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Football Coaches Name Players of the Week

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Football Coaches Name Players of the Week

BATON ROUGE — The LSU coaching staff named Andrew Whitworth, Rodney Reed, Jeremy Lawrence and Bradie James as the players of the week following the Alabama game, head coach Nick Saban announced on Sunday.

Whitworth and Reed earned offensive player of the week honors after grading out at 87 and 88 percent, respectively. Neither player allowed a sack in the contest and both went penalty-free in the game.

Defensively, Lawrence recorded 11 tackles, including four for 12-yards in losses. James was named the special teams player of the game after successfully executing a fake punt with a 29-yard run in the third quarter. James also added one special teams tackle.