*** 2018 FCS Player of the Year Candidate ***
*** 2018 Honors Candidate ***
*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

 

2017 WALTER PAYTON AWARD FINALIST

2016 FCS PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Touchdown Club of Columbus)

2016 WALTER PAYTON AWARD FINALIST (3rd in Voting)

2016 FCS All-American (first team by Hero Sports; second team by five other organizations)

Career Summary: Gubrud is a two-time finalist for the Walter Payton Award presented by STATS to the top offensive player in FCS, and could break a variety of EWU and Big Sky Conference career records in 2018. He is 17-6 in 23 games as a starter, and in 27 total games as an Eagle he has 9,441 yards of total offense and 8,568 passing yards. A duplication of last year’s totals (3,578 total offense and 3,342 passing in 10 games played) and he’ll challenge Big Sky records owned by former Eagle Matt Nichols (13,308 total offense and 12,616 passing). Six times in his career he has earned Big Sky Conference Player of the Week honors from the league office. As a first-year starter in 2016, Gubrud earned FCS Player of the Year honors from the Football Club of Columbus and shared Big Sky Conference MVP honors with four-time All-America wide receiver Cooper Kupp. Gubrud was third in the voting for the Walter Payton Award and was selected to six FCS All-America teams after leading EWU to a 12-2 record and perfect 8-0 Big Sky Conference record. His record-breaking season included the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision record for passing yards with 5,160. In all, he broke three FCS records, seven Big Sky Conference marks and 19 EWU records. He finished with 48 touchdown passes and a Big Sky record of 5,766 yards of total offense, and was also the team’s leading rusher with 606 yards and five more scores.

Career Records/Superlatives: Senior quarterback Gage Gubrud has played in just 27 career games (17-6 in 23 games as a starter), but he’s still making his mark in a hurry on EWU’s career leaders list. He’s moved up to No. 4 in school history in career passing yards with 8,568, ranking only behind 10,000-yard passers Matt Nichols (12,616), Vernon Adams Jr. (10,438) and Erik Meyer (10,261). He is also fourth in total offense with 9,441 yards, ranking behind Nichols (13,308), Adams (11,670) and Meyer (10,942). Gubrud is 2,129 passing yards from making it onto the top 10 in Big Sky history, and is only 1,501 from the total offense mark of Meyer which ranks 13th in the 55-year history of the league. After setting three FCS, seven Big Sky marks and 18 school records in the 2016 season, Gubrud now seeks to maintain a pair of career marks. He remains the Eastern career leader in passing yards per game (317.3) and total offense per game (349.7), and is second in completion percentage (.651). He is also fourth in touchdown passes (74), fourth in completions (654) and sixth in attempts (1,005). Gubrud now has a school-record 10 400-yard passing performances in his career, three more than Adams with seven. He has had back-to-back-to-back 400-yard performances on three occasions, and Adams, Jordan West and Matt Nichols are the only other quarterbacks in EWU history to have accomplished that feat two games in a row. Gubrud’s 16 300-yard passing performances rank only behind Meyer (17), Nichols (19) and Adams (20). Gubrud owns eight of the top 10 single game total offense performances in school history (1-2-3-4-6-7-8-10), plus the Nos. 14, 20 and 29 performances. He owns nine of the top 19 passing performances (1-2-4-7-13-15-16-18-19), plus Nos. 23, 40 and 45. During Eastern’s five-game winning streak from Sept. 16 to Oct. 14 in 2017, Gubrud had 2,071 passing yards (414.2 average per game) while completing 69 percent of his passes. He passed for 19 touchdowns and accounted for another four (three rushing, one receiving). In his best five-game stretch in 2016, he completed 69 percent of his passes for 2,160 yards (432.0 average) and 20 touchdowns in five victories from Sept. 24 to Oct. 29. In addition, he had an impressive string of 222 passes without an interception in 2016, going four full games in 2016 from Sept. 24 to Oct. 22 without a pick. He had what was then a school-record 551 yards of total offense in the first start of his career, a 45-42 season-opening victory over Washington State of the Pac-12 Conference.

