USM’s Zach Wilcke, Jason Brownlee forming strong chemistry - WXXV News 25

Not a full batch to constitute location astir offensively for Southern Miss successful its 27-10 week six nonaccomplishment astatine Troy.

The lone agleam spot successful the passing crippled coming successful the signifier of freshman backmost Zach Wilcke to elder wide receiver Jason Brownlee who connected for a career-high 12 receptions for 105 yards and a touchdown, showing the aboriginal maturation of a young QB.

Southern Miss Head Coach Will Hall said, “Troy dictated that. Zach work each of his walk plays that Jason Brownlee caught correctly. He was the feline to spell to, but for possibly 1 of them. So retired of his 12 catches, 11 of them were work correctly. So Troy was bailing back, giving america a batch of underneath stuff. There was a batch of hitches and a batch of speedy crippled slants. They were rolling to our choky extremity to instrumentality the tally away, sliding the backers truthful Brownlee was one-on-one backside and Zach took it. I thought that was a large occupation by him.”

Next up for USM, trying to get backmost to .500 connected homecoming arsenic the Golden Eagles invited Arkansas State to the Rock for a 6 p.m. kickoff connected Saturday.