Jaylin Carter Runs for Four Scores as Memphis Pulls Away from Arkansas State
Jaylin Carter is listed as a wide receiver. He carried the ball 19 times for 183 yards and four touchdowns, and Memphis beat Arkansas State 42-24 on the strength of it. Call it a position in name only.
The first half was a scramble. Arkansas State kicked first, Memphis answered with a two-yard Carter run, and the lead changed hands five times before halftime. The back-to-back swings in the second quarter were the wildest: Marcus Stokes hit Aidan O'Callaghan for seven yards to make it 14-10, and 11 seconds later Trey Owens found Kenyon Clay for a 75-yard touchdown to flip it to 17-14. Stokes answered with a 31-yard score to Jermane Hayes with 40 seconds left, and Memphis took a 21-17 lead into the break.
Carter took over the second half. A 13-yard run opened the third quarter at 28-17, and after Timothy Carter scored from a yard out to cut it to 28-24, Jaylin Carter ripped off a 74-yard run 47 seconds later. That was 35-24, and the comeback was over. His 24-yarder with 3:31 left made it 42-24. Memphis ran 47 times for 339 yards, while Owens threw for 325 yards for Arkansas State and also threw four interceptions. Flip those four picks and this is a much stranger game.
Memphis is 2-0 and Arkansas State is 0-1. The fantasy angle is Carter, who gave his owners a ridiculous 45.1 points. Kenyon Clay (27.5) and Owens (22.3) were the only other players close to a good week.