2018: Listed as the starter at quarterback on preseason depth chart. Gubrud is again a candidate for FCS Player of the Year honors and to be a repeat winner of the Big Sky Conference Offensive MVP he shared with former teammate Cooper Kupp in 2016. In summer of 2018 he was selected by Athlon Sports as the lone quarterback on its 27-player preseason Al-America team. He was also a third team preseason All-America selection by Hero Sports. Is one of four Eagle seniors serving as co-captain for the 2018 season, joining safety Mitch Fettig, linebacker Ketner Kupp and center Spencer Blackburn.

2017: Earned second team All-Big Sky honors (as selected by the league’s head coaches). Was one of 25 finalists for the Walter Payton Award presented to the top offensive player in FCS. Gubrud also joined three seniors in serving as one of four co-captains during the season. He was the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Offensive Player of the Week for the second-straight week from College Sports Madness after directing EWU’s fourth-quarter rally in a 41-38 win at UC Davis (10/7/17). One week earlier versus Sacramento State (9/30/17), he was selected as the College Sports Madness FCS Offensive Player of the Week. He also won his third-straight Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week honor – the sixth time overall in his career – and became the first Eagle to win it three consecutive weeks. Gubrud joins the likes of Travis Lulay of Montana State and Doug Nussmeier and John Friesz of Idaho as other players in league history to garner the award three times in a row. Started all 10 of the games he played.

2017 Statistics & Game Honors: Gubrud was second in FCS in total offense per game (357.8), and was fourth in passing yards per game (334.2), third in FCS in points responsible for per game (19.4), fourth in completions per game (26.1) and 13th in total passing touchdowns (26). He led the Big Sky in four of those categories, and was second in completions per game. His average of 334.2 passing yards per game is the fourth-best single season performance in school history, and his 357.8 average per game of total offense is fifth. His 32 total touchdowns responsible for (26 passing, five rushing, one receiving) is eighth. Both in numbers and accolades, it was quite a roll Gubrud and the Eagles went on in September and October. Thanks to a 650-yard offensive explosion by the Eagles that was the seventh-best in school history, he was selected as the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week after EWU beat Fordham (9/16/17) 56-21. He passed for 399 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for 72 yards and two scores, in helping Aaron Best record his first victory as EWU’s head coach. He completed 29-of-41 passes and had 471 yards of total offense to rank as the 18th-most in school history (eighth-most for Gubrud). He also earned honorable mention FCS Offensive Player of the Week honors from STATS, an honor he repeated a week later against Montana (9/23/17). No. 11 Eastern trailed 24-6 at halftime but scored 42 points in the second half to stun the Grizzlies, also earning him Big Sky Player of the Week accolades. In the second half, Eastern scored on touchdowns on five of its six possessions, and had a dominating 259-68 yardage advantage in the third quarter. After knotting the game at 27 and 34, Eastern took the lead for good on a tie-breaking 3-yard TD pass from Gubrud to Nic Sblendorio with 6:53 left. Eastern expanded it to 48-34 on a 10-yard TD run by Antoine Custer Jr. with 2:12 to play. The defense did its part by recording three key stops in the fourth quarter Gubrud broke his own school record with a 549-yard passing performance, finishing with four touchdowns through the air and one on the ground. His 560 yards of offense were also a record, as he eclipsed his own previous records of 520 passing and 551 total yards. The 549 team passing yards were also a school record, breaking the previous mark of 526 set in 2015 versus Northern Iowa. In EWU’s next game versus Sacramento State (9/30/17), he earned the first of two FCS Offensive Player of the Week honors from College Sports Madness and earned Big Sky Player of the Week honors for the third-straight week. He accounted for 486 yards and six touchdowns in a 52-31 victory. Gubrud completed 35-of-50 passes as he finished with 447 passing yards and five touchdowns. He also caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from running back Sam McPherson, and had six rushes for a net loss of four yards. He had a hand in 57 of EWU’s 86 offensive plays, resulting in the seventh-most yards in school history with 651. At UC Davis (10/7/17), No. 10 Eastern rallied from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter by scoring 21 points in the period and went on to win a heart-stopping 41-38 victory over the Aggies at Davis, Calif. Gubrud engineered scoring drives of 71, 55 and 75 yards in the final quarter, and finished with six touchdown passes and 452 yards passing to earn team offensive player of the week honors. He passed 6 yards to Sblendorio for a game-winning TD with 1:37 to play, followed by a missed 49-yard field goal by the Aggies that could have knotted the game. Gubrud passed for 452 yards and six touchdowns in the win. Eastern finished with 728 total yards against Portland State (11/18/17) to rank as the third-most in school history, ranking only behind the 740 at home versus Rocky Mountain in 1997 and 743 on the road at Idaho State in 2013. He passed for four touchdowns and 445 yards, ranking as the seventh-most yards in his career (19th in school history). He added 67 rushing yards, giving him 512 yards of total offense to rank as the seventh-most in his career (eighth all-time at EWU). He was the team’s offensive scout team player of the week before the game versus North Dakota (11/11/17) when he served a one-game suspension because of violation of team rules.

