SEC announces Players of the Week following Rivalry Week

After an action-packed of college football across the SEC, the league announced on Monday its Players of the Week.

The list includes honors for the best offensive, defensive and special teams players — as well as standouts among freshmen and on the offensive and defensive lines. You can check the winners out right here:

Co-Offensive Player of the Week: Jalen Milroe (QB) | Alabama
Co-Offensive Player of the Week: Cody Schrader (RB) | Missouri
Co-Defensive Player of the Week: JJ Weaver (LB) | Kentucky
Co-Defensive Player of the Week: Triston Newson (LB) | Missouri
Co-Special Teams Player of the Week: Barion Brown (KR) | Kentucky
Co-Special Teams Player of the Week: Fraser Masin (P) | Ole Miss
Offensive lineman of the Week: Dayne Davis (OL) | Tennessee
Defensive Linemen of the Week: Jay Jernigan (DL) | Missouri
Co-Freshman of the Week: CJ Allen (LB) | Georgia
Co-Freshman of the Week: Kadyn Proctor (OL) | Alabama

Of course, Jalen Milroe leads the way as an SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week after threading the fatal needle through the Auburn defense by finding Isaiah Bond for a back corner touchdown on 4th and goal from the 31 to win the game and keep Alabama’s College Football Playoff hopes alive. He had another solid game all the way around but it was that one strike that etched his name into Iron Bowl history forever.

The other offensive standout was star Missouri running back Cody Schrader, who nearly hit the 1,500-yard mark for the season in Saturday’s win over rival Arkansas. He posted a career-hight 217 yards as the Tigers stampeded over the rival Hogs to cap off a magical 10-2 year in CoMo in Eli Drinkwitz’ fourth year.

After an extremely tough second half of the season which saw them lose five out of six games in October and November, Kentucky finished their regular season on a positive note by beating rival Louisville for the fifth straight time. In the Governor’s Cup victory, The special teams and defense came up with some huge momentum-changing plays.

Barion Brown took the third kickoff return of his career back for a touchdown in the third quarter with Kentucky down 17-7. Then, on Louisville’s following possessions, senior linebacker and Louisville native JJ Weaver helped force and recover a pair of fumbles. All were massive plays in the second half to help Kentucky pull off the top-10 upset on the road.