Rebels awarded SEC weekly honors for the fifth week straight

Another week, another pair of Rebels secure SEC weekly honors. It has now been five consecutive weeks in which an Ole Miss player has won a weekly award. 

True freshman running back Quinshon Judkins was named SEC Freshman of the Week after absolutely slashing the Auburn defense last Saturday. 

It feels as if this has been a weekly occurrence for Judkins, who has now earned three SEC Freshman of the Week honors. 

In Ole Miss’ 48-34 victory over the Tigers, Judkins rushed for 139 yards on 25 carries and two touchdowns. He also caught a seven-yard touchdown pass from Jaxson Dart, which was also Judkins’ first collegiate receiving touchdown.

Judkins currently ranks second in the SEC and 11th in college football in total rushing yards (720). Given that he’s just a freshman, Judkins’ ceiling is practically limitless. 

Defensive end Jared Ivey was named the SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after serving as the anchor for the Rebels’ defensive line. 

In his game against Auburn, Ivey had four total tackles, one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. The stat sheet might not jump out at you, but if you were watching the game, you could see that Ivey was constantly giving Auburn’s offensive line trouble. Ivey also had a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the game. 

“I just was shocked,” Ivey said in Monday’s press conference about his reaction to earning the SEC weekly honor. “And then I went to Twitter, saw and then just retweeted it. Saw Quinshon (Judkins) won offensive too, so I’m super proud of him.” 

Ivey is the first Rebel to earn a defensive SEC weekly award this season, and he joins Judkins, Jonathan Mingo, Nick Broeker and Micah Pettus as the team’s weekly honorees this season. 

Ole Miss goes on the road to play LSU on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 2:30 p.m. CDT on CBS.