Haynes King solidified his standing as one of college football’s top players, accounting for 395 yards of total offense and five touchdowns as the No. 7 Georgia Tech Yellowjackets continued their run as one of college football’s top teams in a 41-16 rout of the Syracuse Orange on Saturday afternoon at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
In perhaps his and his team’s most complete performance of the season to date. King’s .806 completion percentage was the highest in Georgia Tech history for a passer with at least 30 attempts.
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The senior signal-caller led the Yellow Jackets to scores on seven of 10 possessions, including a pair of touchdown passes to tight end Josh Beetham (21 and 13 yards), another scoring strike to wide receiver Dean Patterson (37 yards), and two TD runs of his own (2 and 4 yards).
His 304 passing yards, three touchdown passes and 395 yards of total offense were all season highs, while the 300-yard passing game was his sixth in 31 games as a Yellow Jacket. It moved him into a tie for the second-most in Tech history, behind only 1999 Heisman Trophy runner-up Joe Hamilton’s seven.
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The defense also showed great improvement, allowing just five third-down conversions on 14 attempts.
Next up for the Ramblin Wreck is a Nov. 1 trip to ACC foe NC State.







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