5 SEC players named to PFF’s National Team of the Week for Week 9
By Andrew Olson
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After watching all the film, Pro Football Focus has named its national college football “Team of the Week” with the highest-rated players at every position.
The Week 8 team features four players from the SEC: Georgia QB Jake Fromm, Vanderbilt TE Jared Pinkney, Georgia C Lamont Gaillard, South Carolina OG Zack Bailey and Kentucky edge-rusher Josh Allen
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Here’s what PFF had to say about the five standout performers:
Jake Fromm, Georgia
Week 9 Grade: 90.7
Fromm had the best game of his career against the Gators on Saturday, erasing all doubt of a quarterback controversy and setting up for a de facto SEC East Championship game next weekend against Kentucky. Fromm was blitzed on 12 dropbacks from Florida but more than held his own, completing 10-of-12 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown.
Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt
Week 9 Grade: 85.9
Pinkney gets the edge over his counterpart in this one – Cheyenne O’Grady – as Pinkney brought in five receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown. He gained 80 of his yards after the catch and forced two missed tackles with the ball in his hands.
Lamont Gaillard, Georgia
Week 9 Grade: 77.1
Playing against a formidable Gators front, Gaillard did not allow a single QB pressure on 29 pass-blocking snaps while he also finished with a fifth-ranked run-blocking grade among centers.
Zack Bailey, South Carolina
Week 9 Grade: 79.2
Bailey and the South Carolina offense needed just 19 total dropbacks to defeat Tennessee as Bailey did not allow a single pressure and also finished with the sixth-highest run-blocking grade among guards this week.
Josh Allen, Kentucky
Week 9 Grade: 84.8
Lost in Kentucky’s epic come-from-behind victory against Missouri was Allen’s defensive performance in which he tallied four QB pressures on 20 pass-rushes and 10 total tackles. Of his nine solo tackles, seven of them went for defensive stops and he also limited receivers in his coverage to just 10 yards after the catch against the Tigers.
PFF’s comments on the rest of the team can be found here.
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