Jamill Williams Catches Four Touchdowns in Jacksonville State's 49-7 Rout
Jamill Williams caught seven passes for 144 yards and four touchdowns, which is 28 of Jacksonville State's 49 points, and Jacksonville State beat Eastern Kentucky 49-7. The other 21 points were shared around.
Caden Creel threw to Williams for 13 yards at 6:27 of the first quarter and for 55 yards just over two minutes later, and it was 14-0. A 30-yard connection early in the second made it 21-0. Then Caleb Nix returned an interception 43 yards for a touchdown, and it was 28-0 before Eastern Kentucky was even on the board. Brady Hensley's 72-yard run made it 28-7, the only time the visitors scored. Jalen Likely answered with a 45-yard run, Luke Gilbert caught a 24-yard score in the third, and Williams closed it with a four-yarder with 7:09 left.
Creel finished 21 of 28 for 327 yards, five touchdowns and one interception, and added 54 yards on 10 carries. Jacksonville State put up 526 yards, 352 through the air and 174 on the ground, with one turnover and no lost fumbles. Seven touchdowns, seven extra points. It does not get tidier than that, and it helps explain how a team can win by 42 without its run game ever being the story: Jacksonville State had 31 carries to 21 completions.
Jacksonville State is 1-1 and Eastern Kentucky is 0-1. The fantasy takeaway is easy: Creel scored 48.5 points and Williams 45, and Creel's previous three-game average was 13.8, so owners who waited for a breakout got a loud one. Williams was at 3.2 a game before this, so nobody saw it coming.