COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football senior QB Drew Lock is the SEC Offensive Player of the Week, announced Monday (Nov. 5) by the league office. This marks the first time this season that Lock has earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week.
Lock led Mizzou to the program’s first road win over a ranked team since 2014, as he threw for 250 yards (the most against Florida this year) and three touchdowns (the most against Florida this year) in a convincing 38-17 win in the Swamp at No. 13 Florida.
He completed 24-of-32 passes with no turnovers against a defense that came into the game ranked eighth nationally in turnovers gained (18 total), and his QB rating of 171.56 came against a defense which came into the game ranked 23rd in pass efficiency defense (110.42 rating).
His 250 passing yards were the most against the Gators in 15 contests while his three TDs match the most by a single QB against Florida since Sept. 24, 2016, when Tennessee QB Josh Dobbs had four. In the 31 games since Dobbs threw for four TDs vs. the Gators’ lauded secondary, only five times has a QB thrown for three TDs in a game – Lock has done so twice in that span after throwing three in a 45-16 win over the Gators a year ago. The others to do so are Kentucky’s Stephen Johnson, Vanderbilt’s Kyle Shurmur and Georgia’s Jake Fromm.
Lock’s QB rating of 171.56 last Saturday was his best against an SEC team this season while his 75 percent completion percentage matched his best ever in an SEC game (he did so against Florida last year as well). Since 2009, Florida has allowed opposing QBs to complete 75 percent of their passes just three times in 124 games. Lock has two of those three games. The other was Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel during his Heisman season in 2012.
Mizzou’s 38 points and 471 yards of total offense marked season highs against the Florida defense, which came into the game ranked 20th in scoring defense, allowing just 19.0 points per game, and 28th in total defense (336.5 ypg).
Lock completed passes to 10 different receivers on the day, and he also converted a couple of critical third downs on scrambles to move the chains.
Lock’s big day moved him into third place on the SEC career touchdowns chart, with 90, and he passed Tim Tebow and Chris Leak of Florida (88 each) and Tennessee’s Peyton Manning (89) on the way. He also moved past Florida’s Danny Wuerffel into sixth place on the SEC passing yardage chart, with 11,089 yards.
Lock and the Tigers return home this Saturday (Nov. 10) to host Vanderbilt at 11 a.m. on ESPN 1550.
— Mizzou Athletics —