Gevani McCoy
| Oregon State Beavers – No. 4 | |
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| Position | Baldwin Hills, California |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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| High school | Lawndale (Lawndale, California) |
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Gevani McCoy is an American football quarterback who will play for the Oregon State Beavers. He previously played college football at the University of Idaho in the Big Sky Conference.
Early life and high school
McCoy grew up in
College career
Idaho
McCoy played in three games in 2021 as a true freshman before redshirting the season, completing 15 of 32 pass attempts for 205 yards and one touchdown.[6] He was named the Vandals' starting quarterback going into his redshirt freshman season in 2022.[7] New head coach Jason Eck had initially considered moving McCoy to cornerback during offseason practices before deciding to keep him at quarterback.[8] McCoy completed 204 of 298 passes for 2,719 yards with 27 touchdown passes and seven interceptions and also rushed for three touchdowns.[9] He was named the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year, third-team All-Big Sky, and won the Jerry Rice Award as the most outstanding freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision.[10][11]
On December 11, 2023, McCoy announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.[12]
Oregon State
On December 21, 2023, McCoy announced that he would be transferring to Oregon State.[13]
Statistics
| Season | College | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
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| GP | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Idaho Vandals | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Idaho | 3 | 0–1 | 15 | 32 | 46.9 | 205 | 6.4 | 1 | 4 | 86.0 | 20 | 24 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Idaho | 11 | 6–5 | 203 | 297 | 68.3 | 2,735 | 9.2 | 27 | 7 | 171.0 | 75 | 98 | 1.3 | 3 |
| 2023 | Idaho | 12 | 8–4 | 230 | 354 | 65.0 | 2,919 | 8.2 | 15 | 8 | 143.7 | 88 | 188 | 2.1 | 2 |
| Career | 26 | 14−10 | 448 | 683 | 65.6 | 5,859 | 8.6 | 43 | 19 | 152.9 | 183 | 310 | 1.7 | 5 | |
References
- Orange County Register. October 5, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Pixley, Trevan (November 23, 2022). "Idaho's McCoy Proving the naysayers wrong". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- Press Telegram. May 26, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "UI gets commitment from L.A. quarterback". Lewiston Morning Tribune. July 20, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Cefalu, Gianna (December 9, 2022). "Vandals QB Gevani McCoy Wins Jerry Rice Award". KLEWTV.com. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ "McCoy has that next-man-up mentality". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Harriman, Peter (September 29, 2022). "Idaho seeing dividends for taking shot on quarterback Gevani McCoy". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ "Vandal QB McCoy was nearly a corner". Coeur d'Alene Press. October 1, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Pixley, Trevan (December 8, 2022). "He's the real McCoy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "All-Big Sky football teams: Idaho's McCoy earns top freshman honor". Coeur d'Alene Press. November 24, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Harriman, Peter (December 7, 2022). "Idaho quarterback Gevani McCoy wins Jerry Rice Award". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Miller, Jared (December 11, 2023). "Idaho's McCoy, Woods hit Transfer Portal". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "Former Idaho quarterback Gevani McCoy announces commitment to Oregon State". The Spokesman-Review. December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.