Jones leads North to Senior Bowl win over South

Duke quarterback Daniel Jones threw for one touchdown and ran for another to claim MVP honors as the North Team overcame a 9-0 deficit and beat the South Team 34-24 on Saturday at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.

The North, coached by Jon Gruden and the Oakland Raiders' staff, scored four touchdowns after halftime, starting with a 1-yard run from Jones at 10:20 of the third and a 19-yard pass from Jones to Massachusetts wideout Andy Isabella just 2:10 later.

Jones, who also connected on a deep ball off a flea-flicker, finished 8 of 11 for 115 yards. Isabella made seven grabs for a game-high 74 yards.

Notre Dame running back Dexter Williams added a 3-yard plunge for the North with 8:05 left in the game, and Tony Pollard -- a do-it-all weapon at Memphis -- followed with a 21-yard touchdown scamper with 3:17 remaining. Pollard finished with eight carries for a game-high 60 yards.

Gruden and his staff awarded players with stickers featuring the Raiders logo, slapping them on helmets after big plays.

Temple running back Ryquell Armstead led the South, coached by Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers, with seven carries for 24 yards and a score, a 1-yarder that put his team on top 6-0 less than five minutes into the contest.

Buffalo quarterback Tyree Jackson -- the last of four quarterbacks for the South -- had a big-play-filled day going 13 for 21 for 165 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. He found West Virginia wideouts for both of his touchdowns, hitting Gary Jennings Jr. from 10 yards out early in the fourth and David Sills V from 15 yards with 14 seconds remaining.

West Virginia's Will Grier started the South off by going 4 of 8 for 61 yards, but Washington State's Gardner Minshew struggled as the next signal-caller in, finishing 1 of 8 for 4 yards. Auburn's Jarrett Stidham entered third, going 4 of 5 for 30 yards with one fumble lost.

The North opened with Missouri's Drew Lock at quarterback, and he went 9 of 14 for 57 yards before departing. Penn State's Trace McSorley (7 for 13, 59 yards) followed before making way for Jones, and N.C. State's Ryan Finley finished up by going 7 for 11 for 83 yards.

--Field Level Media