SALT LAKE CITY — In his first and only season at Eastern Washington, Troy Taylor crafted a dynamic offense behind a new quarterback and set Football Championship Subdivision records in 2016.
Taylor transformed a third-string walk-on quarterback, Gage Gubrud, into a record-holding passer with the Eagles. Gubrud finished the season throwing for a monstrous 5,160 yards and 48 touchdowns, completing 67.7 percent of all passes as a sophomore starter.
In one season, Eastern Washington improved its season passing yards by approximately 45 percent, an incredible 1,728 yards more than the previous season’s 3,886-yard total. Eastern Washington had the most prolific offense in FCS in 2016, and it had Taylor and his newfound quarterback to thank.