2019 Football Roster

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9 Chase Fourcade

  • Position QB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Metairie, La.
  • Highschool Archbishop Rummel

Biography

CAREER ALL-TIME RECORDS/RANKINGS
- Ranks 1st all-time in passing yards (10,707), passing TDs (70), completion percentage (59.6), total yards (12,604), rushing touchdowns (35) and touchdowns responsible for (105)
- Tied for 1st all-time in scoring (210) and most touchdowns (35)
- Set single-season record with a 67.8 completion percentage in 2019

HONORS
2019

- Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Year
- All-Southland First Team
- All-Louisiana Second Team
- Southland Offensive Player of the Week (10/5)

- Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Offensive Player of the Week (9/14, 10/5)
- STATS FCS Walter Payton Award Watch List (Offensive Player of the Year)

2018
- Southland Conference Player of the Year
- All-Southland First Team
- All-Louisiana First Team
- College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS National Performer of the Year Watch List
- Southland Offensive Player of the Week (9/22)
- LSWA Offensive Player of the Week (10/27)

2017
- LSWA Offensive Player of the Week (10/30)

2016
- HERO Sports FCS Freshman All-American Honorable Mention
- All-Southland Honorable Mention
- Finished sixth in the voting for STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award (Freshman of the Year)


2019 Season (Senior): Started all 14 games at quarterback… named Southland Offensive Player of the Year after earning overall player of the year in '18… repeated as All-Southland First Team… ranked 21st in the FCS in total offense (3,614), sixth in completion percentage (67.8 -- 227-335) and 12th in passing efficiency (151.3)... completion percentage set program's single-season record... finished with 2,979 yards passing, averaging 212.8 yards per game... threw 17 touchdown passes and had at least one in 11 of 14 games... threw for a career-high 374 yards and three TDs to go along 50 yards rushing in Senior Day win over McNeese… racked up 288 yards passing and three TDs in de facto championship game against Southeastern Louisiana…. threw for 327 yards on 24-29 passing in win over Central Arkansas, and rushed for another TD and 48 yards... was second on the team in rushing yards, totaling 635 yards on 170 carries (3.7 ypc)... rushed for 12 TDs and set new career record with 35 rushing touchdowns... had at least one rushing TD in eight games... ran for a career-high 135 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries in win vs. Northwestern State... also rushed for two touchdowns against Prairie View A&M, Stephen F. Austin, and HBU... left program as all-time leader in passing yards, passing touchdowns, and rushing touchdowns.

2018 Season (Junior): Started all 13 games at quarterback... became first Colonel in team history to earn Southland Conference Player of the Year and first quarterback since 2002 (Josh Son) to be named All-Southland First Team... accounted for 3,589 yards of offense with 34 touchdowns.... passed for 2,930 yards, which was the second most in a single-season in program history... his 21 touchdowns passes were the third most... threw a touchdown pass in 11 of 13 games and had five games with two or more... averaged 225.4 yards passing per game... ranked 27th in the NCAA in completion percentage (60.8 -- 214-352)... threw only eight interceptions, ranking 14th in the FCS in passing efficiency (145.9)... was also eighth in the country in points responsible for (204)... finished second on the team in rushing with 659 yards, averaging 50.7 yards per game and 4.3 per carry... rushed for 13 touchdowns, which ranked 10th in the FCS... found the end zone rushing in eight different games, including five contests with two scores... threw for a season-high 337 yards and two touchdowns in playoff win over San Diego, while also rushing for 82 yards and two scores... had a five-touchdown outing in three quarters against UIW, completing 15 of 18 for 266 yards and four touchdowns while adding a 42 yards and a score on the ground... had another five-touchdown performance against Lamar, tossing for three scores and 299 yards while rushing for 43 yards and two touchdowns... matched his career-high of four touchdown passes in win over Stephen F. Austin, accounting for 261 yards in the air on 13 of 19 and finished with 67 yards rushing... at HBU, completed 24 of 30 for 279 yards and two touchdowns, and added 39 yards rushing and two touchdowns... threw for 142 yards and rushed for 44 in win over FBS Kansas. Scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime on a 4-yard rush... rushed for two scores and 71 yards in River Bell Classic against Southeastern Louisiana, and threw for 128 yards and a touchdown... matched career-high of 89 yards rushing and scored twice at Eastern Washington, and threw for 146 yards... broke Doug Hudson's Colonel all-time record for passing yards (7,670) at EWU on 16-yard reception to high school teammate Damion Jeanpiere, Jr. 

2017 Season (Sophomore): Started 11 of 12 games played, missing one start with an injury... finished with 2,316 yards passing, which ranks eighth on the program's single-season list... ranked fourth in the Southland with 193.0 yards per game... completed 162 of 298 attempts (54.4 percent) with 14 touchdowns... racked up a career-high 358 yards passing and three touchdowns in win at UIW, earning LSWA POW... had a touchdown pass in eight games, including three twice...  recorded six touchdown passes of 50-plus yards... had a 44-yard game-winning touchdown pass to Dai'Jean Dixon as time expired against HBU. Pass earned FCS No. 1 Play of the Week... played in the fourth quarter against Northwestern State, leading team to game-winning touchdown... threw for 152 yards and a touchdown on 12 of 17 at Lamar, playing just the first half...  averaged 3.4 yards per carry, totaling 279 yards and one touchdown... reeled off a career long 54-yard rush in playoff game against South Dakota, finishing with a personal best 89 yards rushing... became just the second Colonel to throw for 2,000 yards in two different seasons. 

2016 Season (Freshman): Started all 11 games at quarterback as a true freshman... threw for the fourth most passing yards in a single season in program history (2,482)... completed 201 of 365 attempts (55.1 percent), averaging 225.6 yards per game... threw 18 touchdowns and rushed for another nine... finished fourth in Southland play in passing yards with 257.1 per game... threw for 341 yards at McNeese... tossed three touchdowns in two different games... rushed for 324 yards, averaging 3.2 yards per carry... rushed for a best 66 yards on 11 carries at UCA... rushed for two touchdowns in three different games... in his first career start, tossed two touchdown passes and nearly led Nicholls to an upset victory over No. 9 Georgia... garnered honorable mention for All-Southland and HERO Sports FCS All-American... placed sixth in voting for STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award, which recognizes nation's top freshman.

At Rummel: Three-year starter for the Raiders… his class went 46-6 and claimed two Division I state titles… received Class 5A All-State and New Orleans All-Metro honorable mention as a senior… named 2015 Clarion-Herald Player of the Year… directed Rummel to the state semifinals in 2014 and finished the year 11-1…. named to the NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune All-District 9-5A squad as a junior in 2014 as an athlete… as a junior completed 61 percent of his passes for 1,652 yards and 14 touchdowns…  also rushed for 513 yards and 13 touchdowns as the Raiders reached the Division I semifinals…  guided team to a Division I state championship in 2013… also played baseball, being named All-State honorable mention and first-team catcher on The New Orleans Advocate's All-Metro Team... rated as a 2-star dual threat quarterback by Rivals.com.

Personal: Born Dec. 17, 1997... son of Keith and Jill Fourcade... has an older brother, Taylor... his father, Keith , and uncle, John Fourcade, both played at Ole' Miss and with the New Orleans Saints... majoring in business administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2016Freshman

    QB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2017Sophomore

    QB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2018Junior

    QB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2019Senior

    QB
    6'0" 200 lbs
    9