Plymouth State University

DAVE GIBSON ('98): A star linebacker for the powerful PSC football teams of the mid-1990s under coaches Don Brown and Mike Kemp, Gibson was a three-time All-New England selection from 1995-97 and a consensus All-America as a senior in 1997.  He went on to play professional football in Europe after graduation.

A native of Middletown, R.I., Gibson led the Freedom Football Conference in tackles three straight seasons (1995-97) and was named First Team All-FFC each year.  He was voted FFC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior in 1997, when he was also selected First Team All-East Region, Second Team All-America by Don Hansen's Football Gazette and Third Team All-America on the Hewlett Packard Division III Team.

Gibson was a reserve linebacker as a freshman on the 1994 PSC team and a starter as a sophomore on the 1995 team that each went 9-0 in the regular season, captured the FFC Championship and competed in the NCAA Division III playoffs.  He helped the Panthers capture their only NCAA post-season victory in 1995.  Gibson also led the Panthers to an ECAC post-season berth in 1997 and helped his teams to a combined four-year record of 31-10.