LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- To explain the last touchdown he scored against No. 2 Florida State, Lamar Jackson needed to go back to the third quarter.

Up 49-10, Louisville had terrific field position after another long Jaire Alexander punt return. Jackson, who had already run for three scores, took the snap on first down from the Florida State 17 and promptly threw an interception. He went to the sideline and told his teammates he owed them four touchdowns.

Florida State punted on the ensuing possession, giving Jackson another chance. Coach Bobby Petrino called for a run play with Traveon Samuel in motion, giving Jackson the option to keep it or hand it off.

"I was like, I'm determined -- we're going to score right here," Jackson said.

Petrino explained afterward, "I thought their defensive ends were doing a good job on one phase of our option runs where they were holding the point and then coming back out on him and mixing it up, so we decided to change a little bit and do a guy running across. He could either give it to Traveon or [keep] it. The defensive end widened, he made a great read and hit it full speed."

Jackson went tearing through the middle of the Florida State defense, putting on one slight juke move in the open field and then finishing with a spin off two defenders at the goal line to score from 47 yards out -- yet another Heisman-worthy moment in a season quickly filling with them.

The quarterback's rushing stats in Saturday's 63-20 victory: Seventeen carries for 146 yards (8.6-yard average) and the four touchdowns. He also passed for 216 yards and a score.

Jackson now has four rushes that have gone for 20 yards or longer. Three of them have ended in scores. Last week, he had a 72-yard touchdown run in a win over Syracuse.

"Y'all watch him. He does it every game," running back Brandon Radcliff said. "There's nothing new. That's an explosive, electric guy. You give him one little seam and he's gone. We all know what Lamar can do and what he will do if you give him that opportunity. He's a great player, and we all look for those moments in a game when he is about to do it. So when he does take off, we're ready."

But these are not just moments he displays in games. Louisville safety Josh Harvey-Clemons said the first time he saw Jackson take off running in practice, he could hardly believe it and thought to himself, "'Man, he can't be doing that in games.'"

Jackson is the type of player who clearly challenges conventional wisdom. Many have compared him to Michael Vick ... even Vick himself.

Lamar Jackson 5x better than what I was at V-Tech....Enough said!! #future

— Mike Vick (@MikeVick) September 17, 2016

That tweet made Jackson smile. But not as much as his ability to run, make players miss and add a little razzle-dazzle has made his coaches, teammates and the Louisville fans smile. Only three games have been played this season, but here is an educated guess that the eye-popping runs will keep on coming.

Just like the one we saw Saturday against the second-best team in the nation.

"That was a pretty amazing run," Petrino said. "He looked fast, he had a great cutback, got the ball into the end zone. That was a pretty exciting way to finish."