Jalon Daniels completed 18 of 20 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns to lead Kansas to a 31-7 win over visiting Fresno State on Saturday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan., in the season opener for both teams,Daniels, a sixth-year senior, also ran eight times for 47 yards and did not commit a turnover.Fresno State quarterback E.J. Warne, the son of NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, completed 18 of 29 passes for 179 yards and two interceptions.Kansas scored on the opening drive of the game, marching 86 yards in nine plays and taking a 7-0 lead after Daniels flicked a pass to Ball State transfer receiver Cam Pickett out of the backfield and he ran down the sideline for a 21-yard touchdown.Daniels had runs of 11 and 23 yards on the scoring drive.Fresno State quickly answered with a seven-play, 75-yard drive and tied it 7-7 on a 3-yard run by Elijah Gilliam.During the drive, Warner shoveled a pass to Bryson Donelson just before he was hit and Donelson turned it into a 39-yard gain to the Kansas 32.The Bulldogs couldn’t stop the Jayhawks on their second drive either, as Kansas went 75 yards in 11 plays and took a 14-7 lead on a 19-yard touchdown run by Leshon Williams with 2:16 left in the first quarter.
QB Jalon Daniels displays accuracy, wheels in Kansas rout of Fresno State
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