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Quarterback, Stanford, 1968–70
Jim Plunkett
- Born
- Dec 5, 1947, in San Jose, California
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Jim Plunkett played quarterback at Stanford (1968–70). He won the 1970 Heisman Trophy, the 1970 Maxwell Award and the 1970 Walter Camp Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1970. The New England Patriots took Plunkett first overall in the 1971 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.
At a glance
Honors
- 1970Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1990College Football Hall of Fame
- 1968Second-team All-Pac-8
- 1969First-team All-Pacific Coast
- 1969Eighth in the Heisman vote
- 1970Maxwell Award
- 1970Walter Camp Award
- 1970Chic Harley Award
- 1970Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1970UPI College Football Player of the Year
- 1970Consensus All‑American
- 1970First-team All-Pac-8
- 1970National leader in total offense (3,189)
Team titles: Pac-8 champions, 1970
All-America: consensus 1970; AP second team 1969; Central Press third team 1969
Regional honors: W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy 1969–70; Pop Warner Trophy 1970
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
MVP of the 1971 Hula Bowl.
Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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