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Clayton Thorson has etched his name in the Northwestern record books.
With a second-quarter touchdown pass to Cameron Green, the senior logged his 45th career touchdown pass, becoming Northwestern’s all-time program leader in passing touchdowns, one ahead of Brett Basanez and Len Williams.
Here’s a look at the score that put NU up 20-3 just before halftime against Akron.
It's official: No @NUFBFamily QB has thrown more career TD passes than Clayton Thorson (45).
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 16, 2018
Here is the record-breaker: pic.twitter.com/QWNTh7nfDp
The toss to Green was Thorson’s first touchdown connection of 2018. Thorson saw the vast majority of the first half reps at quarterback against Akron, going 15-of-20 for 175 yards.
Heading into Saturday’s contest, Thorson was second on Northwestern’s all-time passing leaderboard with 7,918 yards, behing Basanez (10,580).
Nothing but respect for QB 18.#B1GCats pic.twitter.com/K4H7OAIyNh
— Northwestern Football (@NUFBFamily) September 16, 2018