Kirk Herbstreit names 5 SEC players among his Week 5 top performers
By Keith Farner
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Kirk Herbstreit liked a lot of what he saw from the SEC on Saturday, including the Georgia defense, and 4 individual players who stood out.
The ESPN commentator named his “top performing players” from Week 5, and they include RB Brian Robinson from Alabama, Will Rogers from Mississippi State, Bo Nix from Auburn and Tiyon Evans from Tennessee.
Robinson ran for a career-high 171 yards and 4 touchdowns, while Rogers finished with 400+ yards passing and 3 touchdowns passing for the second time this season. He is the only player in the SEC to accomplish that feat. Bo Nix, meanwhile, passed for 255 yards and one touchdown while rushing for a game-high 74 yards and one touchdown while he led Auburn to its first win at LSU since 1999.
Evans had 15 carries for 156 yards and 3 touchdowns, including a 92-yard run.
Georgia’s defense also shut out Arkansas, and allowed just 162 total yards and 9 first downs as the Bulldogs improved to 5-0.
Top performing PLAYERS WEEK 5:@HawkeyeFootball D@GeorgiaFootball D
Robinson @AlabamaFTBL
Robinson @TexasFootball
Allgeier @BYUfootball
Stroud @OhioStateFB
Tuggle @OhioFootball
Rogers @HailStateFB
Nix @AuburnFootball
Evans @Vol_Football
Pickett @Pitt_FB
Willis @LibertyFootball pic.twitter.com/cZAYaYY92G— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 4, 2021
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
