Silas Fagnan breaks St. FX passing record

Image: St. Francis Xavier men’s football team.

A Bonnyville football player has been enshrined into the record books.

Silas Fagnan, quarterback for St. Francis Xavier’s football team, is now their all-time leading passer.

The former Bonnyville Voyageurs quarterback surpassed Tivon Cook on Saturday for most passing yards in St.FX History with 6945 total yards in the X-Men’s 29-9 win over Acadia.

In his fourth season at the Nova Scotia school, Fagnan continues to be one of the Atlantic University Sport conference’s best players.

The X-Men boast a 4-3 record heading into a matchup against St. Mary’s on Saturday. They gave the conference leader Bishop’s a scare, but eventually fell 42-37 in double overtime earlier this season.

Fagnan is second in the AUS in passing yards with 1822, while throwing 10 touchdowns to six interceptions.

St. FX made it the national semi-final last season, in part to Fagnan’s MVP season.

Following the end of last season, he was selected to play in the East-West Bowl, a chance for CFL scouts to look for homegrown talent.

Silas Fagnan. Image credit: David Cox Photography.