WATCH: Frank Gore Jr tosses beautiful 52-yard touchdown pass against Louisiana-Lafayette
Southern Miss star running back Frank Gore, Jr. made waves last year when he stepped in and threw four touchdown passes for the Golden Eagles. On Thursday night against Louisiana-Lafayette, he showed that he can spin the rock yet again, beautifully tossing a 52-yard touchdown pass to his receiver, Ty Mims. He hit Mims in stride deep down the field as he completely torched his defender. Once Mims caught the pass from Gore, it wasn’t long before he was in the end zone.
The touchdown strike put Southern Miss up 13-2 with 4:34 remaining in the first quarter. Gore is of course, the son of legendary former NFL running back, Frank Gore.
Mims hauled in 69 receiving yards and a touchdown on Thursday night. The leading receiver for Southern Miss was Jason Brownlee, who hauled in three grabs for 102 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Coming into Thursday night’s game against Louisiana-Lafayette, Gore had 116 carries for 568 rushing yards and four touchdowns on the ground.
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Southern Miss would go on to win the game Thursday night, 39-24. The victory was the 10th straight for the Golden Eagles over the Ragin’ Cajuns.
Along with the 52-yard touchdown strike above, Gore also had 23 carries for 87 rushing yards on the ground. He also brought in one catch. The Southern Miss defense gave ULL quarterback Ben Woolridge problems all night long, picking him off three times, including Natrone Brooks‘ 52-yard pick-six with 1:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.
In 2021, Gore rushed for 801 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. The Florida native also hauled in 20 catches for 155 receiving yards that year. During his freshman campaign, Gore had 121 carries for 708 yards (5.9 yards per carry) and two touchdowns on the ground.
Southern Miss currently sits at 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. Louisiana-Lafayette dropped to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in the Sun Belt Conference.