Junior safety Eavan Gibbons has been named Second Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators.  It is the fourth-consecutive year that a Navy football player has earned Academic All-American honors.
 
Gibbons, who started all 12 games this fall and recorded 54 tackles, 5 tackles for a loss, 1 sack, 1 fumble recovery and 2 forced fumbles, carries a 3.53 grade point average while majoring in Ocean Engineering.
 
Gibbons will be one of nine returning starters next year on a defense that finished sixth in the nation against the run in 2022.
 
Navy Football Players Named Academic All-American
Year                           Player                                        
1953                          Steve Eisenhauer                  
1957                          Tom Forrestal                         
1958                          Joe Tranchini                          
1969                          Dan Pike                                    
1974                          Tim Harden                             
1975                          Chet Moeller                           
1979                          Ted Dumbauld                       
1980                          Ted Dumbauld                       
1983                          Bill Weidenhammer             
1999                          Terrence Anderson              
2002                          Grant Moody                          
2009                          John Dowd                               
2010                          John Dowd                               
2011                          John Dowd                               
2012                          Keegan Wetzel                       
2015                          Thomas Wilson                      
2015                          E.K. Binns                                 
2019                          Travis Brannan                       
2019                          Eric Cal                                      
2020                          Kyle Gibbs                                
2021                          Isaac Ruoss                              
2022                          Eavan Gibbons