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SEC Football Players of the Week (Games of Oct. 24)

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
DEXTER McCLUSTER
Running Back / Wide Receiver
OLE MISS
5-9 • 170 • Senior
Largo, Fla. (HS)

• McCluster tallied 260 all-purpose yards and a touchdown as Ole Miss defeated Arkansas 30-17.  He took a middle screen from Jevan Snead and turned it into a 64-yard TD reception.

• McCluster became the first Ole Miss player in the modern era (records dating back to 1965) to top the 100-yard mark in both rushing and receiving in the same game.
 
• He posted the first 100-yard rushing game of his career with career highs of 123 yards on 22 carries and topped the team in receiving yards for the first time this year with a career-high 137 receiving yards on seven catches.

• The Rebel offense had four offensive scoring drives of 10 plays or more and accumulated 37:13 time of possession against Arkansas.

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
HARRY COLEMAN
Linebacker
LSU
6-2 • 206 • Senior
Baldwin, La. (West St. Mary HS)

• Coleman recorded nine total tackles, including a pair of sacks and two forced fumbles, in LSU’s 31-10 win over Auburn.

• He had a total of 2.5 tackles totaling 18-yards in losses and broke up a pass as LSU limited Auburn to just 193 total yards – its lowest output of the year.

• Both of Coleman’s forced fumbles led to points – the first leading to a first quarter touchdown that put LSU up 14-0 and the second to a field goal just before halftime that put the Tigers up 17-0.

• Helped an LSU defense limit the SECs second leading rusher in Ben Tate to just 67 rushing yards on 18 carries.

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
LEIGH TIFFIN
Kicker
ALABAMA
6-2 • 212 • Senior
Muscle Shoals, Ala. (HS)

• Tiffin connected on four field goals - Alabama’s only points of the game - in the Crimson Tide’s 12-10 win against Tennessee.

• Tiffin’s field goals were from 38, 50, 22 and 49 yards.

• Tiffin’s 49-yard field goal came with 6:31 left in the game and put the Tide ahead by two scores, 12-3.

• This season, Tiffin has connected on 3-of-4 field goals over 40 yards and leads the SEC in overall field goal percentage (87.0 percent / 20 of 23).

• In his career, Tiffin has 337 career points, which is 7th in SEC history and 72 field goals made, which is 4th in league history.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK
JORGE GONZALEZ
Center
KENTUCKY
6-3 • 300 • Senior
Tampa, Fla. (Catholic HS)


• Gonzalez led an offensive line that accounted for 330 yards and averaged 6.3 yards per play in Kentucky’s 36-13 win against Louisiana-Monroe.

• He graded out at 86 percent and did not allow a sack against the Warhawks.

• Gonzalez provided a key block on Randall Cobb’s 11-yard touchdown run up the middle in the second quarter.

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK
TERRENCE CODY
Defensive Lineman
ALABAMA
6-5 • 354 • Senior
Ft. Myers, Fla. (Riverdale HS/Gulf Coast CC)

• Cody blocked two field goals and had two tackles in Alabama’s 12-10 victory over Tennessee.

• His second blocked field goal of the contest came on the last play of the game on an attempted 44-yard field goal to preserve the Crimson Tide win.

• Cody’s first blocked field goal came earlier in the fourth quarter on an attempted 43-yard field goal. 

• For the season, Cody has 17 total tackles, including five behind the line of scrimmage.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
JOHNTHAN BANKS
Defensive Back
MISSISSIPPI STATE
6-2 • 175
Maben, Miss. (East Webster HS)

• Banks, a true freshman in only his third career start, intercepted a pair of Florida passes and ran both back for touchdowns, in Mississippi State’s 29-19 loss to Florida.

• He becomes the first MSU player to ever return two interceptions for scores in the same game and only the third player in SEC history with a pair of pick-sixes (Joe Brodsky, Florida, 1956; Jake Scott, Georgia, 1968)
 
• Banks was also credited with six total tackles, two solo and four assists against the Gators.

OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN WEEK EIGHT

DB JAVIER ARENAS (Alabama) -- Had game-high 13 tackles with 3.5 for losses (-21 yards), including a sack, and QB pressure against Tennessee.

WR GREG GHILDS (Arkansas) -- Had three catches for 83 yards against Ole Miss, including 36-yard reception.

LB ELTORO FREEMAN (Auburn) -- Had team-high 12 tackles, with two for losses (-12 yards), including a sack, against LSU.

RB CHRIS RAINEY (Florida) -- Rushed for game-high 90 yards on 12 carries including an 8-yard TD run in the fourth quarter against Miss. State.

DE CARLOS DUNLAP (Florida) -- Tallied five total tackles, including three sacks (-19 yards) against Miss. State.

QB/WR/RS RANDALL COBB (Kentucky) -- Accounted for 152 all-purpose yards, including a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown, against Louisiana-Monroe.

QB JORDAN JEFFERSON (LSU) -- Completed 21-of-31 passes for 242 yards with two touchdowns against Auburn.

PK JOSHUA SHENE (Ole Miss) -- Was 3-of-3 on field goals, with mades from 22, 39 and 19 yards against Arkansas.

NB MARCUS WASHINGTON (Miss. State) -- Registered game-high 15 total tackles (7 solos) with one for a two-yard loss, against Florida.

QB STEPHEN GARCIA (South Carolina) -- Completed 22-of-33 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns against Vanderbilt.

WR ALSHON JEFFERY (South Carolina) -- Had eight receptions for 161 yards and a touchdown against Vanderbilt.

QB JONATHAN CROMPTON (Tennessee) -- Completed 21-of-36 passees for 265 yards with a TD and interception against Alabama.

WLB RICO McCOY (Tennessee) -- Had team-high 12 tackles with 0.5 for losses (-2) against Alabama.

P BRETT UPSON (Vanderbilt) -- Averaged 48.0 yards on eight punts, with three downed inside the 5-yard line, against South Carolina.

RB/KR WARREN NORMAN (Vanderbilt) -- Freshman accumulated 186 al-purpose yards, including a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown against South Carolina.