2017 Preseason Honors: Pro Football Focus rated him fourth among returning NCAA Division I quarterbacks (first in FCS) in performance rating under pressure (91.6 compared to 119.2 for Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, 101.0 for USC’s Sam Darnold and 99.9 for Toledo’s Logan Woodside). In three spring scrimmages, Gubrud completed 67 percent of his passes for 740 yards and five touchdowns. He had an efficiency rating of 181.7, which was better than his 166.6 rating in the 2016 season which ranks fifth in school history.

2016 Season Honors: Gubrud was selected as the 2016 FCS Player of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus (Ohio). He and his parents attended the live presentation of awards at the 62nd Touchdown Club of Columbus Awards on Feb. 4, 2017. Gubrud was the sixth recipient of the TDC’s FCS Player of the Year Award. Gubrud finished third in the voting for the Walter Payton Award presented by STATS to the top offensive player in FCS, finishing behind winner Jeremiah Briscoe from Sam Houston State and Gubrud’s Eagle teammate Cooper Kupp. It was the 30th awarding of the honor, which has become known as the Heisman Trophy of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level. With voting conducted at the conclusion of the regular season, it was Briscoe, who threw an FCS single-season record 57 touchdowns in 2016, finishing with 599 votes to defeat Kupp (372) and Gubrud (362). Despite being unable to lock down the program’s fourth Walter Payton Award winner, Eastern Washington was still able to make history at the STATS FCS Awards ceremony. Kupp and Gubrud became the first pair of teammates to be voted as finalists for the prestigious honor, whose past winners have included Eastern quarterback Erik Meyer (2005), Eagle quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell (2011) and Kupp (2015). Only Villanova has had as many past winners as EWU, and Kupp would have become just the second repeat winner had he won. The dynamic duo for the Eagles and Briscoe were selected among a group of 25 finalists who were on the voting list for the award. A national panel of over 150 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries participated in the voting. Gubrud was honored on six All-America teams in 2016, including as a first team selection by Hero Sports. Gubrud was a second team selection by STATS, the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press and College Sports Madness. Hero Sports also selected him to its Sophomore All-America squad. Gubrud and Cooper Kupp were honored on Nov. 22, 2016, as the Big Sky Conference co-Offensive MVPs, the first time in league history two players from the same team were selected by the coaches to share the award. Both were unanimous selections as first team selections in the league, with Kupp also becoming just the fourth player in league history to earn first team all-league all four seasons. Gubrud was also named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team, and four times he was the team’s offensive player of the week.

