EDINBURG – It doesn’t take long to notice Edinburg Vela’s Geoffrey Lefevre on the field. Standing at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, the senior signal caller looks the part of a prototypical quarterback.
Lefevre doesn’t just look the part, however, as he possesses the arm talent and football IQ to sling it with the best of them. With three years of experience under his belt, along with more than 5,000 career passing yards and 44 career passing touchdowns, the Sabercats’ QB1 has earned the title of No. 1 in the 2024 RGVSports.com Top 30 returning players poll.
“I feel like I’ve had a target on my back since Donna,” Lefevre said. “I feel like guys had a little extra in the tank for me. But honestly, you always want to think you’re the best. You just have to keep yourself humble though and embrace the grind.”
Lefevre spent the first three years of his high school career at Donna High, seeing action as early as his freshman year with the Redskins. He finished that season with 467 passing yards and four touchdowns in just six games of action.
Year 2 of his career saw him split reps at quarterback, with him seeing the field in all 11 games and finishing the year with 1,355 passing yards and 16 touchdowns.
Last year, however, Lefevre took over the reins full time, repaying his coaches with career bests in completion percentage (60.7%), passing yards (3,324) and passing touchdowns (24).
Lefevre’s final year will look different than the past three, with an offseason coaching move by his dad landing the senior gunslinger at Edinburg Vela this year.
“It has been a new transition for my final year,” Lefevre said. “My dad and I moved to a new school and the guys really welcomed me there. The O-line, the offense, the defense, they all welcomed me with open arms. I don’t really feel pressure.
A new team presents new challenges for the four-year letter winner, who is tasked with learning a new offense and earning the trust of his new coaches and teammates.
Add in the pressure of past success and being ranked as the No. 1 player in the RGV heading into the season, and expectations couldn’t be higher for the Sabercats’ quarterback.
Lefevre is ready to embrace the challenge, however, looking to continue the tradition of excellence set at Vela over the past few years.
“I feel like the past few years have prepared me to excel my senior year, along with the love that my brothers on the field have shown me,” Lefevre said. “We’re hungry this year. This team ended on a good season last year and we want to keep that going. There is tradition at Vela. Just expect a lot of explosive plays from us this year. We got some dawgs on offense and defense. We just got to go in and love the work. We can’t get bored of repetition, and we have to want to be the best.”
