CLEMSON, S.C. -- Even when the offense is struggling around him and playing through an ankle injury, Dalvin Cook still found a way to create an early spark.

Cook's 75-yard touchdown run on the second play of the game turned out to be Florida State's biggest offensive play in a 23-13 loss at Clemson on Saturday night. But the sophomore star finished with 21 carries for 194 yards, putting him on the doorstep of breaking a 20-year-old school record.

"I came into the game feeling good, healthy, ready to go," Cook said. "I was healthy enough to be out there."

Running strong, cutting and showing physicality despite an ankle injury, Cook's performance on Saturday gives him 1,231 rushing yards in 2015 -- just 12 shy of breaking Warrick Dunn's school record (1,242 rushing yards) in 1995.

Dunn set the mark in an 11-game regular season and at the time the NCAA did not recognize postseason stats toward a player's annual totals. Cook has a chance to break the mark at home against NC State next Saturday in what would be FSU's 10th game and Cook's ninth of the season (he missed the Syracuse game due to injury and also a large portion of the Wake Forest game after suffering a hamstring injury).

FSU's second loss of the season may have ended Cook's chances of winning the Heisman Trophy, but his performance -- while injured -- is remarkable and has him in position to be an All-American. Cook averaged 9.2 yards per carry against a Tigers defense that was considered among the best in the nation against the run (Clemson allowed just 109.1 rushing yards per game coming in to Saturday).

This was Cook's fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season and 10th in his 21-game college career. He also extended his school record for 150-yard games in a season to five.

"Dalvin Cook -- what a player," Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said.

