One week after Florida State football’s final game of the season, freshman BJ Gibson’s phone buzzed — it was head coach Link Jarrett.
His message?
“Let’s do it.”
Eighteen months after his last competitive baseball game, Gibson is now part of an exclusive group, one becoming even more rare in the current era of college athletics — a two-sport athlete.
Gibson’s baseball play is more than a remarkable story or fun trivia fact — the Noles need him. His bat possesses serious pop, and he brings his football speed to the basepaths, constantly threatening to make plays with his legs.