Saint John's University sophomore quarterback Jackson Erdmann (Rosemount, Minn.) ended the day 20 of 30 passing for 320 yards and five touchdowns in Saturday's 41-17 win over Gustavus Adolphus. He was named the MIAC Football Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 23 for his performance.
He had 274 yards and the five touchdowns (16 of 22 passing) in the first half alone en route to a 41-7 halftime lead and did not play in the fourth quarter.
The 300-yard passing game was the first for Erdmann, who became the first Johnnie quarterback to throw five touchdowns in a half since Tom Linnemann '00 in 2000 (vs. Macalester on Oct. 7), and SJU's first in five years (309 by Nick Martin '16 against Carleton on Oct. 13, 2012).
The five-touchdown performance was Erdmann's second (at Buena Vista of Iowa on Sept. 10, 2016) and enabled him to move into a tie with Joe Boyle '11 for ninth in school history with 41 career touchdown passes.
Erdmann is currently second in NCAA Division III with a 191.5 pass-efficiency rating and is 13th in both passing touchdowns (21) and yards per pass attempt (9.69).
No. 7 SJU (7-1, 5-1 MIAC) enjoys its bye week before visiting Hamline on Saturday, Nov. 4, in St. Paul.
