COLUMBUS, Ohio. – The Touchdown Club of Columbus named Samford quarterback Devlin Hodges its FCS Player of the Year, the organization announced Wednesday.
 
The award is the latest in a long list of impressive awards for Hodges. Last week, he was named the Southern Conference's Offensive Player of the Year for a third-straight year. He is also a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which goes to the top offensive player at the FCS level, for a second-straight season.
 
Hodges set a school record for single-season passing yards, throwing for 4,283 yards this season, breaking the old record of 4,088, set by Hodges in 2016. He also became the all-time leader in career passing yards in FCS history. His 14,584 career passing yards broke the old FCS national record of 14,496, set by Steve McNair at Alcorn State from 1991-94.
 
In addition to the FCS record for career passing yards, Hodges also set FCS records for career completions and attempts. Hodges has rewritten the Samford record book, as he will leave school owning 23 different school records.
 
Samford finished the 2018 season with a record of 6-5 overall and 5-3 in SoCon play. The record marks Samford's eighth-straight winning season, the longest streak in program history.