The BYU Cougars entered the San Jose State (SJSU) game without starting runnimg back Ula Tolutau. That meant the burden of being BYU's primary ball carrier fell on KJ Hall.
BYU was without Hall's services for five games earlier this season due to injury. Coming into Saturday's game, Hall had just 57 yards rushing and 34 yards receiving on the season. Most of that production came the week earlier at East Carolina--Hall's first game back.
Hall's first opportunity against SJSU came on BYU's second offensive play. He ripped off 13 yards. In the first quarter, Hall was just a piece of the puzzle in the Cougar offense. In the second quarter, he stole the show.
Hall got the call on BYU's second play of the second quarter. He took the handoff, found a hole on the left side of the line, and ripped of a 75-yard touchdown run.
It was BYU's longest run of the season, and of the last decade. The last time BYU had a longer run was 2006 when Mike Hague had an 87-yard touchdown run against UNLV.
It was also longer than any run his father Kalin (1992-93) had in Cougar blue (67 yards).
KJ Hall finished the first half with 112 yards rushing on 10 carries. It was a new career high eclipsing the 101 yards he had on 18 carries against UMass last year.
The damage done by Hall wasn't limited to the ground. Later in the second half, Tanner Mangum flipped the ball out to Hall, and he took it 26-yards downfield. That put BYU in field goal range, and the Cougars ended up adding three points to their lead on that drive. Hall caught two more passes before the end of the half. They both got first downs for BYU.
With three receptions for 44 yards, Hall had 156 yards of total offense in the first half.
When BYU came out of the locker room for the second half, Hall came out in street clothes. He had suffered an unnoticeable injury in the first half. That opened the door for Squally Canada.
Canada entered the season as BYU's starting running back. After carrying the ball 16 times for 98 yards in the season opener, he has more than five carries in a game just once (12 carries for 69 yards at Utah State). Canada didn't touch the ball in either of the last two games.
On their second possession of the second half, the Cougars found themselves pinned back at the five-yard line. Canada quickly solved that problem. He ran hard around the right end of the line for 14 yards on the first play of the drive. Canada carried the ball on two of the next three plays, too, and picked up 12 more.
That moved the ball out to the 40-yard line. A big pass play set up 1st and Goal at the nine. Canada got the call, and he took it in for his second touchdown of the season.
Canada carried the ball five times on that drive for 36 yards. He finished the game with 10 carries for 44 yards. He was BYU's second leading rusher.
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| BYU RB KJ Hall (Ravell Call, Deseret News) |
BYU was without Hall's services for five games earlier this season due to injury. Coming into Saturday's game, Hall had just 57 yards rushing and 34 yards receiving on the season. Most of that production came the week earlier at East Carolina--Hall's first game back.
Hall's first opportunity against SJSU came on BYU's second offensive play. He ripped off 13 yards. In the first quarter, Hall was just a piece of the puzzle in the Cougar offense. In the second quarter, he stole the show.
Hall got the call on BYU's second play of the second quarter. He took the handoff, found a hole on the left side of the line, and ripped of a 75-yard touchdown run.
It was BYU's longest run of the season, and of the last decade. The last time BYU had a longer run was 2006 when Mike Hague had an 87-yard touchdown run against UNLV.
It was also longer than any run his father Kalin (1992-93) had in Cougar blue (67 yards).
KJ Hall finished the first half with 112 yards rushing on 10 carries. It was a new career high eclipsing the 101 yards he had on 18 carries against UMass last year.
The damage done by Hall wasn't limited to the ground. Later in the second half, Tanner Mangum flipped the ball out to Hall, and he took it 26-yards downfield. That put BYU in field goal range, and the Cougars ended up adding three points to their lead on that drive. Hall caught two more passes before the end of the half. They both got first downs for BYU.
With three receptions for 44 yards, Hall had 156 yards of total offense in the first half.
When BYU came out of the locker room for the second half, Hall came out in street clothes. He had suffered an unnoticeable injury in the first half. That opened the door for Squally Canada.
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| BYU RB Squally Canada scores a TD vs. San Jose State (Ravell Call, Deseret News) |
Canada entered the season as BYU's starting running back. After carrying the ball 16 times for 98 yards in the season opener, he has more than five carries in a game just once (12 carries for 69 yards at Utah State). Canada didn't touch the ball in either of the last two games.
On their second possession of the second half, the Cougars found themselves pinned back at the five-yard line. Canada quickly solved that problem. He ran hard around the right end of the line for 14 yards on the first play of the drive. Canada carried the ball on two of the next three plays, too, and picked up 12 more.
That moved the ball out to the 40-yard line. A big pass play set up 1st and Goal at the nine. Canada got the call, and he took it in for his second touchdown of the season.
Canada carried the ball five times on that drive for 36 yards. He finished the game with 10 carries for 44 yards. He was BYU's second leading rusher.
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