Rutgers cant stop Demond Williams Jr. in ugly loss to Washington

SEATTLE — Washington quarterback Demond Williams Jr.threw for 402 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Huskies to a 38-19 win against Rutgers on Friday night.Williams completed 21 of 27 passes and rushed 13 times as he set career highs for passing yards, rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.“Demond Williams is a superstar,” Washington coach Jedd Fisch said.

“He is special, and we’ve known that for a lot of years now.”According to the school, Williams became the 16th player in FBS history to throw for at least 400 yards and rush for at least 100 yards in a game, and the first since 2023.He is also the 12th Washington quarterback to run for 100 yards or more in a game and set the school total offense record with 538 yards.“That’s kind of crazy,” Williams said.Williams said the Rutgers defense was keying on running back Jonah Coleman, opening up opportunities for the quarterback to break off big gains.“I was just taking what the defense was giving me,” Williams said.

“You could tell their main focus was on Jonah, so being able to pull some of those zone reads and just get as many yards as I could was definitely pivotal.”Rutgers quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis also set career highs with 386 passing yards, 31 completions and 50 attempts.He threw for two touchdowns.

Ian Strong had seven receptions for 124 yards.Antwan Raymond and KJ Duff had the touchdowns catches.Williams had touchdown passes of 20 and 38 yards to Denzel Boston.

His two rushing touchdowns of 11 and 7 yards were the final two scores for the Huskies (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten Conference).The Scarlet Knights (3-3, 0-3) took a 10-0 lead in the first quarter and led 13-10 at halftime before Washington’s offense and Williams took over the game.“We made too many mistakes in the second half, missed assignments,” Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said.“But (Williams) is a dynamic player.

A dynamic player as a ball carrier and a quarterback.The quarter...