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Week 9: Football Players of the Week

OFFENSE
Nick Fitzgerald, QB, Mississippi State

  • Fitzgerald accounted for 329 yards of total offense and four touchdowns, including a career-long, game-clinching 76-yard TD run with 2:17 to play, as Mississippi State knocked off No. 16 Texas A&M, 28-13.
  • Fitzgerald threw for a season-best 241 yards on 14-of-22 passing and two touchdowns through the air. The passing yards output was his best in an SEC game since throwing for 328 on Nov. 19, 2016 as a sophomore against Arkansas.
  • Fitzgerald rushed for 88 yards and two scores against an Aggie defense that led the SEC and ranked fourth nationally against the run.