| Oregon State Beavers–No. 7 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Born: | Baldwin Hills, California, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) |
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| High school | Lawndale (Lawndale, California) |
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Gevani McCoy is an American football quarterback for the Oregon State Beavers. He previously played for the Idaho Vandals, winning the 2022 Jerry Rice Award.
McCoy grew up in Baldwin Hills, California, and initially attended Lakewood High School. [1] He passed for 830 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore. [2] McCoy passed for 1,569 yards and 14 touchdowns and rushed 117 times for 721 yards and 12 touchdowns during his junior season. He transferred to Lawndale High School before the start of his senior year. [3] McCoy committed to play college football at Idaho, which was his only scholarship offer, during his junior year of high school. [4] [5]
McCoy played in three games with the Idaho Vandals in 2021 before redshirting the season, throwing for 205 yards and a 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 21, 2023, McCoy announced that he would be transferring to Oregon State. [12]
| 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 | |
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