BATON ROUGE – LSU quarterback Joe Burrow has been named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week after his record-setting performance in the 55-3 season-opening win over Georgia Southern.
Burrow shared the SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors with Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Against Georgia Southern, Burrow tied a school-record with five touchdown passes, all in the first half. It’s the third consecutive game dating back to last year that Burrow has either set or tied a school record. Burrow set the LSU record for TDs accounted for with six against Texas A&M and then tied the school bowl record with four TD passes in the Fiesta Bowl win over Central Florida.