Tayven Jackson Throws Five Touchdowns as North Texas Routs Charlotte
If you started Tayven Jackson, you had a good Saturday. Five touchdown passes, 349 yards on 24 of 31, 44.8 fantasy points, and it was 40-10 by halftime. North Texas beat Charlotte 50-10, and Charlotte is 0-6.
The Mean Green led from the first score to the last. A 26-yard field goal opened it, Justin Stevenson caught a five-yarder at 9:01, and early in the second quarter it was 17-3 after Kyle Koch's 12-yard catch. Then things got strange. Charlotte hit Derrick Eley for a 75-yard touchdown at 14:01, and North Texas answered 13 seconds later when Jackson found Baron Tipton for 75 more. Later in the quarter a safety turned into a 61-yard Jahiem White touchdown run 13 seconds after that. Max Reese caught a 20-yarder with 0:20 left, which made it 40-10 at the half. Charlotte did not score again.
The numbers are as lopsided as the score. North Texas gained 580 yards to Charlotte's 274, with 382 of them through the air and 198 on the ground, and its defense got to the quarterback six times. The Mean Green turned the ball over zero times, Charlotte twice, both thrown by Harrell.
North Texas moves to 4-2. Charlotte has now lost six straight to open the year, and this one never gave anyone a reason to hope.