BATON ROUGE — LSU placekicker Josh Jasper has been named the Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking four field goals, including the game-winner in overtime, in the Tigers’ 33-30 win over Arkansas on Saturday.
Trailing 30-27, Jasper sent the game into overtime with a 41-yard field goal with four seconds left in the contest. Jasper then kicked the game-winner from 36 yards out in overtime as the Tigers improved to 9-3 overall.
Jasper, a junior from Memphis, added a pair of 47-yard field goals in the contest, one in the first quarter and the other coming in the fourth quarter.
Jasper’s four field goals tied a school-record as he ran his season total to 16 field goals, which ranks fourth in school history.
The conference player of the week honor is the first of Jasper’s career.