EASTERN 2021 FOOTBALL FCS Playoffs 1985•1992•1997•2004•2005•2007•2009•2010•2012•2013•2014•2016•2018•2020/21 NCAA Championship Subdivision Honors (formerly I-AA) Bowl/All-Star Games 2018 (2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Josh Lewis, CB Receiver Trio Combines for 817 catches and 132 TDs 2018 (2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Jay-Tee Tiuli, DL he trio of SHAQ HILL, KENDRICK BOURNE and COOPER KUPP combined 2017 (2018 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Jordan Dascalo, P for 817 catches for 12,412 yards and 132 touchdowns in 160 games played 2016 (2017 Senior Bowl) - Cooper Kupp, Wide Receiver T 2016 (2017 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Samson Ebukam, DE (109 starts) during their careers which all ended in 2016. All three earned All-America 2016 (2017 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Kendrick Bourne, WR honors as seniors (Kupp was a four-time consensus first team All-American) and 2015 (2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Clay DeBord, OT combined for a total of 13 season-ending All-Big Sky Conference accolades during 2015 (2016 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Aaron Neary, OG their careers. 2014 (2015 East West Shrine Game) - Tevin McDonald, With 211 career receptions for 3,130 yards and 27 touchdowns, Bourne finished his Safety career ranked in the top seven in all three categories in school history. He combined 2014 (2015 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Jake Rodgers, OT with Kupp from 2013-16 for FCS records for combined catches (639) and reception 2013 (2014 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - T.J. Lee III, CB yards (9,594) by two players. 2012 (2013 Casino Del Sol Game) - Nicholas Edwards, WR 2011 (2012 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl) - Bo Levi Mitchell, QB Hill finished with 178 career catches to rank eighth in school history, good for 2,818 2011 (2012 Players All-Star Classic) - Renard Williams, DL yards (seventh) and 32 touchdowns (fifth). The first team All-Big Sky selection and 2009 (2010 East West Shrine Game) - Matt Nichols, QB four-time all-league honoree became the first Eagle in school history to win league 2009 (2010 East West Shrine G.) - Nathan Overbay, Tight End titles all four years he played (2012-14, 2016). He set the school record with 55 games 2005 (2005 Las Vegas Bowl) - Eric Kimble, Wide Receiver played, including 11 games in the FCS Playoffs. 2004 (2005 Senior Bowl) - Michael Roos, Offensive Tackle That trio finished the 2016 season with a combined 273 receptions for 4,058 yards 2004 (2005 East West Shrine Game) - Michael Roos, OT and 41 scores, and all three went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season. Bourne 2003 (2003 Blue-Gray Classic) - Kurt Sigler, Offensive Tackle 2003 (2003 The Villages Classic) - Kurt Sigler, Off. Tackle finished with 79 catches for 1,201 yards and seven touchdowns, and Kupp finished 2002 (2003 Paradise Bowl) - Jovan Griffith, Running Back with a Big Sky Conference record 117 catches for 1,700 yards and 17 scores. Hill also 2001 (2002 Paradise Bowl) - Fred Salanoa, Quarterback had 17 TD catches to go along with 77 receptions for 1,157 yards. Bourne ended his 2001 (2002 Paradise Bowl) - Chris Polinder, Center career with a 38-game streak of catching at least one pass. Kupp set the FCS record 2001 (2002 Paradise Bowl) - David Sherrod, Offensive Tackle with 52-straight, having at least two catches in every game he played as an Eagle, and 1996 (1997 Freedom All-Star) - Joe Sewell, Running Back setting a school record with 52 games started. 1993 (1994 Senior Bowl) - Trent Pollard, Offensive Tackle Kupp twice was the league’s offensive MVP and earned first team All-Big Sky honors all four seasons (plus was honored Player of the Year Awards twice as a return specialist). Hill was a first team All-Big 2020-21 - Eric Barriere, FCS Off. Player of the Year (FCS ADA) Sky receiver as a senior, and was also honored as a 2018 - Roldan Alcobendas (Fred Mitchell Placekicker Award) third team selection in 2014 and received honorable 2016 - Gage Gubrud, FCS Player of the Year (Touchdown Club mention in 2013. In 2012 he received honorable of Columbus) mention as a return specialist when he also earned 2016 - Cooper Kupp, FCS Off. Player of the Year (FCS ADA) Freshman All-America accolades. Bourne was a 2016 - Cooper Kupp, FCS WR of the Year (FCS Ath. Dir. Assoc.) second team All-Big Sky selection as a junior and 2015 - Cooper Kupp, FCS Off. Player of the Year (STATS) senior, and honorable mention in 2014. Kupp and 2015 - Cooper Kupp, FCS Off. Player of the Year (FCS ADA) Bourne were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine 2015 - Cooper Kupp, Walter Payton Award (Mickey Charles LLC) in 2017. 2015 - Cooper Kupp, FCS Wide Receiver Award (College FB Performance Awards) 2015 - Cooper Kupp, FCS WR of the Year (FCS Ath. Dir. Assoc.) 