Freshman QB Breaks Florida State Record with 10 TD passes in One Game

There are good games and there are games like the one freshman QB Tucker Israel had on Thursday Night.  The signal caller surpassed the Florida state record of eight touchdown passes in a game when he went out and rained down 10 TD passes on Celebration High School in a 68-10 win for Lake Nona.  If you are looking at those numbers and thinking it was bombs away,   you would be disappointed.  Eight of Israel’s 10 touchdowns traveled less than 20 yards in the air.  Israel hit Ryan Sousa on a pair of skinny slant pass patterns and that was as deep as it got.  The rest of Israel’s TD passes came from a combination of jet sweeps in which he chucked the ball one yard ahead to a player in motion and screen pass type dump offs to a back standing at the line of scrimmage.  Regardless of this fact,  it worked for Lake Nona as they had a 54-10 halftime lead on the well whipped Celebration team.  Israel fell short by one of the national record of 11 TD passes thrown in a game.  On the season,  Israel has 24 TD passes and only four interceptions with an eye popping 1808 yards to boot.  Lake Nona has won five straight since losing their opener to Orlando University High School.  It’s gonna be a great year and a great career for this freshman.  If he stays healthy he will likely own all of the state passing records by the time he dons his cap and gown.

Here’s a link to a full story and video of this performance:  http://www.sun-sentinel.com/os-hs-celebration-lake-nona-20111013,0,7844775.story

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