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SEC announces individual awards from coaches as Alabama, Georgia continue to dominate
By Keith Farner
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The SEC announced several individual football awards on Wednesday, and they mirrored other organization’s awards for the league.
Alabama claimed 3 of the SEC’s individual football awards as voted on by the league’s head coaches, it was announced Wednesday. Georgia claimed 2 awards, while Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee each had one.
Alabama’s Bryce Young was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year, while teammate Will Anderson Jr., was named Defensive Player of the Year. Alabama’s Jameson Williams and Tennessee’s Velus Jones Jr., were voted Co-Special Teams Players of the Year, Georgia’s Brock Bowers was voted SEC Freshman of the Year, Kentucky’s Darian Kinnard was named winner of the Jacobs Blocking Trophy and Georgia coach Kirby Smart was named SEC Coach of the Year. Missouri’s Tyler Badie was recognized as the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year last week prior to the SEC Championship Game.
The SEC All-Freshman Team will be announced Thursday.
Here are the awards:
2021 SEC Football Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Bryce Young, Alabama
Defensive Player of the Year
Will Anderson Jr., Alabama
Special Teams Player of the Year
Jameson Williams, Alabama
Velus Jones Jr., Tennessee
Freshman of the Year
Brock Bowers, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Tyler Badie, Missouri
Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Darian Kinnard, Kentucky
Coach of the Year
Kirby Smart, Georgia
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
