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Kenny Hill made his first career start Thursday night against South Carolina, hoping to at least partially fill the massive shoes of Johnny Manziel, who left the Aggies for the NFL.
So far, so good. To say the least.
Hill shredded the South Carolina defense in the first half, leading 3 touchdown drives and throwing for 241 yards and 2 touchdowns to stake A&M to a 24-14 lead.
Not surprisingly, the player dubbed “Kenny Football” became an immediate Twitter trend. Here are some of Twitter’s best reactions:
Our defense might as well call Kenny Hill our daddy the way we're covering
— billy (@Bdetyens12) August 28, 2014
Kenny Hill is Kenny Football? Texas A&M in five possessions so far: TD, FG, Punt, TD, TD. Aggies take a 24-14 lead with 7:07 left in half.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 28, 2014
The answer to Johnny Football is Kenny Hill, thank you very much." – Brent Musburger
— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) August 28, 2014
Kenny Hill's done more against South Carolina's defense in the first half than Tajh Boyd did in three years.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) August 28, 2014
I bet Kenny Hill could beat out Brian Hoyer right now.
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) August 28, 2014
250 yards and 17 points on 4 possessions for Texas A&M. Aggies offensive line in complete control. Kenny Hill ain't bad
— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) August 28, 2014
Oh, Kenny Hill.
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) August 28, 2014
At this rate, Kenny Hill will be selling autographs by Week 2.
— Sports Comedy (@SportsComedy_) August 28, 2014