Make room in the trophy case: K.J. Costello adds another national award
The awards keep flying in for K.J. Costello, the new Mississippi State quarterback who led the upset of LSU last week.
This time, it’s the Davey O’Brien award who gave Costello its National Quarterback of the Week honor.
Previously, Costello was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, and the Walter Camp FBS National Offensive Player of the Week.
Costello helped State to a 44-34 win on the road against defending national champion No. 6 LSU. Under coach Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense, he threw for 623 yards, which broke the MSU and SEC single-game passing yards record. His 623 yards also ranks 11th in NCAA history.
Costello completed 36 passes on 60 attempts, which were also MSU school records. He matched the program record with five passing touchdowns. Costello completed 15 passes of 20 yards or more and connected with 10 different receivers during the game.
On third downs, Costello was 7-of-11 passing for 194 yards. He also added three touchdowns, including a 24-yard TD pass to Osirus Mitchell with 3:39 left in the game.
Costello also helped three Bulldogs to career-high receiving days. Mitchell finished with 183 yards and two touchdowns on seven receptions. Kylin Hill and JaVonta Payton both set career highs in catches and yardage. Hill tallied eight receptions for 158 yards and one score, while Payton caught six passes for 122 yards.
Congratulations to @kj_costello of @HailStateFB, the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week! #DaveyQBs
💪 MSU and @SEC record 623 passing yards
👏 MSU record-tying 5 TD passes
🙌 MSU record 36 completions📰 https://t.co/WsXUzwpW4g pic.twitter.com/R58cKHZT3d
— Davey O’Brien (@daveyobrien) September 30, 2020
Is there actually a physical award for that? I always thought these weekly things were “atta boys” rather than a tangible item you can put in a trophy case.
Rat poison.
Trask had a better game in every measure except total passing yards. I would have had no problem if he had been named SEC O player of the week. KJ throws a beautiful long ball and can really squeeze it into tight coverage but he still has a lot to clean up as I’m sure he would be the first to admit.
Don’t get me wrong. I am all aboard the Leach band wagon and I think KJ is without a doubt the best passer MSU has ever had, or at the very least the best one I’ve ever seen and I’ve been a fan since attending MSU back in the 70s.
I think it’s great pub. After all, KJ’s been talked about as a first rounder before this year. I get it, we need to stay level headed and all, but he’s for real. You can clean up mistakes, but you can’t expect to many NCAA quarterback to make the throws he made last week.
What I said was Trask had a better game last Saturday. I never said he wasn’t a top tier NCAA QB or that he isn’t a real NFL prospect at this point. This blog is about “player of the week” awards and that is all I was addressing.