2016 Records: In all, Gubrud broke three FCS, seven Big Sky marks and 19 school records in 2016. He passed for an FCS record 5,160 yards in the 2016 season, breaking the record of 5,076 by Taylor Heinicke of Old Dominion in 2012. His 11 games with at least 300 yards passing and 12 with at least 300 yards of total offense were also FCS records. Gubrud’s total of 5,766 yards of total offense were just 33 from the total offense mark of 5,799 set by Steve McNair of Alcorn in 1994. Gubrud broke EWU and Big Sky Conference single season records previous set by Vernon Adams Jr. in 2013 with 4,994 passing yards and 5,559 yards of offense. Gubrud’s average of 411.9 yards of offense per game was also a league and school record, and ranks fifth in FCS history. He broke the previous Big Sky record set 25 years prior by Jamie Martin of Weber State with a 394.3 average in 1991. Gubrud’s final tally of 368.6 passing yards per game was an EWU school record, breaking the record of 364.5 set by Bo Levi Mitchell in 2011. They were also the second-most in Big Sky history (behind the record of 379.6 set by Dave Dickenson of Montana in 1995) and ranked ninth all-time in FCS. Gubrud also set Big Sky and school records for total offensive plays (704), passing completions (386) and attempts (570), and a school record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 606 (the old record was 605 by Vernon Adams Jr. in 2013). The six single game EWU records he holds are for passing yards (520 vs. Montana State), total offense (551 vs. Washington State), touchdowns responsible for (7 vs. UC Davis), points responsible for (42 vs. UC Davis), fewest interceptions per pass attempt (0 in 64 attempts versus Central Arkansas) and completions (47 vs. Central Arkansas), which were also a league record.

2016 Statistics & Game Honors: Gubrud helped EWU lead FCS in passing offense for the second-straight year (401.0 per game), finishing with 5,160 yards, 48 touchdowns and a .677 completion percentage. He also rushed for a team-leading and EWU quarterback record 606 yards (4.5 per carry) and five more scores. Gubrud finished as the FCS leader in total offense at 411.9 per game, passing yards (5,160) and passing yards per game (368.6), and was second in points responsible per game (22.9), total points responsible for (320) and passing touchdowns (48). He was also third in completion percentage (.677) and third in passing efficiency (166.6). Eastern won 11 of 13 games with Gubrud as the starter, having stepped aside to allow Jordan West to start on Senior Day. As an indication of how impressive Guburd was in winning the quarterback job, West – EWU’s starter in 2015 -- would get invited to a rookie free agent tryout with the Chicago Bears. Gubrud added two more awards to his growing list of accolades on Oct. 24, earning the prestigious STATS National FCS Offensive Player of the Week Award as well as Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week from the league office. One day earlier, Gubrud was the College Sports Madness FCS Offensive Player of the Week and its BSC Offensive Player of the Week after passing for a school-record 520 yards in a 41-17 win at Montana State (10/22/16). He also earned FCS Performer of the Week honorable mention accolades from College Football Performance Awards. Gubrud completed 37-of-51 passes, and broke the previous school record of 491 set by West in 2015 versus Sacramento State. Gubrud had touchdown passes to four different receivers versus MSU, and his 538 yards of total offense were second only to the school-record 551 he had in the first start of his career in a 45-42 victory at Washington State (9/3/16). The MSU game was Gubrud’s second game to receive national honors, having earned College Football Performance Awards FCS National Performer of the Week for his performance against Washington State. He also received honorable mention recognition after both the UC Davis (10/1/16) and Northern Colorado (10/8/16) games in early October. In addition, he was honored as Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week four times by the league office, and twice by College Sports Madness. Gubrud had his personal string of passes without an interception snapped at 222 when Montana (10/29/16) tipped and intercepted a pass in the third quarter. He had a second interception in the fourth period. The Big Sky record is 342, and Eastern’s Matt Nichols had stretches of 151 and 267 (school record) without a pick as a senior in 2009 when he had only six interceptions in 458 total attempts. Gubrud emerged as the starter in the spring when he completed 45-of-60 passes (75 percent) for 519 yards, four touchdowns and an interception in three spring scrimmages for a passing efficiency rating of 163.0. In the Red-White Game alone he was 25-of-34 (74 percent) for 208 yards and a TD. He was also the second-leading rusher with a net of 36 yards gained (including sacks) on 14 total carries.

