Ryland, Haener lead National’s Elder Bowl win
MOBILE, Ala.– Maryland’s Chad Ryland kicked 4 basket and Fresno State quarterback Jake Haener passed for 139 backyards and a touchdown to lead the National group to a 27-10 triumph over the American team in the Senior citizen Bowl on Saturday.Haener delivered
a 44-yard touchdown pass to Stanford receiver Michael Wilson in the 4th quarter. He thrived on a shorthanded quarterback situation for the team, completing 12 of 19 passes after setting a Fresno State profession record with a 68.1%completion rate.”I just wished to come out
here and get a win with the men and cap off an actually great week,”Haener informed NFL Network.”Just have a really great week and get the win.” We found a way to get the win which was fun.”Haener missed out on four games with an ankle injury this
season however went back to assist finish off a nine-game winning streak for the Bulldogs. Like the other quarterbacks in the game, he’s attempting to enhance on mid-to -late-round draft projections.”I love showing the skeptics incorrect,” Haener said.”I like the inspiration. I love the enthusiasm that it brings me. Keep coming with it, male.” The American group’s greatest play came early in the fourth when Virginia
‘s Anthony Johnson returned an interception 37 lawns for a goal. Johnson was using the No. 15 jersey in honor of wide receiver Devin Chandler, who was amongst 3 Cavaliers players shot and eliminated in November, together with Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry.Cunningham was hit as he tossed and appeared to arrive on his right arm, briefly heading toward the locker room with a strained shoulder. He returned to the sidelines, however not the game.BYU quarterback Jaren Hall didn’t play in the game for the National group. It wasn’t instantly known why, but Hall missed the New Mexico Bowl with an ankle injury. He took part in practices when quarterbacks were off-limits for contact.The American group did get another huge protective play to stay alive with a fourth-down, fourth-quarter sack by Florida A&M’s Isaiah Land, the 2021 Dollar Buchanan winner as the
leading player in FCS after leading the nation with 19 sacks.Cunningham hit Purdue tight end Payne Durham just short of the left pylon late in the very first half. Then he dropped the snap, picked up the ball and rushed for a 1-yard touchdown. Cunningham passed for 70
goals and ran for 47 at Louisville following in the footsteps of buddy and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.But he attempted only five passes in the Senior Bowl, completing 3 for 49 backyards. Northwestern’s Evan Hull ran 10 times for a game-high 74 yards.Ryland’s four field goals included a 41-yarder on the last play of the first half for a 17-3
lead. He missed out on a 52-yard attempt early in the third quarter.TCU’s Max Duggan, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, finished 4 of 9 passes for 26 lawns for the American team. Duggan toppled Princeton’s Andrei Iosivas in the end zone on a fourth-down play that was his finest possibility for a touchdown.Shepherd College quarterback Tyson Bagent
, whose 159 career goal passes is an NCAA all-division record, finished 17 of 22 passes for 138 yards prior to tossing a last-minute interception near the objective line.Bagent is trying to become the first Division II quarterback prepared because the Rams selected Keith Null in the sixth round in 2009 after he passed for more than 17,000 yards.Houston’s Clayton Tune was 9-of-12 passing for 70 lawns.