EWU's Kupp sets FCS record for receiving yards

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 4:19 p.m. ET

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(STATS) - Eastern Washington senior wide receiver Cooper Kupp set the FCS career record for receiving yards during the No. 4 Eagles' game against UC Davis on Saturday.

Kupp caught a 9-yard pass from Gage Gubrud in the second quarter to pass Elon's Terrell Hudgins, who had 5,250 receiving yards from 2006-09.

Kupp, the 2015 STATS FCS Offensive Player of the Year, entered the Big Sky Conference game as the FCS record-holder in career touchdown receptions, and he added his 62nd in the first quarter. His 340 career receptions entering the game were 55 behind Hudgins' all-time mark.