLATS — Jahmyr Gibbs (Dalton, Ga./Dalton) became the 94th all-American in Georgia Tech football history this month when he was named second-team all-purpose performer on The Athletic’s 2021 all-America team on Dec. 8 and on the Associated Press’ 2021 All-America team on Dec. 13.
Gibbs led Georgia Tech with 746 rushing yards and ranked second on the squad with 470 receiving yards in 2021. Combined with his 589 kickoff-return yards, he averaged 150.4 all-purpose yards per game, which currently ranks third nationally. His 1,805 total all-purpose yards were good for second in Georgia Tech single-season history, and he became just the sixth NCAA Division I FBS player since 2000 and the first since Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey in 2015 with 700 rushing yards, 450 receiving yards and 550 kickoff yards in a single season.
Gibbs is the first Tech running back to earn all-America recognition for any role since Robert Lavette was named third-team all-America by Football News in 1984. Gibbs is the first Yellow Jacket running back to be named as high as a second-team all-American since Eddie Lee Ivery in 1978 (second-team AP and UPI).
