Pair of Gamecocks Earn SEC Player of the Week Honors

The South Carolina defense was suffocating in Saturday's 35-9 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. While the entire defense had a field day in Norman, two Gamecock defenders stood out and the SEC is taking notice.

Junior safety Nick Emmanwori helped the Gamecocks get out to a three touchdown lead midway through the first quarter. He intercepted Michael Hawkins Jr. on the first play of the game giving the ball back to his offense in great field position. Two drives later, Emmanwori intercepted another pass, but this time took it all the way to the end zone for the pick-six.

On the day, Emmanwori finished with 11 total tackles (7 solo and 4 combined), 1 tackle for loss, and two interceptions. It wasn't just the SEC that recognized his play, PFF named Emmanwori the highest graded safety of the week and he was named co-defensive player of the week by Reese's Senior Bowl. This was Emmanwori's second defensive player of the week award by the SEC this season, earning it in the week two win over Kentucky.