2016 Versus Washington State: It takes a heady player to knock Vernon Adams Jr. out of the Eastern Washington University football record book. And in his first start to boot. Gubrud was selected as the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 5 after accounting for six touchdowns in a 45-42 victory Sept. 3 over Washington State of the Pacific-12 Conference. On Sept. 6, he received honors from College Football Performance Awards as its FCS National Performer of the Week. Gubrud was one of six Eagles – five on offense – making the first starts of their careers, and he completed 34-of-40 passes for 474 yards and five touchdowns. He also rushed for 77 yards and another score. His 551 yards of total offense broke the previous school record of 518 set by Vernon Adams Jr. against Oregon State in 2013 when he passed for 411 and rushed for 107. Gubrud’s passing total at the time was the fourth-best in school history (now sixth), ranking only behind Adams (475 vs. Washington on 9/6/14), Todd Bernett (486 versus Montana on 9/17/94) and teammate Jordan West (school-record 491 versus Sacramento State on 9/26/15). Gubrud had a passing efficiency rating in the game of 220.79, with West owning that record of 313.5 versus Montana State on 9/19/15 when he was 21-of-24 for 410 yards and six touchdowns.

2015: Gubrud held for kicks all season, then made his Eagle debut as a quarterback at Montana (11/14/15). He completed 7-of-13 passes for 66 yards and an interception, and also had 18 net rushing yards and a touchdown. He made another kind of debut versus Weber State (10/31/15) to win the team’s special teams player of the week honor. With extremely windy and rainy conditions affecting the game, he punted five times for a 38.2 average in the 14-13 win. His rugby-style punts – all against sustained winds of 23 miles per hour – included a 50-yarder that resulted in WSU taking over at its own 16 yard line. Another punt resulted in the Wildcats starting from their own 13, and the average position of all five of his punts was the WSU 35. He finished the season with a 39.0 average on six punts. Early in the season, he was named the team’s offensive scout team player of the week following the game against Northern Iowa (9/12/15). In three spring scrimmages, he completed an impressive 80 percent of his passes (24-of-30) for 308 yards, two touchdowns, an interception and an off-the-charts passing efficiency rating of 181.6. He also rushed nine times for 61 yards and scored twice. He was 10-of-11 for 149 yards and a touchdown in the Red-White Spring Game, and one scrimmage earlier was 10-of-13 for 117 yards with 51 yards on the ground.

2014: Redshirted. He was the team’s offensive scout team player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from McMinnville HS in 2014. He capped his high school career by throwing touchdown passes of 8 and 11 yards in the Les Schwab Bowl at Hillsboro (Ore.) Stadium on June 21, 2014. His South squad was edged 31-21 by the North, and he finished 7-of-20 for 55 yards and rushed eight times for 31 yards. Was the All-Valley Football Most Valuable Player as a senior by the News-Register. He completed 59.7 percent of his passes (139-of-223) with 18 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He led the Grizzlies to the second round of the OSAA 6A Playoffs as McMinnville finished 6-5 overall and 3-4 in the Pacific Conference for the school’s best season of football since 2007. He earned All-Pacific Conference honors as both a senior and a junior. He also played basketball and baseball in high school, earning 11 total letters. He earned all-conference accolades and served as a team captain in all three sports. He concluded his basketball career by playing in the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Series in June of 2014. As a senior, he earned honorable mention All-State honors in baseball and as a junior he was the co-Pitcher of the Year in the Pacific Conference. He helped lead McMinnville to a 23-8 record and appearance in the State 6A Championships. He had a 3.48 grade point average in high school, and his volunteer community service included teaching and mentoring youth in the community through his involvement as a “Bear Buddy.”

Personal: Management major. Born 5/15/95 in Portland, Ore. Parents are Christopher and Jenifer Gubrud. Name is pronounced “goo-brood.”