2013 - Vernon Adams Jr., FCS Performer of the Year (College FB Performance Awards) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, Jerry Rice Award (The Sports Network) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, FCS Wide Receiver Award (College FB Performance Awards) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, Freshman of the Year (College Sporting News) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, Freshman of the Year (College Sports Journal) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, Freshman of the Year (Col. Sports Madness) 2013 - Cooper Kupp, Freshman of the Year (Phil Steele Pub.) 2012 - Vernon Adams Jr., Fresh. of the Year (Col. Sporting News) 2012 - Brandon Kaufman, Wide Receiver Award 138 (College FB Performance Awards) EASTERN 2021 FOOTBALL BIG SKY CHAMPIONSHIPS: 1992•1997•2004•2005•2010•2012•2013•2014•2016•2018 Gubrud & Kupp Both Earn FCS Player of the Year Accolades in Record-Breaking 2016 season here were a trio of FCS Player of the Year awards handed out following the 2016 season, and Eagles COOPER KUPP and GAGE GUBRUD were each honored. After breaking a NCAA Football Championship Subdivision single season record with 5,160 passing yards, TGubrud was selected as the 2016 FCS Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus (Ohio). In addition, the TDC selected Kupp to receive its President’s Award after a season in which both players were honored as co-Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP. Kupp was selected by the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Athletic Director’s Association as a repeat selection for its FCS Offensive Player of the Year Award announced Jan. 5, 2017. The EWU football program also liked its odds to win yet another Walter Payton Award, but in the end, it was the lone non-EWU finalist taking home the honor, as Sam Houston State redshirt junior Jeremiah Briscoe captured the award that has become known as the Heisman Trophy of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level. With voting conducted at the conclusion of the regu- lar season, Kupp finished second and Gubrud was third as they became the first pair of teammates to be voted as finalists for the prestigious honor. Kupp finished with a Big Sky Conference record 117 catches for 1,700 yards and 17 scores in the 2016 season, and accounted for two more scores passing, one rushing and one on a punt return. Including his rushing, passing and return yards, he finished the season with 2,047 yards (157.5 per game) and 21 touchdowns. Kupp led EWU to 41 victories overall in four seasons – 28-4 in the Big Sky Conference -- while Gubrud led EWU to a 12-2 record in his debut as a starter. He passed for a FCS record 5,160 yards, accounting for 53 touchdowns and 5,766 yards of total offense. Kupp established 15 FCS, 11 Big Sky and 29 EWU records in his illustrious 52-game Eastern career (2013-16), and added a collegiate all-division mark. His 6,464 career receiving yards surpassed the NAIA record of 6,177 after he previously surpassed NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, NCAA Division II and NCAA Division III records earlier in the 2016 season. Kupp’s yardage, 428 receptions, 73 touchdown catches, 124.3 average yards per game and 1.40 average TDs per game were all FCS records. Gubrud ended up breaking three FCS records, eight Big Sky marks and 20 school records in his injury-shortened career (2015-18), most coming in the 2016 season. His average of 344.6 yards of total offense per game was both a Big Sky and EWU record and ranks third in FCS history. He finished with 11,026 yards of total offense in 32 games as an Eagle, including 9,984 passing and an aver- age of 312.0 yards per game to set a school record. 139 EASTERN 2021 FOOTBALL FCS Playoffs 1985•1992•1997•2004•2005•2007•2009•2010•2012•2013•2014•2016•2018•2020/21 2011 - Bo Levi Mitchell, Walter Payton Award (The Sports Network) Bo Levi Mitchell Wins 2011 Walter Payton Award 2011 - Bo Levi Mitchell, Elite Quarterback Award (College Football Performance Awards) His debut year, a national 2010 - J.C. Sherritt, Buck Buchanan Award (The championship. The next year, Sports Network) the Walter Payton Award. Those 2010 - J.C. Sherritt, Defensive Player of the Year are the crowning glories for Award quarterback BO LEVI MITCHELL, who capped a sensational two-year (College Sporting News) career (2010-11) for the Eagles by 2010 - Taiwan Jones, FCS Offensive Player of the being selected as the winner of the Year Walter Payton Award given to the (Phil Steele Publications) top player in the NCAA Football 2010 - Taiwan Jones, FCS Running Back of the Year Championship Subdivision. Mitchell (College Football Performance Awards) led the FCS in four categories 2008 - Greg Peach, Buck Buchanan Award (The in 2011, including passing yards Sports Network) (4,009) and touchdown passes 2005 - Erik Meyer, Walter Payton Award (The Sports (33) on his way to breaking four Network) school records.