UNLV quarterback Johnny Stanton (4) hands the ball off to UNLV running back David Greene (22) during a football game at Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Mich. on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016. Central Michigan won 44-21. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @csstevensphoto
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — UNLV quarterback Johnny Stanton was flying high after his near-flawless first career Division I start, but the former Nebraska player has since crash-landed in lopsided losses to UCLA and Central Michigan.
After completing 10 of 12 passes for 217 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions against Jackson State, a Football Championship Subdivision team, in the season opener, Stanton has since completed only 26 of 69 passes (37.