Week 7 Stats: 26-45 completions, 409 passing yards, 4 passing touchdowns, 2 interceptions
Gevaudan was locked in on Saturday in a slugfest with two-time defending NEC champion Central Connecticut that went down to the wire. The Lakers’ field general slung it all over the yard and was in full command with a career performance that featured 409 passing yards and four touchdown throws. In addition, the Pittsburgh native became the first NEC signal caller this season to eclipse 400 passing yards in a single game in a performance that currently ranks 12th on the FCS’ single-game charts. With his team facing a 43-32 deficit in what had been a back-and-forth shootout between the two squads, Gevaudan pulled the Lakers within three on an eight-yard touchdown pass to Dylan Evans and a successful two-point pass with 1:51 left. On Mercyhurst’s final drive, he marched the Lakers down to the Blue Devils’ 28-yard line on three first-down conversions but his 3rd and 10 heave with four seconds left was picked off at the one-yard line. Gevaudan ranks second on the circuit with 226.0 passing yards per game while his 1,356 total passing yards and 12 touchdown throws are both good for third among league’s quarterbacks. Gevaudan is the first Laker this season to take home NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow’s Office Offensive Player of the Week distinction.