Tide Players Honored by SEC, Coaching Staff

Alabama defensive end Justin Eboigbe and kicker Will Reichard both earned SEC  Player of the Week honors, the league office announced Monday. Eboigbe was named the Defensive Lineman of the Week while Reichard was tabbed the Special Teams Player of the Week.

Those two and five of their teammates were also honored by the Alabama coaching staff after reviewing tape of the Tide's 26-20 win over Texas A&M Saturday. The other honorees are receiversIsaiah Bond and Jermaine Burton and quarterback Jalen Milroe on offense; Chris Braswell, and Tim Keenan III on defense; and Braswell and Reichard on special teams.

Here's what each player selected did in the win:

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Bond caught seven of his nine targets for 96 yards and a touchdown. The sophomore also converted five first downs to go with a 52-yard score and averaged 13.7 yards per reception with his 52-yarder representing the longest play of the game.

Burton averaged 21.9 yards per catch against the Aggies with explosive plays of 45, 21, 15, 46 and 19 yards. He grabbed an Alabama career-high nine passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns while targeted 13 times and converted seven first downs and led the Crimson Tide in targets, receptions and receiving yards.

Milroe went ed 21-of-33 passing for a career-high 321 yards and three touchdowns to go with an interception. He completed at least one pass to six different UA receivers on the day. 

Braswell  made five tackles, had sack (-3 yards) while adding a quarterback hurry while helping his team post 5.0-plus sacks for the third time in the last four games.

He also blocked a Texas A&M field goal, plowing through the right side of the line to block the kick.

Eboigbe made five tackles, including two solo stops and a quarterback hurry while posting a team-high 1.5 sacks (-10 yards), including the key sack in the Aggie end zone for a safety on intentional grounding.

Keenan finished with a team-high eight tackles incuding one tackle for loss (-6 yards) and one sack (-6 yards) on the day.

Reichard was perfect kicking, nailing his only field goal attempt from 39 yards and hitting three extra points. He also stepped in at punter following an injury to James Burnip, where he racked up 165 yards on four punts to average 41.2 yards per boot with a long punt of 45. Reichard also averaged 61.4 yards on five kick-offs with two touchbacks.