 

Year	GP	C-A	Pct.	Int-TD	Yds	Hi	Apg	Eff.
2015	3	7-13	.538	1-0	66	66	22.0	81.1
2016	14	386-570	.677	14-48	5160	520	368.6	166.6
2017	10	261-422	.618	12-26	3342	549	334.2	143.0
Totals	27	654-1005	.651	27-74	8568	549	317.3	155.6

 

Year	GP	Car	Yds	Hi	Apc	Apg	TD	Lg
2015	3	12	31	17	2.6	10.3	1	14
2016	14	134	606	95	4.5	43.3	5	30t
2017	10	82	236	72	2.9	23.6	5	28
Totals	27	228	873	95	4.4	32.2	11	30t

 

Year	GP	Rush	Pass	Total	Apg	Plays	App
2015	3	31	66	97	32.3	25	3.9
2016	14	606	5160	5766	411.9	704	8.2
2017	10	236	3342	3578	357.8	504	7.1
Totals	27	873	8568	9441	349.7	1233	7.7

 
Receptions: 2017/2-38-1td (vs. Sacramento State 9/30/2017), 2016/1-54, Totals/3-92-1td.

 
GAGE GUBRUD 2017 Honors Won
Walter Payton Award Finalist (list of 25 players on voting list for award presented by STATS)
Second Team All-Big Sky Conference (selected by league head coaches)       
FCS Performer of the Year Mid-Season Watch List (36 selected by CFB Performance Awards)         
FCS Offensive Player of the Week (College Sports Madness/vs. UC Davis 10/7 . . . 452 yards & 6 TD passing in 41-38 victory in rally from 11 points behind in fourth quarter)
Honorable Mention FCS Offensive Player of the Week (STATS/vs. UC Davis 10/7)
Honorable Mention FCS Performer of the Week (Col. FB Performance Awards/vs. UC Davis 10/7)
FCS Offensive Player of the Week (College Sports Madness/vs. Sacramento State 9/30 . . . 447 yards & 5 TD passing, plus 43-yard TD reception in 52-31 victory)
Honorable Mention FCS Offensive Player of the Week (STATS/vs. Sacramento State 9/30)
Honorable Mention FCS Performer of the Week (Col. FB Performance Awards/vs. Sac State 9/30)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Sacramento State 9/30)                   
Honorable Mention FCS Offensive Player of the Week (STATS/vs. Montana 9/23 . . . school records with 549 passing & 460 yards total offense, 4 TD pass, 1 TD rush, in 48-41 victory)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Montana 9/23)                                  
Honorable Mention FCS Offensive Player of the Week (STATS/vs. Fordham 9/16 . . . 399 & 3 TD passing; 70 & 2 TD rushing in 56-21 victory)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Fordham 9/16)                                 
EWU Scholar-Athlete of the Month (September)
 
GAGE GUBRUD 2016 Honors Won
FCS Player of the Year (Touchdown Club of Columbus/Announced 12/19/16)
Third in Voting For Walter Payton Award (STATS/Announced 1/6/17)
First Team All-America (Hero Sports/Announced on 12/30/16)
Second Team All-America (STATS/Announced on 12/20/16)
Second Team All-America (AFCA/Announced on 12/19/16)
Second Team All-America (Associated Press/Announced on 12/15/16)
Second Team All-America (College Sports Madness)/Announced on 12/7/16)
Sophomore All-America Team (Hero Sports/Announced on 12/29/16)
FCS National Performer of the Year Trophy Watch List (CFBPA/announced on 11/9/16)
FCS Offensive Player of the Year Award Watch List (STATS/26 players on 10/4/16)
Big Sky Conference Co-Offensive MVP (selected by coaches/with teammate Cooper Kupp)
First Team All-Big Sky Conference (selected by coaches/unanimous selection)
FCS National Offensive POW Hon. Mention (STATS/47-of-64, 449, 2 TD; 68 rush; 517 yards of total offense, #5 in EWU history, vs. Central Arkansas 12/3)
FCS National Offensive POW (STATS/37-of-51, EWU record 520 yards, 4 TD vs. MSU 10/22)
FCS National Offensive POW (College Sports Madness/vs. MSU 10/22)
FCS National Performer of the Week Hon. Mention (Col. FB Perf. Awards/vs. MSU 10/22)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. MSU 10/22)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (Col. Sports Madness/vs. MSU 10/22)
FCS National Offensive POW Hon. Mention (STATS/33-of-39, 435, 5 TD; 79 rush; 514 yards of total offense, vs. Northern Colorado 10/8)
FCS National Performer of the Week Hon. Mention (Col. FB Perf. Awards/vs. UNC 10/8)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. UNC)
FCS National Offensive POW Hon. Mention (STATS/33-of-46, 486, 6 TD; 39 rush, 1 TD; 525 yards of total offense, #2 in EWU history, vs. UC Davis 10/1)
FCS National Performer of the Week Hon. Mention (Col. FB Perf. Awards/vs UC Davis 10/1)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (Col. Sports Madness/vs. UC Davis 10/1)
Hon. Mention FCS National Offensive POW (STATS/ 36-of-57, 392, 2 TD; 95 rush, 1 TD; #8 in school history with 487 yards of total offense vs. NAU 9/24)        
Col. FB Performance Awards FCS National Performer of the Week (34-of-40, 474, 5 TD; 77 rush, 1 TD; school record 551 yards of total offense vs. WSU 9/3)
Big Sky Offensive Player of the Week (vs. WSU 9/3)
 
