In his second game back from a broken foot (and after throwing for 300+ yards in one half last week), Wes Lunt set a new Illinois state record for passing yards in a game with 590.
Here’s a great line by Todd Engle of the State Journal-Register:
From the outset, Friday night’s game between Rochester and Springfield high schools was destined to be a shootout. And Rochester is well equipped for a shootout.
Clearly they were as Lunt, who will battle with J.W. Walsh and Clint Chelf as Weeden’s successor next year, also threw 4 TDs and ran for one while leading Rochester to a 49-35 victory over Springfield.
His defense gave up 517 yards, including 428 on the ground, so at least he won’t be surprised when he gets to Stillwater. I kid, I kid, the defense is GREAT pretty good this year.
Lunt broke the state passing record by 1 yard and his family record (held by older brother Wil, who plays at Western Illinois) by 16 yards.
That’s awesome,” Lunt said with a smile. “I’m going to go see (Wil today).
The crazy thing is that Lunt wasn’t even the most impressive player on the field yesterday. His receiver, Zach Grant (a Ball State recruit) had 20 catches for 345 yards and 2 TDs. One Twitter follower suggested we try to recruit him too.
Rochester is 5-1 overall, but 2-0 since Lunt returned to man the ship.
Surely that reciever’ll go BCS and Big12 over Ball State!
Lunt2Grant 2012! Woohoo!
I think Lunt will probably be the better passer out of the three next year. Watching the highlights on him, it’s insane how strong and accurate he is throwing the ball on the move. You just don’t see that and there are like 10 throws while he is rolling one way or the other.
JW is more Zac-like in that he is quick and can scramble really well. Of course he could have improved his throwing tremendously since being with the Pokes and under Weeden’s guide.
Chelf is good but I just don’t know if he is as good as the first two. It will be another exciting year next year to see. I’m just glad we are back in Stilly this coming weekend! I didn’t know what to do with myself without any Poke football on!