NORFOLK — It wasn’t the longest, the prettiest or the most difficult of his career, but Colton Joseph’s quick pop-up pass to Ke’Travion Hargrove in the second quarter Saturday might’ve been his most telling.

Joseph, Old Dominion’s protean quarterback, took a shotgun snap, half-faked two steps’ worth of a draw play, hopped up and tossed a short pass over the middle.

Hargrove, a senior running back, caught the ball on ODU’s 32-yard line and sprinted unmolested for a touchdown that covered 80 yards.

The seemingly simple play was part of an offensive avalanche in a 47-7 Sun Belt Conference win over Coastal Carolina. And it epitomized what has made Joseph so dangerous.

A sophomore from Newport Beach, California, Joseph leads all FBS rushers with 8.33 yards per carry. He’s fifth in the natio

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