After his stellar performance in Saturday’s 38-7 win against West Virginia, Missouri sophomore linebacker Nick Bolton was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week today, and rightfully so.
In the Tigers’ dominating victory, Bolton rose to the occasion and it seemed like he was EVERYWHERE— finishing with 10 total tackles and three tackles for loss. He also had two interceptions (!!), with one going for a pick-six. Those interceptions, by the way, just so happened to be the first of Bolton’s young career, and he became the first Missouri linebacker with two interceptions in a game since Kentrell Brothers in 2015 (against Arkansas State), and the first with at least one going for a pick-six since Sean Weatherspoon in 2008 (against Illinois).