Tuesday, September 28, 2010

SEC Players of the Week - Week 4

 

OFFENSIVE

 

CAM NEWTON

Quarterback

AUBURN

6-6 • 250 • Jr. • College Park, Ga.

 

• Newton completed 16-of-21 passes for 158 yards and two

touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 176 yards on 25 carries

and three touchdowns in Auburn's 35-27 win over #12/15

South Carolina.

• Newton accounted for 334 yards of total offense and five

touchdowns. Of his 46 offensive plays, only six did not gain

any yardage and only one lost yardage.

• 11 of his 25 rushing attempts were for first downs and also

threw for eight first downs, making him responsible for 19 of

Auburn's 29 first downs in the game.

• Newton is the first quarterback in school history to throw for

two or more TDs in the first four games this season. He is also

the only player in the SEC this season to have two 170+ rushing

yardage performances.

 

DEFENSIVE

 

ROBERT LESTER

Safety

ALABAMA

6-2 • 206 • So. • Foley, Ala.

 

• Lester recorded seven total tackles (five solos) and a career-high

two interceptions in Alabama's 24-20 win at #10/11

Arkansas.

• Lester's second interception of the game came at the 4:40

mark in the fourth quarter at the Arkansas 45-yard line and

was returned 33 yards to the Arkansas 12-yard line to set up

the Tide's game-winning touchdown.

• His first interception of the game was in the second quarter

in the endzone to stop an Arkansas drive.

• The Alabama defense held Arkansas to 15 points under its

season average (35.3 points) with just three coming in the

second half.

• Lester's four interceptions leads the SEC and tied for second

in the NCAA.

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

 

PATRICK PETERSON

Return Specialist / Cornerback

LSU

6-1 • 222 • Jr. • Pompano Beach, Fla.

 

• Peterson returned a punt 60 yards for a touchdown and partially

blocked a field goal in LSU's 20-14 win over #22/21 West

Virginia.

• He also had a 26-yard punt return that gave LSU possession

at the WVU 37-yard line.

• The 60-yard punt return for a score came in the second quarter

and gave LSU a 17-0 lead.

• Peterson's partially blocked field goal came in the first quarter

on a 28-yard attempt.

• Peterson had one tackle on defense as LSU held West

Virginia to just 177 yards of total offense.

• He leads the SEC with 28.1 yards per punt return and

became the first Tiger to have multiple punt returns for a TD

since 2003 (had 87-yarder for TD against North Carolina).

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

 

DEREK SHERROD

Tackle

MISSISSIPPI STATE

6-6 • 305 • Sr. • Columbus, Miss.

 

• Sherrod helped pave the way for Mississippi State to gain

314 total offensive yards and gave up no sacks in the

Bulldogs' 24-12 win against Georgia.

• The Bulldog offensive line controlled the second half, with

five drives lasting a total of 19:21.

• Three of the five second-half drives went for 10-plays or

more, all lasting more than five minutes of clock. In the two

other drives, one was a touchdown and the other ran out the

clock.

• The Bulldog offense has eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark

in all four games this season and 15 of the last 16 contests.

 

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN

 

MIKE BLANC

Defensive Tackle

AUBURN

6-4 • 297 • Sr. • Pompano Beach, Fla.

 

• Blanc recorded a season-best seven total tackles (three

solos) and one fumble recovery in Auburn's 35-27 win over

#12/15 South Carolina.

• Blanc's fumble recovery led to a touchdown drive in the

fourth quarter that gave the Tigers a 35-27 lead.

• He helped lead an Auburn defensive line that held South

Carolina to just 79 yards rushing, 119 yards below the

Gamecocks season average (198.3).

 

FRESHMAN

 

TREY BURTON

Quarterback / Wide Receiver

FLORIDA

6-2 • 222 • Venice, Fla.

 

• Burton scored an SEC freshman record six total touchdowns

in Florida's 48-14 win against Kentucky.

• The six scores are one shy of the national freshman record

and the SEC single-game record of seven.

• Burton surpassed the Florida record for most touchdowns in

a single game, topping Tim Tebow's mark of five set in 1997.

• Burton scored touchdowns on all five of his rushing

attempts (40 yards total) and caught an 11-yard TD pass as

well.

• He was 1-for-1 passing for 42 yards and caught five passes

for 37 yards.

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