GAGE GUBRUD Top Passing Performances (16 with 300+, 10 with 400+)
549 yards (#1 in EWU history), 44-of-65, 4 TD, 1 Int. – Montana – 9/23/17
520 yards (#2 in EWU history), 37-of-51, 4 TD, 0 Int. – MSU – 10/22/16
486 yards (#4), 33-of-46, 6 TD, 0 Int. – UC Davis – 10/1/16
474 yards (#7), 34-of-40, 5 TD, 1 Int – Wash. St. – 9/23/16
452 yards (#13), 33-of-53, 6 TD, 2 Int – UC Davis – 10/7/17
450 yards (#15), 26-of-40, 4 TD, 3 Int – North Dakota State – 9/10/16
449 yards (#16), ^^^47-of-64, 2 TD, 0 Int. – Central Arkansas – 12/3/16
447 yards (#18), 35-of-50, 5 TD, 0 Int. – Sacramento State – 9/30/17
445 yards (#19), 17-of-32, 4 TD, 0 Int – Portland State – 11/18/17
435 yards (#23), 33-of-39, 5 TD, 0 Int – Northern Colorado – 10/8/16
399 yards, 29-of-41, 3 TD, 2 Int – Fordham – 9/16/17
392 yards, 36-of-57, 2 TD, 0 Int – Northern Arizona – 9/24/16
357 yards, 27-of-37, 4 TD, 1 Int. – Cal Poly 11/5/16
353 yards, 18-of-33, 3 TD, 2 Int. – Youngstown State 12/17/16
327 yards, 21-of-37, 4 TD, 2 Int – Montana – 10/29/16
304 yards, 24-of-41, 3 TD, 1 Int – Portland State – 11/18/16
^^^School record completions (previous record 43 by Matt Nichols versus Stephen F. Austin in FCS Playoffs on 11/28/09. Nichols had a school record 76 attempts in that game)
*Also set EWU single game record for total offense on 9/23/17 with 560 yards (11 rushing, 1 TD), breaking his own record of 551 set on 9/3/16 versus Washington State (474 passing, 77 rushing). The record was previously 518 set by Vernon Adams Jr. on 8/31/13 versus Oregon State (411/107). Gubrud also ranks #3 with 538 vs. MSU (520 passing, 18 rushing), #4 with 525 vs. UCD (486 passing, 39 rushing), #6 with 517 vs. UCA (449/68), #7 with 514 vs. UNC (435/79), #8 with 512 vs. PSU (445/67), #10 with 499 vs. NDSU (450/49), #14 with 487 vs. NAU (392/95), #20 with 471 vs. Fordham (399/72) & #29 with 443 vs. Sac State (447/-4).
 
