{"id":326278,"date":"2023-08-26T16:23:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326278"},"modified":"2023-08-26T16:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:59:23","slug":"friday-night-highlights-5-star-qb-dj-lagway-goes-off-for-8-touchdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=326278","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Highlights: 5-star QB DJ Lagway goes off for 8 touchdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the country started his 2023 season with a bang last night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Willis (Texas) five-star quarterback DJ Lagway went off for eight touchdowns in\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/games\/8-25-2023\/football-23\/rudder-vs-willis.htm?c=VWwuaddgsE23-vkRvBJXbQ#tab=recap&amp;schoolid=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">his team&#8217;s 52-21 victory<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> on the road over Rudder (Texas) on Friday. Lagway (6-foot-2, 225 pounds) finished with a line of 21\/23 for 436 yards, eight touchdowns (7 passing, 1 rushing) and a QB rate of 169.8. What&#8217;s more impressive is that Lawgay&#8217;s stat line was all in one half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here are some highlights.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Composite 5<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> QB and Florida commit DJ Lagway has FIVE (four passing, 1 rushing) touchdowns in the 1st quarter alone in his season opener <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f3c8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AfHHqAtLeR\">pic.twitter.com\/AfHHqAtLeR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 247Sports (@247Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/247Sports\/status\/1695249318872043943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tom Brady has 7 super bowls. <\/p>\n<p>DJ Lagway has 7 touchdowns in a half. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1DASTDNax0\">pic.twitter.com\/1DASTDNax0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harrison (@Harrison954_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harrison954_\/status\/1695251864046948774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Composite 5<img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/2b50.png\" alt=\"\u2b50\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> QB and Florida commit DJ Lagway LIT IT UP tonight in his season opener <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f633.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude33\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-19\/21<br \/>-425 yards<br \/>-8 total touchdowns (7 passing, 1 rushing)<\/p>\n<p>Willis (TX.) beats Rudder 52-21 <img src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f3c8.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udfc8\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IrQJYm2OF6\">pic.twitter.com\/IrQJYm2OF6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 247Sports (@247Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/247Sports\/status\/1695283435953168643?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The biggest beneficiary of Lagway&#8217;s huge game was Wildcats wide receiver Debruan Hampton, who posted five catches, 121 yards and scored three times. Next week Willis will face Temple (Texas) at home on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>As for next season, Lagway is committed to Florida and is the third-best recruit in a loaded 2024 class that currently ranks third in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>More<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/scores-live-in-game-results-around-the-nation-as-they-happen\">SCORES: Live in-game results around the nation as they happen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfhsnetwork.com\/?irclickid=UT%3A2XXXaMxyNR4rR9dTovRG2UkF3vdRpzQoRxg0&amp;irgwc=1&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=impact&amp;utm_campaign=USA%20TODAY%20Sports%20Media%20Group&amp;utm_content=1205322&amp;\">Live-Stream High School Sports on the NFHS Network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/lists\/the-top-10-uncommitted-recruits-in-the-class-of-2024\">The top 10 uncommitted recruits in the class of 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/recruitment-for-no-1-iowa-prospect-grant-brix-a-three-team-race?itm_source=parsely-api\">Recruitment for top Iowa prospect a three-team race<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>One of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation has started his 2023 season with a bang.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326278"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326280,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326278\/revisions\/326280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}