The top individual performances in the SEC in 2017

Here’s a look at the top single-game individual performances in the SEC this season:

Rushing yards

276 – Derrius Guice, LSU (Oct. 21 at Ole Miss)
216 – Ish Witter, Missouri (Nov. 11 vs. Tennessee)
211 – Benny Snell, Kentucky (Nov. 25 vs. Louisville)
204 – Kerryon Johnson, Auburn (Oct. 7 vs. Ole Miss)
203 – Trayveon Williams, Texas A&M (Sept. 3 at UCLA)

Note: Guice is the first player in SEC history with three games of at least 250 rushing yards.

Rushing touchdowns

5 – Kerryon Johnson, Auburn (Sept. 23 at Missouri)
4 – John Kelly, Tennessee (Sept. 4 vs. Georgia Tech)

Note: Kerryon Johnson’s five rushing TDs against Missouri were the most by an Auburn player against an SEC opponent since Carnell Williams had a school-record six against Mississippi State in 2003.

Passing yards

521 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Sept. 2 vs. Missouri State)
489 – Shea Patterson, Ole Miss (Sept. 9 vs. UT Martin)
467 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Oct. 21 vs. Idaho)
448 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Nov. 24 at Arkansas)
429 – Shea Patterson, Ole Miss (Sept. 2 vs. South Alabama)
418 – Jordan Ta’amu, Ole Miss (Nov. 11 vs UL Lafayette)

Note: Lock’s 521 passing yards set a school record, and were the most by an SEC player since Tyler Bray of Tennessee had 530 vs. Troy in 2012.

Passing touchdowns

7 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Sept. 2 vs. Missouri State)
6 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Oct. 21 vs. Idaho)
5 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Nov. 24 at Arkansas)
5 – Drew Lock, Missouri (Oct. 28 at Connecticut)
5 – Shea Patterson, Ole Miss (Sept. 9 vs. UT Martin)

Note: Lock’s seven TD passes tied the SEC record, which had been done six other times, the last coming in 2015 by Brandon Allen of Arkansas against Mississippi State.

Receiving yards

233 – A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Sept. 2 vs. South Alabama)
187 – J’Mon Moore, Missouri (Sept. 2 vs. Missouri State)
185 – A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Nov. 11 vs. UL Lafayette)
174 – A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Oct. 14 vs. Vanderbilt)
174 – J’Mon Moore, Missouri (Oct. 21 vs. Idaho)

Receptions

14 – A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Nov. 11 vs. UL Lafayette)
11 – J’Mon Moore, Missouri (Oct. 21 vs. Idaho)
10 – J’Mon Moore, Missouri (Nov. 24 at Arkansas)
10 – A.J. Brown, Ole Miss (Oct. 7 at Auburn)
10 – Johnathon Johnson, Missouri (Sept. 23 vs. Auburn)
10 – Van Jefferson, Ole Miss (Sept 16 at California)

Note: Brown’s 233 receiving yards against South Alabama set a school record and his 14 receptions against UL Lafayette tied the school record.

Michael Freer

Michael covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.