Alabama Tackle JC Latham Lands SEC Honor for Arkansas Game

The weekly conference honor is the first this year for Latham and the Crimson Tide's seventh this season.

Although the Alabama Crimson Tide offensive line has been considered a sore spot this season, senior right tackle CJ Latham landed a Southeastern Conference award on Monday morning. 

Latham was named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week, the league office announced on Monday morning.

Although how he graded out was not announced, Latham did not allow a sack, hit or hurry as Jalen Milroe threw for 238 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.

Overall, the line yielded five sacks to the Razorbacks. The Crimson Tide gained 217 rushing yards and netted 177. Jase McClellan had 83 yards, Roydell Williams added 68, and Jam Miller finished with 40.

The weekly conference honor is the first this year for Latham and the Tide's seventh this season.

Other winners this week: 

Offensive Player of the Week: Florida quarterback Graham Mertz recorded career highs in pass attempts (48) and passing yards (423).

Defensive Player of the Week: Missouri defensive lineman Darius Robinson led Mizzou with 6.0 tackles, including two sacks in the Tigers' SEC road win at Kentucky.

Co-Special Teams Player of the Week: Florida kicker Trey Smack made four field goals (and had one attempt blocked), and six of his 10 kickoffs were touchbacks: Tennessee's Dee Williams downed a UT punt at the 1-yard line, and after a three-and-out by the Aggies, fielded a punt and weaved his way 39 yards for a touchdown to give Tennessee the lead for good.

Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week: James Pearce Jr. of Tennessee had three tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and a dominant career-high five quarterback hurries as the Aggies managed only 54 rushing yards; Arkansas freshman defensive end Landon Jackson had career highs in tackles (11), tackles for loss (3.5) and sacks (3.5-24 yards) against Alabama.

Freshman of the Week: Georgia kicker Peyton Woodring.

Alabama Coaching Staff Players of the Week 

OFFENSE

JC Latham

Amari Niblack

• Caught both of his targets for 43 yards and a touchdown
• Converted one first down to go with his scoring play from 29 yards out
• His first-down catch helped the Tide continue its final drive and eat clock to secure the win

Kobe Prentice

• Led the team with 93 yards receiving on two receptions
• Hauled in a career-long 79-yard touchdown to open the scoring for the Crimson Tide

DEFENSE

Justin Eboigbe

• Registered five tackles, including half a sack (-6 yards)
• Also contributed a pass breakup and one quarterback hurry
• Helped limit Arkansas to just 250 yards of total offense on the day

SPECIAL TEAMS

James Burnip

• Called on to punt seven times against the Hogs
• Averaged 49.9 yards per punt with a long kick of 59
• Totaled five punts of 50-plus yards while pinning the Hogs inside their own 20 on two boots

Quandarrius Robinson

• Posted a career-high six tackles, including three on the Tide’s special teams units
• Recorded two stops on punt team and one on kickoff coverage
• Also registered three tackles, including one for loss (-5 yards), from his outside linebacker post

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