GRAND LEDGE (1959-1963)

             Earned 12 Varsity Letters in 4 sports. Member of 3 different conference title teams as a senior (football, baseball, track): football - 1962 CCL champs (1st title since 1941), rushed for over 600 yards & 12 TDs in only 6 games as a senior (injury), named Class A HM All-State by AP; baseball - 19-1 WCC & Diamond Classic Champs in 1963 (best season in school history at that time), one of the teams best hitters with over .400 batting average; track - 1963 CCL champs (1st team title in school history), was member of school-record setting 880 relay team that won league title (1:35.5), also won league title in long jump & set school record (21-8.5); basketball - started as a senior and averaged 13 ppg, nearly won 4 league titles as a senior as basketball finished 2nd place.

MICHIGAN STATE (1963-1967)

            NCAA Division I FBS National Champion (1965, 1966); Rose Bowl (1965), Big Ten Champion (1965, 1966); 1966 Biggie Munn Award Winner; Played for legendary coach Duffy Daugherty; Career stats (tackles are senior year only): 3 Varsity Letters, 41 tackles, 20 solo, 2 INT, 32 yard pick-6 (Stats for tackles unavailable prior to 1966 season), Member of the first teams ever inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame (‘65 & ‘66 teams in 2024).

Further Links: 1964 MSU stats, 1966 MSU Stats, 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team  , 1966 Michigan State Spartans Roster, 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team , Michigan State Welcomes 1965-66 Teams Back to Campus for 50-Year Reunion , 1966 National Title - Michigan State v Notre Dame, 1966 - Game of the Century , How MSU Changed College Football 

Jerry blocking a punt against Penn State (video link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQUNs4VJe5w