Football Players Deliver Historic Feats Across Levels

Bo Nix scored on a 62-yard run against Arizona, the longest quarterback rushing touchdown since 2016 and one of the NFL’s longest runs this season. Florida Atlantic narrowly beat Rice 51-49 as Easton Messer scored five touchdowns and amassed 262 all-purpose yards, becoming the first FBS player in 20 years to record at least two rushing touchdowns, two receiving touchdowns and a punt-return touchdown in one game. Washington high school quarterback Ryan Harrington threw for a state-record 704 yards and 10 touchdowns in a 68-20 victory, tying the state single-game touchdown-pass mark. In Connecticut, Maloney quarterback Eli Showerda threw for 417 yards and five touchdowns in a win over South Windsor, including a 70-yard scoring pass to Cayden Gaskin, who had 300 receiving yards. Tennessee’s Andre Adams broke the state career total-offense record, reaching 12,732 yards as Antioch improved to 9-0.