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NOVEMBER 21, 2009

USF QB Daniels joins rare 300-100 club

Archie Manning. Steve Young. Tim Tebow.

USF quarterback B.J. Daniels put himself in elite company on Saturday afternoon, becoming the first Big East player to throw for more than 300 yards and rush for more than 100 yards in the same game. It's been done 28 times in Division I-A history, by the likes of Manning, Young and Tebow, and Daniels' rushing total is the fifth-highest ever by a I-A quarterback on a 300-yard passing day.

(The record? Since you asked, it's Washington's Marques Tuiasosopo, who rushed for 207 yards while throwing for 302 against Stanford in October 1999. Thanks to the Big East office for their research on this.)

The 445 yards of total offense is the second-most in USF history, trailing the 457 yards that Matt Grothe piled up against Cincinnati in 2007. Daniels set personal bests in both rushing and passing, as well as completions (20) and pass attempts (34). His 22 carries are one off his career high.

It's hard to imagine, but Daniels, in just seven career starts, now has more 100-yard rushing games (four) than Grothe totaled in his 42 career starts. Daniels has topped 100 yards against Charleston Southern, Florida State, West Virginia and Louisville, and with 671 rushing yards this season, he now needs just 202 in the remaining three games to break Grothe's QB season record of 872 rushing yards.

The only Bulls player ever to rush for 100 yards more times in one season? Running back Andre Hall, who did it six times in 2004 and six in 2005.

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