GAGE GUBRUD Long Plays of 40+ Yards (27 passing, 1 receiving)
84 yards (TD pass to Shaq Hill) – Portland State – 11/18/16
83 yards (TD pass to Kendrick Bourne) – Youngstown State – 12/17/16
75 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – Washington State 8/3/16
74 yards (TD pass to Nic Sblendorio) – Portland State – 11/18/17
71 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – UC Davis – 10/1/16
69 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – Montana – 10/29/16
68 yards (pass to Cooper Kupp) – Richmond 12/10/16
60 yards (TD pass to Nic Sblendorio)) – Portland State – 11/18/17
59 yards (pass to Jayson Williams) – Sacramento State – 9/30/17
54 yards (TD pass FROM Cooper Kupp) – Montana 10/29/16
52 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – UC Davis – 10/1/16
51 yards (pass to Stu Stiles) – Portland State – 11/18/17
50 yards (TD to Sam McPherson) – Montana – 9/23/17
50 yards (pass to Terence Grady) – North Dakota State – 9/9/17
50 yards (pass to Cooper Kupp) – Youngstown State – 12/17/16
46 yards (pass to Talolo Limu Jones) – UC Davis – 10/7/17
46 yards (TD pass to Nic Sblendorio) – Portland State – 11/18/16
45 yards (TD to Johnny Edwards IV) – Portland State – 11/18/17
45 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – Cal Poly – 11/5/16
45 yards (TD pass to Shaq Hill) – Northern Colorado – 10/8/16
43 yards (TD from Sam McPherson) – Sacramento State – 9/30/17
43 yards (TD pass to Antoine Custer Jr.) – Fordham – 9/16/17
42 yards (TD pass to Shaq Hill) – Northern Colorado – 10/8/16
40 yards (TD to Sam McPherson) – UC Davis – 10/7/17
40 yards (TD pass to Cooper Kupp) – Montana – 10/29/16
40 yards (pass to Cooper Kupp) – Montana State – 10/22/16
40 yards (pass to Kendrick Bourne) – Montana – 10/29/16
40 yards (pass to Kendrick Bourne) – Northern Arizona – 9/24/16
 
GAGE GUBRUD Records Broken (except for EWU career records, all in 2016 = 3 FCS, 7 Big Sky, 19 EWU)
#Also Big Sky Record. *Also EWU Record.
EWU – Career Passing Yards Per Game – 317.3 (2015-17) . . . previous record 288.7
EWU – Career Total Offense Per Game – 349.7 (2015-17) . . . previous record 315.4         EWU – Career Completion Percentage – .674 (2015-16) . . . previous record 315.4                                                                         
FCS – #*Season Passing Yards – 5,160 (2016) . . . old FCS record 5,076, BSC/EWU 4,994
FCS – *Most Games of 300 Yards of Total Off. – 12 (2016) . . . ties Vernon Adams Jr. in 2013
FCS – *Most Games with 300+ Passing Yards in a Season - 11 . . . old record 10
BSC – *Season Total Offense – 5,766 (2016) . . . 2nd in FCS history; old BSC/EWU 5,559
BSC – *Total Offense Per Game – 411.9 (2016) - 5th in FCS history
BSC – *Season Total Offensive Plays – 704 (2016) . . . old record 618
BSC – *Season Passing Completions – 386 (2016) . . . old record 319
BSC – *Season Passing Attempts - 570 (2016) . . . old record 505
EWU – Season Passing Yards Per Game – 368.6 (2016) . . . 9th in FCS history   EWU – Season Rushing Yards by a QB – 606 . . . old record 605 by V. Adams ‘13
BSC – *Game Passing Completions – 47 (vs. Central Arkansas 12/3/16)
EWU – Fewest Interceptions Per Attempt – 0 in in 54 attempts (vs. Central Arkansas 12/3/16)
EWU – Game Yards Passing – 520 (vs. Montana State 10/22/16)
EWU – Game Yards Total Offense – 551 (vs. Washington State 9/3/16)
EWU - Game Most TD Resp. For – 7 total / 6 passing, 1 rushing (vs. UC Davis 10/1/16)
EWU - Game Most Points Resp. For – 42 total / 6 pass TD, 1 rush TD (vs. UC Davis 10/1/16)