Kansas State coach Chris Klieman is pleased with quarterback Avery Johnson's progression throwing the football.

With West Virginia determined to shut down Kansas State football's run game, Avery Johnson took matters into his own hands with a career passing day.

MORGANTOWN — No. 17 Kansas State knew that West Virginia would try to shut down Big 12 rushing leader DJ Giddens, and that enabled quarterback Avery Johnson to put together a career game. Johnson threw three touchdown passes in the Wildcats' 45-18 win over West Virginia on Saturday night,

In fact, the K-State quarterback didn’t attempt a single run against West Virginia. He didn’t even try to scramble for yards when the pocket was collapsing around him, though he did scramble out of one potential tackle to find wide receiver Ty Bowman for a nifty first down.

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Avery Johnson throws a 60-yard pass to Jadon Jackson for a Kansas State touchdown vs. West Virginia.

Avery Johnson threw for career highs in yards (298) and touchdowns (three) in his eighth career start as No. 17 Kansas State dominated host West Virginia 45-18 on Saturday night.