HARRISONBURG — Richmond coach Danny Rocco was never one to underestimate James Madison quarterback Bryan Schor.

Schor played the first meaningful snaps of his college career against Rocco’s Richmond squad last fall when JMU’s then-senior starting quarterback Vad Lee went down with an injury in the fourth quarter.

Richmond would win the game, but Schor threw a touchdown with less than four minutes left on the clock to pull the Dukes within a field goal before the Spiders extended their lead again on the subsequent possession.

JMU and Richmond renew their rivalry Saturday, and Schor enters the matchup playing the best he ever has in his career.

Schor was named Colonial Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week by the league on Monday for the third time this season.

“I felt when we played him a year ago that he was good,” Rocco said during the CAA coaches teleconference. “I can remember having conversations about how I believed and thought that he would be real good moving forward.”

In JMU’s last two wins — at New Hampshire and against Rhode Island — Schor combined to throw for 573 yards and nine touchdowns without an interception. His 21-of-22 passing performance during the 84-7 victory over Rhode Island set a JMU school record for single-game completion percentage (95 percent).

On the year, his 71 percent completion percentage is best in FCS.

“I never really felt like they would have a quarterback dilemma or situation when Vad Lee left because I thought Schor was going to progress into a very talented and capable quarterback in that system,” Rocco said.

“What he did last week was extraordinary. He’s got the ability to understand the offense, make good decisions, is big, physical and can run. Then he has also shown real ability to put touch on his throws. He’s the right guy running that ship.”

Schor said growing trust with his receivers has helped increase his confidence to take chances on longer throws.

Against Rhode Island, senior wide receiver Brandon Ravenel caught a 44-yard pass on a deep route and senior wide receiver Domo Taylor hauled in a 37-yard reception on a jump ball.

At New Hampshire, Duke transfer receiver Terrence Alls leaped over an opposing defender to make a spectacular catch on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Schor.

“I don’t think it’s our game plan to pass the ball more one week or run it more one week,” Schor said after beating the Rams. “I think when the defense presents itself for us to run it, that’s when we run it. When they take away the run, that’s when we like to pass it.

“There were a lot of looks with seven in the box or eight in the box and those are times we’re going to want to open up our passing game. Credit to our wide receivers because I put a lot of balls up that were 50-50 balls that they came down with.”

The Milford, Pa., native has thrown for 1633 yards, rushed for 434 yards and has 22 total touchdowns to his name through eight games.

JMU coach Mike Houston said Schor only keeps improving.

“Certainly, Bryan did a great job with some of the stuff that we were facing from a Rhode Island team that we were very wary of,” Houston said. “We saw some seven-man box stuff, which gave us some one-on-one matchup down the field. I thought Bryan did a great job of putting the ball where it needed to go.”

Rocco added his team would have to play an extremely “clean game” in order to slow Schor and JMU’s offense. The Dukes have the nation’s second-best scoring offense, averaging 49.4 points per game.

“I feel like they are advanced in running this offense,” Rocco said. “They aren’t as complex as they were a year ago. Last year and the last couple of years, they’ve given a wider range of formations, a little more gimmicky with quads and empties and unbalanced, but they’re advanced in execution now.”