College Football California Role
Former USC QB Jaxson Dart threw for 418 yards and 5 TDs and rushed for a score in the first half alone. That helped Ole Miss to a 76-0 win over Furman. His play earned him SEC offensive Player of The Week.
Earl Heath
Contributing Sports Writer
The state of California has some of the most gifted and talented prep and college players in the country. This how some of the helped their current teams i college football this past weekend.
Former USC QB Jaxson Dart threw for 418 yards and 5 TDs and rushed for a score in the first half alone. That helped Ole Miss to a 76-0 win over Furman. His play earned him SEC offensive Player of The Week.
Tennessee redshirt freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava, made his second career start and first in Neyland Stadium. The former Warren High (Downey) set a Tennessee school record for passing yards in a half (314) to lead the No. 15 Vols to a 69-3 season-opening victory over UT Chattanooga. The signal caller opened the game 10-of-10 for 159 yards and two touchdowns and finished 22-of-28 for 314 yards with three touchdowns and no picks — all in the first half as UT built a 45-0 lead at the break… Iamaleava was the first UT freshman – redshirt or true – to start at quarterback in a season opener since 2004. His 78.6 completion percentage was the sixth-best in the country for Week 1 and the best by any freshman in the nation. He was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week
Nate Frazier of Mater Dei High (Santa Ana, Ca) ran for 83 yards on 11 carries helping Georgia with defeat Clemson 34-3.
Jonah Coleman (1) of Washington.rushed for26 yards and three TDs while averaging 7.9 yards per carry.
Jonah Coleman of Lincoln High (Stockton) rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns as Washington cruised past Weber State 35-3 -averaging 7.9 yards per carry.
It was UW initial game joining the BIG 10. Also, head coach Jedd Fisch’s debut as the Huskies’ new coach.
