As Syracuse reserves filtered onto the field in the Orange’s blowout win against Central Michigan on Saturday, Terrel Hunt remained.

Scott Shafer said during his Tuesday teleconference that he left his starting quarterback in the game to get increased action and that he ran out the game well. Hunt finished the 40-3 win with 175 passing yards and a touchdown to go with 92 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.

“We were just trying to be productive on offense and continue to get him reps,” Shafer said.

After missing the end of the first half and all of the second of SU’s season-opening, double-overtime 27-26 win against Villanova, Hunt scored the Orange’s final touchdown with 59 seconds left in the Central Michigan game on Saturday.

“I see everything,” Shafer said, when asked if he saw Hunt get hit running in a touchdown with 3:43 left. “But he came in and played well — finished the game the way we wanted to.”