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SEC announces 2014 football awards, Pinkel named Coach of the Year
By Ethan Levine
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The SEC announced its 2014 football awards Wednesday afternoon, one day after it released its All-SEC teams for the regular season. The annual awards were voted on by the league’s coaches, who could not vote for their own players.
The 2014 awards are as follows:
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Shane Ray, DE, Missouri
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Marcus Murphy, RB, Missouri
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Nick Chubb, RB, Georgia
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Chris Conley, WR, Georgia
JACOBS BLOCKING TROPHY
La’el Collins, OT, LSU
COACH OF THE YEAR
Gary Pinkel, Missouri
Ray became the second Missouri defensive end to be named SEC Defensive Player of the Year in the last two years, following in the footsteps of former Tigers star Michael Sam. Pinkel earned his first SEC Coach of the Year honor in his third year in the conference.
Cooper and Ray were both named the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year by the Associated Press on Monday. Chubb was also named SEC Freshman of the Year by the AP.
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.
