SEC Honors Two From Alabama With Player of the Week Honors

Linebacker Jihaad Campbell and kicker Will Reichard land Week 8 awards from the conference.
SEC Honors Two From Alabama With Player of the Week Honors
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The University of Alabama Football Team had two SEC Player of the Week winners as the league office announced the latest honorees on Monday. 

Linebacker Jihaad Campbell was named the Co-Defensive Player of the Week along with Mississippi State linebacker Nathaniel Watson. Campbell had 10 tackles in the Crimson Tide's come-from-behind 34-20 win over No. 15 Tennessee, and also picked up a fumble and raced 24 yards for a touchdown.

His totals included four tackles for a loss and six solo stops. The Crimson Tide defense shut the Volunteers out during the second half an yielded just 124 yards, including 33 rushing. Watson, a graduate student from Maplesville, Ala., had a season-high 14 tackles, inlcuding two sacks, against Arkansas.  

Kicker Will Reichard was also named the Special Teams Player of the Week. The graduate student scored 10 points, including field goals of 42 and 50 yards to extend his streak of consecutive field goals to 28. Kicked off seven times with five touchbacks and an average of 64.4 yards. 

In moved up to No. 5 on the NCAA all-time career points list with 496 after setting the SEC record a week ago. 

Other SEC awards winners:

• Offensive Player: Missouri running back Cody Schrader

•Offensive Lineman: Missouri left tackle Javon Foster

• Defensive Lineman: Ole Miss defensive end Cedric Johnson 

• Co-Freshman of the Week: Ole Miss linebacker Suntarine Perkins, and LSU linebacker Trey Holly 

The Alabama coaching staff's players of the week will be added later Monday when announced. 

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Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.