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Washington State’s Gordon leads North in Senior Bowl

Baylor hires ex-UNC Fedora as OC

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MOBILE, Alabama, Jan 26, (AP): Washington State quarterbac­k Anthony Gordon is used to waiting his turn.

Gordon, who didn’t start until his senior year, led the North to three touchdowns in the third quarter in a 31-17 victory over the South in the Senior Bowl.

The Cougars’ prolific passer entered the all-star game for senior NFL prospects after halftime and twice took the North downfield.

Gordon, who finished second nationally in passing yards and touchdowns, completed 8 of 12 passes for 69 yards and two short touchdowns. That included a 2-yard touchdown pass to Notre Dame’s Chase Claypool for a second straight big thirddown completion.

An off-balance Gordon then hit Liberty’s Antonio Gandy-Golden late in the third for a 5-yard TD. It was set up with an intercepti­on by Troy Pride Jr of Notre Dame.

The former high school baseball player backed up Luke Falk and Gardner Minshew before getting his turn.

The game’s most highly touted passer, Justin Herbert of Oregon, shined for the South and was named game MVP. The likely first-round pick was 9- of 12 for 83 yards and a touchdown, all in the first quarter, and added a 19-yard run.

Michigan’s Shea Patterson delivered the game’s biggest offensive play and passed for 131 yards. He opened the second quarter with a 75-yard touchdown pass on his first play. TCU running back Darius Anderson was wide open on a wheel route and sprinted down the left sideline.

Anderson had just 128 yards receiving last season, but had 87 in this one to go with 43 rushing yards. The North’s Joshua Kelley of UCLA had a game-high 105 yards on 15 rushes.

The game featured two-minute drives to end each quarter.

One of the game’s top-rated prospects, South Carolina defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw, sat out the game with quad tendinitis, according to Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy.

While Herbert was the game MVP, Florida running back Lamical Perine was named South player of the game and Gordon won North honors. Perine is from Mobile and played for Theodore High School. He said he had more than 40 people at the game.

Oklahoma quarterbac­k Jalen Hurts came into the game to a loud ovation in the state where he once starred for Alabama. The Heisman Trophy runner up got a less kind greeting from North defenders, getting sacked twice on his first series and having his second end quickly with a wobbly intercepti­on when he was hit while throwing. Hurts finished strong with a fourth-quarter TD pass.

Utah defensive end Bradlee Anae had back to back sacks of Hurts in the second quarter.

Also:

WACO, Texas: Baylor has hired former North Carolina and Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora as its offensive coordinato­r and quarterbac­ks coach for new head coach

Dave Aranda.

Fedora, an offensive analyst for Texas this past season, started his college coaching career at Baylor. He was a Bears assistant from 1991-96, first for

Grant Teaff and then Chuck Reedy. Aranda also announced Saturday the retention of Joey McGuire, who was the associate head coach who served as interim head coach after Matt Rhule became coach of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.

McGuire is one of four staff members who were with Rhule all three seasons that are staying. The others are tight ends coach Shawn

Bell, associate associate athletic director for football relations David

Wetzel and Corey Campbell, who was promoted to director of athletic performanc­e for football.

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