Erik Meyer – Eastern Washington
Football, 2002-05
Erik Meyer played football at Eastern Washington from 2002-05… Meyer won the Walter Payton Award in 2005, which is given to the top offensive player in the FCS… Meyer was named the Big Sky MVP in 2004 and 2005, while earning all-conference first team honors in both seasons… Meyer passed for 10,261 yards and 84 touchdowns in 42 career games with the Eagles, becoming just the 17^th player in FCS history to pass for more than 10,000 yards in his career… Meyer set eight career records during his playing career at Eastern Washington, with five single-season marks and one single-game record with the Eagles… Meyer threw for 4,003 yards in 2005, which was a single-season record for the Eagles at the time and marked just the 12^th player in FCS history to throw over 4,000 yards in a single season… In his final two seasons at Eastern Washington, Meyer was 11-3 in the Big Sky and 16-9 overall as the Eagles won a share of the league championship each year and advanced to the FCS Playoffs in both seasons… As part of the Big Sky’s 50^th Anniversary celebration in the 2013-14 school year, Meyer was selected as No. 12 on the league’s list of 50 Greatest Male Athletes.