Gevani McCoy

Photo by: Karl Maasdam

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-0
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Baldwin Hills, Calif.
High School:
Lawndale

2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
• Played in 10 games
• Completed 123-of-202 passes for 1,300 yards and three touchdowns
• Ran for 328 yards and five touchdowns on 59 carries. Averaged 5.6 yards per attempt
• Threw for a season-high 348 yards on 27-of-42 passing at Nevada. Threw one touchdown
• Passed for 231 yards the following week versus UNLV. Added 81 yards on the ground, scoring two touchdowns
• Carried the ball 10 times for a season-high 91 yards in a double overtime win over Colorado State. Scored three touchdowns in the win
• Completed 22 passes in 34 attempts for 172 yards against Oregon
• Ran for 66 yards on 10 carries against Purdue, adding 104 passing yards in 10 completions

IDAHO
• Played in 26 games over three seasons for Idaho
• 2023 Walter Payton Award finalist
• 2023 Big Sky All-Conference First Team
• 2022 Jerry Rice Award winner for the FCS National Freshman of the Year honor
• 2022 Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year
• Big Sky All-Conference Third-Team selection as a redshirt freshman
• Team captain in 2023
• Set the Idaho single-game completion percentage record in 2022 against NAU, completing 18-of-20 passes (90 percent)
• Completed 448-of-684 (65 percent) of his pass attempts at Idaho. Threw for 43 touchdowns to 19 interceptions. Totaled 5,834 pass yards
• Passed for 2,910 yards and 15 touchdowns as a redshirt sophomore. Completed 65 percent of his passes
• Totaled 2,719 passing yards as a redshirt freshman, averaging 247.2 per game. Completed 68 percent of his passes and threw for 27 touchdowns to seven interceptions
• Surpassed 300 yards passing four times in 2023, including a season-high 346 at Weber State on Nov. 11
• Passed for back-to-back 300-yard efforts to end the 2022 season. Threw for 344 versus UC Davis, then 343 at Southeastern Louisiana
• Finished with a career-high four TD passes three times in 2022, doing so against Northern Colorado, Portland State and Eastern Washington

LAWNDALE HIGH SCHOOL/LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
• Competed for Lawndale High School as a senior
• Played for Lakewood High School his junior year. Threw for 1,569 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior. Also totaled 721 rush yards and 12 touchdowns on 112 carries