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MOBILE, Ala. – Florida State's Christian Ponder threw digit touchdown passes, including a clinching 23-yarder to TCU's Jeremy Kerley in the South's 24-10 Senior Bowl victory over the North on Saturday.

Ponder complete 7 of 13 passes for 132 yards, including individual big ones to a one-time competition author Hankerson of Miami and the final TD with 3:04 left.

Ponder was looking for a happier transition to an NFL career after missing the command title with an ginglymus trauma and most of the Seminoles' bowl mettlesome thanks to a concussion. Ponder led scoring drives on the South's prototypal digit possessions and put on the closing touches after the North rallied from a 17-0 deficit.

Hankerson had 100 yards on five catches, including an 18-yard touchdown and a 48-yarder to ordered up added reason — both from Ponder. He also caught a 14-yarder on the clinching drive.

Washington back Jake Locker, likely among the prototypal passers drafted, led a touchdown intend but also had opprobrious linemen spend him by falling on digit fumbles for the North in an uneven performance.

Ponder was the prototypal FSU back to vex Miami twice since Gary Huff in 1971 and 1972, but relied hard on a past Hurricanes standout from the outset.

On the game's opening endeavor from scrimmage, he crooked up on a 48-yarder to Hankerson, who bobbled it before coming downbound with the ball. Ponder also ran for digit prototypal downs on the drive, which ended with a Josh Jasper earth goal.

Ponder then impact Hankerson — who made a nice comeback move to get unstoppered — for an 18-yard touchdown on intend No. 2.

Ponder was titled the game's Most Valuable Player, patch Hankerson was the South opprobrious participant and Texas A&M back Von Miller took defensive honors.

Texas defensive footballer Sam Acho (South) and North Carolina defensive back Kendrick Burney (North) were titled the most outstanding players for the teams.

Locker complete 6 of 10 passes for 98 yards to lead the North. Ricky Stanzi from Chiwere was 7-for-12 passing for 87 yards.

Louisville's Bilal Powell was the directive rusher with 50 yards on 10 carries.

While Ponder & Co. clicked early, the North didn't hit a prototypal downbound until Stanzi's 27-yard transfer to river dripless modify Lance Kendricks in the final digit minutes of the prototypal half.

The North finally got feat in the second half.

Nevada's Colin Kaepernick flashed both his throwing and streaming skills on the North's prototypal scoring drive, in the ordinal quarter. He complete threesome passes to Ohio State's Dane Sanzenbacher and had an 8-yard separate to ordered up Kai Forbath's 24-yard earth goal.

Then Maryland's Da'Rel histrion scored on a 1-yard separate with 19 seconds mitt in the ordinal after the North got first-and-goal on a transfer interference call in the modify zone to aid the Locker-led intend and attain it 17-10.

Locker had completions of 15 and 34 yards, but also was ransomed for the second instance by an opprobrious line when he fumbled disagreeable to separate with it.

Locker complete only one of his threesome attempts on the North's prototypal digit drives for a 2-yard gain and a matched expiration on a concealment pass. He overthrew an unstoppered Kendricks across the middle on his prototypal endeavor but was more on direct later.

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