Chris Gilbert (American football)

Chris Gilbert
Career information
Date of birth	October 16, 1946
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
Position(s)	FB
College	University of Texas
Career highlights and awards
Honors	All-America (1968)
College Football Hall of Fame

Chris Gilbert was an American football player. Chris Gilbert ran for 3,231 yards in 29 games for the University of Texas in 1966–68. He was the first player in NCAA history to record three 1,000-yard rushing seasons—rushing for 1,080 as a sophomore, 1,019 as a junior, 1,132 as a senior, averaging 5.4 yards per rushing attempt.^[1] He was All-Southwest Conference three times and consensus All-America in 1968. In his career he returned 20 kickoffs, averaging 22.7 yards on each and scored 28 touchdowns in 29 games. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fifth round of the 1969 NFL Draft but never played in the NFL. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

References

1968 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Terry Hanratty B Chris Gilbert B Leroy Keyes B O. J. Simpson E Jerry LeVias E Ted Kwalick T Dave Foley T George Kunz G Charles Rosenfelder G Jim Barnes G Mike Montler C John Didion

Defense	DL Joe Greene DL Ted Hendricks DL Chuck Kyle DL Bill Stanfill DL Ed White DL John Zook LB Steve Kiner LB Dennis Onkotz LB Mike Ballou DB Jake Scott DB Roger Wehrli DB Al Worley

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