BATON ROUGE – LSU running back Leonard Fournette and center Ethan Pocic each picked up Southeastern Conference Player of the Week honors Monday for their performance in the Tigers’ 21-19 win over 25th-ranked Mississippi State on Saturday.
Fournette, a sophomore from New Orleans, earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week recognition after rushing for 159 yards and three touchdowns on 28 carries – all career highs. Fournette scored all of LSU’s offensive points on runs of 1, 18 and 26 yards. Pocic, a junior from Lemont, Ill., was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week.