TUSCALOOSA, Ala. _ Even though it was arguably his best game yet at the University of Alabama, junior wide receiver Amari Cooper was snubbed for the Southeastern Conference’s offensive player of the week award on Monday.

Instead it went to Missouri’s Maty Mauk, who set career highs for passing yards (325), completions (21) and total touchdowns (six), as the Tigers had 502 yards of total offense in a 49-24 victory at Toledo.

Mauk also had two passes intercepted.

Cooper, who leads the nation in both receptions and receiving yards, caught 13 passes for 189 yards, and scored on a 52-yard catch-and-run against Florida Atlantic.

He tied the Crimson Tide record for receptions in a single game, and the yards were the fourth most in Alabama history. Both were career highs.

“Just an amazing athlete,” senior right tackle Austin Shepherd said. “I wish I could be like that but I’m too big. He just makes people miss all the time. Super fast. He’s an unbelievable player.”

Cooper’s previous best was 178 at Auburn last season and he’s topped 100 receiving yards in each game since, leaving him one short of trying Hall’s record of five consecutive 100-yard performances (2006).

His 25 receptions are the most by an Alabama receiver in consecutive games.

“It’s a testimony to how hard he worked in the offseason,” senior tight end Brian Vogler said. “Some guys want to be good, but he wants to be great. He wants to be the best every to come through here. You have to admire that.

“It’s kind of a privilege for me to play with a guy like that and see his work ethic. It definitely rubbed off on me.”

Cooper was also one of eight players named a player of the week by the coaching staff, joining, Jalston Fowler, and Christion Jones on offense, Eddie Jackson and Jonathan Allen on defense, and Adam Griffith, Cyrus Jones, and Kenyan Drake on special teams.

“Coop has always been a really good player,” Coach Nick Saban said. “I think a couple of things have happened. He had a great offseason. He always had great work ethic. His maturity as a player sort of allows him to play through things that maybe used to affect him a little bit. That’s not happening much.”