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Jamaal Williams takes over BYU all-time rushing record

PROVO — That may have taken longer than expected, but Jamaal Williams finally has taken over Harvey Unga's all-time rushing record with 3,459 career rushing yards.

< blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">< p lang="en" dir="ltr">This guy looks ready to break a record tonight < a href="https://twitter.com/BYUfootball">@BYUfootball< /a> < a href="https://twitter.com/jswaggdaddy">@jswaggdaddy< /a> < a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYUvsMSU?src=hash">#BYUvsMSU< /a> < a href="https://t.co/4Cv57TztCh">pic.twitter.com/4Cv57TztCh< /a>< /p>— Brandon Judd (@brandonljudd) < a href="https://twitter.com/brandonljudd/status/787094386790117376">October 15, 2016< /a>< /blockquote>

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The record came on a first-and-10 run for 9 yards in overtime.

Mississippi State did a great job of holding Jamaal Williams to well below his 6.