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Daniels, Nabers put on show as LSU downs Georgia State
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BATON ROUGE, La. — – Senior quarterback Jayden Daniels piled up 509 total yards, threw six touchdown passes and rushed for two more scores as No. 15 LSU defeated Georgia State 56-14 Saturday night.
Daniels continued to make his case for Heisman Trophy consideration, leading the Tigers (8-3, 5-2 SEC) on touchdown drives on all eight of his team’s possessions before being subbed out with under four minutes to go in the game. He completed 25 of 30 passes for 413 yards. He also rushed for 96 yards on 10 carries.
“People are starting to see how assertive and decisive of a football player he is,” LSU head coach Brian Kelly said of his quarterback. “When you are 25 or 30 throwing the football, the decisiveness and decision making has to be that way.
“It was a great performance by our offense. Eight touchdowns on eight possessions; what more can you say.”
Daniels’ role in eight total touchdowns in the game matched a school record set by 2019 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, who had a part in eight scores in LSU’s 63-28 playoff victory over Oklahoma the same season.
“The coaching staff puts a lot on our plate and I take a tremendous amount of responsibility to go out there and help this offense execute on a high level,” Daniels said. “Give the coaching staff credit, they make practices super hard so Saturdays can be easy.”
The winningest active coach in the NCAA, Kelly said Daniels may be the best player he has ever coached in his 32 years of being a head coach.
“I think, right now, the way he is playing and the decisiveness in the way he is taking over games he is the best player,” he said. “I would say that because the numbers are reaching levels that nobody thought he would touch. He tied Joe Burrow’s record tonight. I would say he’s the best.”
Daniels echoed his head coach’s sentiments.
“I’m chasing being great each and every week,” Daniels said. “I know I still have a long way to go. But, you can’t take games off because if you do, you can get beat.”
Tied at 14 near the end of the first quarter, LSU scored 21 unanswered points to close out the first half. Daniels gave LSU the lead for good when he found Kyren Lacy for a 27-yard touchdown, capping a seven-play, 80-yard drive to make it 21-14.
Forcing Georgia State (6-5, 3-5 Sun Belt) to turn the ball over on downs on its ensuing possession, it took LSU only one play to make it 28-14, when Daniels hit Brian Thomas Jr. for a 70-yard touchdown.
Daniels connected with Lacy for a second time, with under a minute to go in the first half, from 13 yards out to make it 35-14 Tigers.
Scoring on its first three possessions of the first half, LSU ran its consecutive drives with touchdown to 12, dating to its 52-35 victory over Florida on Nov. 11.
The Panthers stayed in the game early, scoring on two of their first three possessions. Darren Grainger connected with Talique Williams on the Panthers’ opening possession. Senior running back Marcus Carroll added a 44-yard rushing touchdown with under a minute to go in the first quarter.
Carroll finished as the leading rusher for Georgia State with 87 yards on 15 carries.
THE TAKEAWAY
Georgia State: The Panthers continue to struggle against Power Five schools, dropping to 1-16. Georgia State’s lone win over a Power Five program came in 2019, in its season opener at Tennessee.
LSU: In the last two weeks, Daniels has made a legitimate case to be considered the best college football player in the country, racking up 1,115 total yards and 13 touchdowns.
DANIELS CONTINUES TO CLIMB RECORD BOOK
Daniels moved into second place in the LSU record book as being responsible for 75 total career touchdowns. He trails only Burrow, who was responsible for 88 touchdowns from 2018-2019.
GRAINGER SETS CAREER MARK
With his 6-yard touchdown pass to Williams on the team’s opening possession, Grainger set the Georgia State career mark for touchdown passes with 52, eclipsing the mark of 51 set by Nick Arbuckle, who played for the Panthers from 2014-2015.
UP NEXT
Georgia State: At Old Dominion on Saturday.
LSU: Hosts Texas A&M on Saturday.
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First it was one of the state of Wisconsin’s top signal callers leaving for Georgia.
Now add one of the state’s top running backs as well. Homestead running back Bentley Hickman made it be known on New Year’s Day that he plans to head over to one of the Southeast’s top high school football programs.
The 2026 running back announced on X that he will be leaving Homestead and heading for Georgia Class 5A state champion Milton.
Down below is the post by the running back that he put up on Wednesday afternoon.
New year, New beginnings… I am so so thankful for what Homestead High School and the district has done for me. The community, the love and support that I got there was incredible. But I will actually be finishing my last year at Milton High School in Georgia!
New year, New beginnings… I am so so thankful for what Homestead High School and the district has done for me. The community, the love and support that I got there was incredible. But I will actually be finishing my last year at Milton High School in Georgia!@CoachBenReaves… pic.twitter.com/l0wYSoMBHD
— Bentley Hickman ‘26 RB (@bentley_hickman) January 1, 2025
Hickman is one of Wisconsin’s top 2026 running backs and is coming off a strong 2024 campaign for Homestead. This past fall season, Hickman totaled 1,055 all-purpose yards and accounted for 11 touchdowns.
The 5-foot-10, 205-pound back follows in the footsteps of another Wisconsin product that plans to leave for Northwest Georgia, as 2026 quarterback Brayln Albritton announced back on Christmas that he will be leaving Milwaukee Academy of Science for Milton.
With Albritton coming in to compete for the job, the quarterback has been impressive during his time at Milwaukee Academy of Science. Albritton this past 2024 season ended up throwing for 2,830 yards and 29 touchdowns.
As a freshman in 2022 with MAOS, Albritton threw for 2,447 yards and 27 touchdowns.
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The postponed Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia is changing times again.
Instead of being played at 8:45 p.m. ET on Thursday night the game is now going to kickoff at 4:00 p.m. ET instead. This comes after both coaching staffs reportedly requested an earlier start time following the announcement of the game being pushed back a day. The game is still set to be broadcast on ESPN.
Pete Thamel of ESPN was the first to report the news on Wednesday afternoon.
Per ESPN sources, the Sugar Bowl will kick off tomorrow at 4 pm Eastern. https://t.co/oEjhIjGzDG
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) January 1, 2025
The move makes sense for Notre Dame and Georgia, as the winner gets advances to take on Penn State in the Orange Bowl on January 9 in Miami.
Penn State already had extra rest going into the Orange Bowl as it played and defeated Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl on Tuesday night. The Nittany Lions will now have nine days rest before the national semi-final while the winner of the Sugar Bowl will have just a week.
In the relm of things a roughly four hour difference in kickoff times might not seem like much but certainly every hour is valuable when you get to this point in the season.
We will continue to keep you updated here at Notre Dame on Sports Illustrated throughout the day.
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