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SEC Staff
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Offensive Player of the Week
| Spencer Rattler |  South Carolina |
|---|---|
| QB • RS-So. | Phoenix, Ariz. |
- Rattler completed 25-of-27 passes (92.6 pct.) for 345 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a fourth TD in the Gamecocks’ 47-21 win over Furman, the sixth-ranked team in the FCS.
- Rattler completed his first 15 passes in the contest with TD passes of 36, 7 and 42 yards.
- He was his best at the end of the first half when he led Carolina on a 3-play, 75-yard scoring drive in 20 seconds with no timeouts, leaving just 3 seconds on the clock.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
| Jett Johnson |  Mississippi State |
|---|---|
| LB • Gr. | Tupelo, Miss. |
- Led the team in tackles with 11. It was his eighth career came with 10 or more tackles.
- The 11 tackles are a season-best.
- He had a season-best one sack in the win over Arizona. It increased his season total to two, a team-best. His two sacks this season tie his single-season career best, which was set last season.
- He tallied two interceptions in the game, the first multi-interception game of his career. He is tied for the SEC lead for most interceptions this season.
- The interceptions were the first since Nov. 24, 2021. That interception came against Ole Miss.
- He is the first Bulldog with two interceptions in a game since Emmanuel Forbes had two against Texas A&M in 2022.
- He had a season-best two tackles for a loss in the win over Arizona.
- Ranks 12th in the SEC in total tackles (17), but his 10 solo tackles to date are tied for 8th most.
- Tied for 5th in the SEC in total sacks and 7th in tackles for loss.
- Tied for the SEC lead in Interceptions (2) and forced fumbles (2).
- Season-high PFF Defense Grade of 82.3.
Co-Defensive Player of the Week
| Eugene Asante |  Auburn |
|---|---|
| LB • Jr. | Alexandria, Va. |
- Led Auburn in tackles for the second straight week, tallying a career-best 12 in the win at Cal, including nine solo stops.
- Making his first career start, he also registered a TFL (1.5) and sack (1.0) for the second straight week and added two QB pressures and a pass breakup.
- Came up with an 11-yard sack on third and 10 in the fourth quarter to push Cal to the brink of field goal range; the Bears then missed the attempt before Auburn drove down for the go-ahead score
- Nine of his 12 tackles came in the second half, when Auburn held Cal scoreless.
- The 10 points allowed in the game were tied for the fewest the Tigers have allowed against a Power 5 opponent since defeating Arkansas 34-3 on Sept. 22, 2018.
Special Teams Player of the Week
| Caden Davis |  Ole Miss |
|---|---|
| PK • Sr. | Coppell, Texas |
- Was perfect on the day including a pair of huge fourth-quarter field goals to seal Ole Miss’ comeback road win at Tulane.
- Drilled a career-long 56-yard field goal with 1:53 remaining to help ice the game for the Rebels. It marked the fourth-longest FG in Ole Miss history and the longest by a Rebel since 1988.
- Finished 3-of-3 on field goals and 4-for-4 on PATs.
Offensive Lineman of the Week
| Eli Cox |  Kentucky |
|---|---|
| C/OG • Sr. | Nicholasville, Ky. |
- Played every snap and graded at 86 percent in UK’s 28-17 win over Eastern Kentucky.
- Recorded five knockdown blocks.
- Allowed no quarterback sacks or pressures and had no penalties.
- Started at right guard and also played center with all good snaps.
Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week
| Nyles Gaddy |  Missouri |
|---|---|
| DL • Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. |
- Finished with three tackles, 2.0 for a loss along with a pair of sacks for a 15-yard loss in the Tigers’ win over MTSU.
- It is the second multi-sack performance of his career and first in a Missouri uniform.
Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week
| Trajan Jeffcoat |  Arkansas |
|---|---|
| DL • RS-Sr. | Columbia, S.C. |
- Carded three tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss (-11), including 1.5 sacks for a loss of nine yards, in win against Kent State.
- Recorded a career high 1.5 sacks in the victory.
- Combined with Jaheim Thomas for a sack for a loss of seven yards on third down, forcing a Kent State field goal in the first quarter.
- Registered a sack for a loss of five yards on third down to force a Kent State punt in first quarter.
- Was instrumental in a goal line stand in the fourth quarter by combining with Landon Jackson for a tackle for a loss of four yards on fourth and goal.
- Helped the Hogs control the line of scrimmage against the Golden Flashes, allowing just 26 total rushing yards on the day – the fewest by a Razorback opponent since against New Mexico State (11) in 2017.
Freshman of the Week
| London Humphreys |  Vanderbilt |
|---|---|
| WR • Fr. | Nashville, Tenn. |
- Led all players with 109 receiving yards on four receptions at Wake Forest.
- Posted first 100-yard game of his career.
- Career-long 48-yard catch set up TD that pulled Commodores within 17-14 late in the second quarter.
- Also scored Vandy’s final points with fourth-quarter 30-yard TD reception.
- Effort helped him end weekend first in the SEC and fourth nationally among freshman in total receiving yards posted thus far this season.
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