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Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels shined in his go back to the to the beginning lineup as the Jayhawks survived a late comeback bid from Illinois to protected a 34-23 house win on Friday. Daniels, who overlooked the Week 1 matchup towards Missouri State with a again damage, completed 21 of 29 for 280 yards with two touchdowns. He led the Jayhawks to touchdowns on 4 in their first 5 possessions.Â
After Kansas constructed a 34-7 lead halfway throughout the 3rd quarter, Illinois attempted to make issues fascinating with back-to-back ratings to drag inside 11 issues. With 1:59 to head in the sport and the Fighting Illini using to chop even deeper into the Jayhawks’ lead, Kansas defensive again Kwinton Lassiter picked off Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer to ice the win. Â
“Some penalties and adversity, they got the momentum a little bit,” Kansas trainer Lance Leipold mentioned postgame. “We turned the ball over. We weren’t getting a lot of pressure on the quarterback, but we got some turnovers when we needed it. Really proud of the resiliency of this football team.”
Kansas (2-0) scored on a 10-play, 82-yard force to open the sport and had 3 landing drives of no less than 80 yards for the primary time since 2014. Jayhawks RB Devin Neal rushed for 120 yards on simplest 10 makes an attempt and scored a landing. Lawrence Arnold completed with a team-high 89 yards receiving.
Illinois (1-1) additionally struggled in its Week 1 matchup towards Toldeo, surviving an in depth name after Caleb Griffin transformed on a 29-yard box function with seconds left to offer the Illini a 30-28 win. Illinois opens up Big Ten play towards Penn State at house on Saturday.
Kansas has now moved to 2-0 for the second one consecutive season. The Jayhawks transfer directly to a matchup with Nevada subsequent week and open Big 12 play towards BYU on Sept. 16. They might be liked in each outings prior to a pivotal house sport towards Texas on Sept. 23.Â