Trey Smack named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gators sophomore kicker Trey Smack was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the week.

Smack made his first career start Saturday against Charlotte and was the MVP of this game for the Gators. After making his first field goal try last week from 27 yards, Smack attempted five field goals against Charlotte and connected on all of them. His 16 points (five field goals and an extra point) were more than everyone else in the game combined.

Smack made his first kicks from 27 and 23 yards before converting a career-long 54-yarder midway through the second quarter. With Florida stalling in 49ers territory, Smack added two more field goals from 36 and 27 yards in the second half.

Smack also made his PAT, accounting for 16 total points. He proved to be the difference in UF’s 15-point victory.

Smack and the rest of the Players of the Week

Co-Offensive Player of the Week

LSU QB Jayden Daniels

  • Led LSU to points on its final 6 possessions of the game (4 TDs, 2 FGs) in a 34-31 win over Arkansas … Connected on 20-of-29 passes, including 11-of-13 in the second half, for 320 yards and 4 TDs.
  • Added 36 rushing yards … Threw a 49-yard TD pass to Brian Thomas with 30 seconds left in the first half to pull LSU to within 13-10 at halftime and then opened the second half with a 49-yard TD pass to Thomas to put the Tigers up 17-13.
  • Added TD passes of 8 and 20 yards to Malik Nabers in second half … Became only the 6th player in FBS history with 10,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards on a second quarter completion.
  • Joined Jordan Jefferson as the only players in LSU history with 4,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards, also in second quarter.
  • Third game in 2023 accounting for at least 4 TDs … LSU racked up 509 yards of offense and punted only twice.

South Carolina QB Spencer Rattler

  • Rattler completed his first 17 passes and finished 18-of-20 for 288 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions in the Gamecocks’ 37-30 win over Mississippi State on Saturday.
  • He led back-to-back touchdown scoring drives of 98 and 99 yards to open the game, the two longest drives in the Shane Beamer Era at South Carolina.
  • Rattler and Xavier Legette connected on a pair of touchdown passes from 75 and 76 yards against Mississippi State. It was just the second time in school history the Gamecocks had two 75+-yard pass plays in the same game.

Defensive Player of the Week

Kentucky DB Maxwell Hairston

  • Tied an SEC record and set a school record with two pass interception returns for touchdowns, and added three pass breakups, in Kentucky’s 45-28 win at Vanderbilt.
  • Intercepted a pass in the first quarter and returned it 29 yards for the touchdown, giving UK a 14-0 cushion.
  • His interception and 54-yard TD return in the fourth quarter clinched the outcome.
  • Three pass breakups is a career high; two of the PBU came on sets of downs that ended in a punt.
  • With VU entering the game averaging 288.8 passing yards per game, Hairston led a UK defense that limited the Commodores to 111 passing yards in the first three quarters and only 231 for the game.
  • Kept short receptions from becoming long, as none of his four tackles were plays longer than 11 yards.

Special Teams Player of the Week

Florida K Trey Smack

  • Was 5-for-5 on Field Goals (27 yards, 23 yards, 54 yards, 36 yards, 23 yards); Recorded 7 touchbacks on 7 kick off attempts for a total of 455 kick off yards.
  • His 54 yard field goal was his career long and a season long for the Florida Gators – It also tied for the seventh longest field goal in Gators history.
  • Smack’s 5 Field Goals made are the most field goals in a single game since 2017 when current NFL player Eddy Pinerio made five against UAB.
  • Smack contributed 15 of Florida’s 22 points (68%).

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