Temple University Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Gevani McCoy
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Baldwin Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Lawndale
2025 (Redshirt Senior, Temple): Transferred to Texas State before re-entering the transfer portal after spring ... battled Evan Simon for the starting QB position throughout fall camp … although both listed as starter, Simon earned the distinction at UMass, however, McCoy still did make his Temple debut at UMass and led the team on 2 drives.
2024 (Redshirt Junior, Oregon State): • Played in 10 games during his first and only season at Oregon State ... completed 123-of-202 passes for 1,300 yards and three touchdowns ... ran for 328 yards and five touchdowns on 59 carries (5.6 yards per attempt0 ... threw for a season-high 348 yards on 27-of-42 passing with one TD at Nevada ... passed for 231 yards the following week versus UNLV and added 81 yards on the ground, scoring two touchdowns ... carried the ball 10 times for a season-high 91 yards and three touchdowns in a double overtime win over Colorado State ... 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.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore, Idaho): Walter Payton Award finalist ... Big Sky All-Conference First Team ... team captain ... passed for 2,910 yards and 15 touchdowns completing 65 percent of his passes ... surpassed 300 yards passing four times, including a season-high 346 at Weber State ...
2022 (Redshirt Freshman, Idaho): Jerry Rice Award winner for the FCS National Freshman of the Year ... Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year and Big Sky All-Conference Third-Team selection ... totaled 2,719 passing yards, averaging 247.2 per game ... completed 68 percent of his passes and threw for 27 touchdowns to seven interceptions ... set the Idaho single-game completion percentage record against NAU, completing 18-of-20 passes (90 percent) ... passed for back-to-back 300-yard efforts to end the 2022 season - 344 versus UC Davis, then 343 at Southeastern Louisiana ... finished with a career-high four TD passes three times, doing so against Northern Colorado, Portland State and Eastern Washington.
2021 (Freshman, Idaho): Played in three games as a true freshman ... redshirted.
High School: • Competed for Lawndale High as a senior after playing for Lakewood High as a junior when he threw for 1,569 yards and 14 touchdowns ... also totaled 721 rush yards and 12 touchdowns on 112 carries.
Personal: Born Gevani Lee McCoy in Los Angeles, Calif. ... list of favorites include: Of Mice and Men (book), Snowfall (TV show), Paid in Full (movie) ... sociology major.
