Gage Gubrud
 Gubrud with OC Troy Taylor in 2016. | |
| Eastern Washington Eagles – No. 8 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Major | Management |
| Career history | |
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| High school | McMinnville (OR) |
| Personal information | |
| Born: |
May 15, 1995 Portland, Oregon |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Gage Gubrud (born May 15, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Eastern Washington Eagles.
Early years
Gubrud graduated from McMinnville High School in McMinnville, Oregon, in 2014. As a senior, Gubrud completed 59.7 percent of his passes, with 18 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He led the Grizzlies to the second round of the OSAA 6A Playoffs and also earned All-Pacific Conference honors.[1]
College career
Gubrud was lightly recruited, receiving zero Division I scholarship offers. Gubrud would eventually decide to join Eastern Washington as a preferred walk-on, in the process turning down a scholarship offer from Division III school Linfield in Oregon.[2]
2014–15
Gubrud redshirted in 2014. In 2015, he saw action primarily as a kick holder. Gubrud played in one game as a quarterback, completing 7-of-13 passes for 66 yards and an interception in a loss to Montana.[1]
2016
In 2016, Gubrud won the starting quarterback job, beating out former starter and senior, Jordan West.[2] In his first career start against Washington State, Gubrud went 34-for-40 for 474 yards and five touchdowns in a 45–42 upset win.[3]
Gubrud would lead Eastern to a 12–2 season and an appearance in the FCS Playoffs Semifinals. He finished 2016 with an FCS single-season record 5,160 passing yards and 48 touchdowns. Gubrud also led the team with 606 rushing yards and five touchdowns.[4] Gubrud totaled 5,766 yards of total offense, which was just 33 yards shy of the FCS single-season record set by Steve McNair in 1994.[4]
Gubrud was named the Co-Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year, along with teammate Cooper Kupp.[5] He was also named the FCS Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus.[4] Gubrud was also a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.[6]
College statistics
| Season | Games | Games Started |
Record | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||
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| Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | Passer Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||||
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 7 | 13 | 66 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 81.1 | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | 12–2 | 386 | 570 | 5,160 | 67.7 | 48 | 14 | 166.6 | 134 | 606 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | 6–4 | 261 | 422 | 3,342 | 61.8 | 26 | 12 | 143.0 | 82 | 236 | 2.9 | 5 |
| NCAA Career Totals | 28 | 24 | 18–6 | 654 | 1,005 | 8,568 | 61.1 | 74 | 27 | 130.2 | 228 | 873 | 3.3 | 11 |
References
- 1 2 "Official Eastern Washington Eagles Gage Gubrud bio". Goeags.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- 1 2 "Overachieving Gage Gubrud ready to take quarterback reins at EWU". Spokesman.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Eastern Shocks WSU in Pullman". washingtonsportsnetwork.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Gubrud selected as 2016 FCS Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus". kulr8.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "EWU's Kupp, Gubrud share top Big Sky award". spokesman.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "EWU stars Kupp, Gubrud up for Payton Award". tennessean.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.