AUBURN, Ala. – Of all the spectacular things Deuce Knight accomplished Saturday in his first college football start, not to be overlooked are the 17 bullet points needed to describe his six-touchdown masterpiece in Auburn’s official postgame notes.
The freshman quarterback rushed for four touchdowns and passed for two more to lead Auburn to a 62-17 victory over Mercer at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
“It was fun,” Knight said. “It was a blessing. We had a great gameplan. We practiced good all week. It just came down to players making plays, great blocks, great blocking downfield and all the things like that.”
Knight completed 15 of 20 passes for 239 yards and rushed nine times for 162 yards, accounting for 401 of Auburn’s 547 yards of total offense.
On the game’s first play, Knight worked through his progressions and when his receivers were covered, he took off to his right, turned upfield and raced 75 yards down the sideline for a touchdown.
Knight tied the game with his second rushing touchdown, a 51-yarder where he again sprinted down the right sideline when he did not have an open receiver.