SEC announces Week 10 Players of the Week

With another weekend of college football in the books, the SEC league office has officially named its Week 10 SEC Players of the Week:

Offensive Player of the Week – Jordan Ta’amu, QB, Ole Miss

• Ta’amu completed 31 of 40 passes for a career-high 382 yards and 4 TDs in the win over Kentucky.
• Threw the game-winning touchdown pass with five seconds left to beat the Wildcats.
• His 77.5 completion percentage is an Ole Miss single-game record (minimum of 40 attempts).

Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Ronnie Harrison, DB, Alabama

• Recorded six tackles and half a sack while leading the Tide defense in production points against LSU.
• Recorded his third interception of the season.
• Led the Tide pass defense that limited the Tigers to a 48.4 completion percentage and 155 yards passing.

Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Anthony Sherrils, S, Missouri

• Recorded two key turnovers that Missouri’s offense turned into 14 points in the Tigers win over Florida.
• Recorded six tackles, a fumble recovery, and an interception in the 45-16 win over the Gators.
• His fumble recovery came on a muffed punt by Florida and set up the Tigers for the opening touchdown of the game.

Special Teams Player of the Week – JK Scott, P, Alabama

• Had eight punts for 413 total yards, an average of 51.6 yards per punt.
• Six of his eight kicks were downed inside the 20-yard line with four downed inside the 11-yard line.
• Five of his punts traveled 50 or more yards.
• LSU returned just one punt for two yards.

Co-Freshman of the Week – DK Metcalf, WR, Ole Miss

• Recorded five catches for 83 yards and a career-high 2 TDs.
• His first touchdown went for 58 yards while his second one was a game-winner with five seconds to play.
• Leads SEC freshman in catches, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.

Co-Freshman of the Week – Aidan Marshall, P, Auburn

• Punted five times with an average of 47.4 yards per punt and a long of 70 yards.
• His average yards per punt is fourth best in a game by an Auburn punter in the last 10 years (minimum of five punts).
• Helped hold Texas A&M return specialist Christian Kirk without a punt return.

Offensive Lineman of the Week – Braden Smith, RG, Auburn

• Helped pave the way for an Auburn offense that gained 496 total yards with 228 rushing yards.
• Led an Auburn offense that scored 42 points for the fifth time in its last six SEC games.
• Graded at 87% with 13 blocks.

Defensive Lineman of the Week – Josiah Coatney, DL, Ole Miss

• Recorded a career-high two sacks with 2.5 tackles for loss in the win over Kentucky.
• Added five total tackles.
• Helped the Rebels defense record four sacks against the Wildcats.

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.