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Another weekend of college football is in the books, which means it is time to announce the All-SEC fantasy team of the week for Week 3. If you need a refresher on the rules or the scoring system, take a quick look at last week’s article.
Here’s this week’s squad:
QB: Dak Prescott (Mississippi State) — 201 pass yards, 1 pass TD, 139 rush yards, 1 rush TD, 24 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD — 39 points. Prescott put his versatility on display, scoring three touchdowns in three different ways in a 35-3 win over South Alabama. He never turned the ball over against the Jaguars and recorded his third career receiving touchdown in the win.
RB: Alex Collins (Arkansas) — 212 rush yards, 2 rush TDs — 33 points. The Razorbacks’ rushing attack steamrolled over Texas Tech in a 49-28 win over Lubbock, and Collins was a huge reason why. He averaged nearly eight yards per carry and ran for multiple touchdowns for the second week in a row, aiding Arkansas in a critical non-conference victory. Williams 39,
RB: Jonathan Williams (Arkansas) — 145 rush yards, 4 rush TDs, 10 rec. yards — 39 points. When Collins wasn’t bowling over Texas Tech defenders, Williams was the man keeping the Razorbacks’ rushing attack afloat. He cleared the century-mark at better than 6.5 yards per carry, and ran for a whopping four touchdowns in the 21-point win. No other tailback in the SEC put up the kind of numbers Arkansas’ tailbacks posted last weekend, earning them both spots on this week’s fantasy team.
WR: Demarcus Robinson (Florida) — 216 rec. yards, 2 rec. TDs — 33 points. Robinson was Florida’s only adequate pass-catching threat in its triple-overtime win over Kentucky, catching 15 of Jeff Driskel’s 25 completions for the game. He averaged more than 14 yards per reception, and went for more than 100 yards with at least one touchdown for the second week in a row. This week, he cleared 200 yards and two touchdowns in the win over UK, posting the best numbers of any wideout in the conference for Week 3.
WR: Vince Sanders (Ole Miss) — 125 rec. yards, 2 rec. TDs — 24 points. Sanders had been quiet in the Rebels’ first two games of the season, but exploded for more than 100 yards and multiple touchdowns in a 56-15 win over UL Lafayette. He benefited from the added attention garnered by fellow Ole Miss wideouts Laquon Treadwell and Cody Core, leading the Rebels in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns against the Ragin’ Cajuns.
TE: Rory Anderson (South Carolina) — 67 rec. yards, 1 rec. TD — 12 points. It was a quiet week for tight ends around the SEC, but not for Anderson. He helped the Gamecocks’ offense score 38 points on a tough Georgia defense, catching five passes for more than 60 yards with a touchdown. Anderson was shutout by East Carolina a week earlier, but played a major role in the South Carolina offense in its biggest game of the year.
Def/ST: LSU — 93 yards allowed, 0 points allowed, 1 fumble recovery, 2 sacks — 14 points. It took a while for the LSU offense to get going in a 31-0 win over Louisiana Monroe, but the defense looked sharp from the opening kickoff. The Tigers shut out the Warhawks and held them to under 100 yards or total offense, adding two sacks and a turnover in the win. LSU’s defense only made a handful of game-breaking plays, but dominated virtually every snap in a convincing performance against ULM.
K: Austin MacGinnis (Kentucky) — 3-of-4 field goals, 3-of-3 extra points — 13 points. MacGinnis made each of his first three field goal attempts in the loss to Florida, including a 51-yarder in the fourth quarter to tie the score and eventually force overtime. It was the second week in a row the freshman drilled a 50-yard field goal, and he has yet to miss an extra point in 2014. MacGinnis played huge against Florida, and although he missed his last kick of the day, he had perhaps the greatest impact of any kicker in the SEC in Week 3.
Week 3 total points: 207 points.
For context’s sake, the Week 2 team only amassed 185 points.
A former newspaper reporter who has roamed the southeastern United States for years covering football and eating way too many barbecue ribs, if there is such a thing.
