COLUMBIA, Mo. – It is awards season in college football, and on the heels of an 8-4 regular season, several members of the 23rd-ranked Mizzou Football team are earning recognition for their outstanding play. The Associated Press has named three Tigers to its 2018 All-Southeastern Conference first and second teams, as released today.
Junior OL Tre’Vour Wallace-Simms (East St. Louis, Ill.) won first-team All-SEC honors by the organization for his outstanding play this season as he helped lead the way for one of the top-producing offenses in the league. Wallace-Simms has been a key part of the line that ranks ninth in the nation (second in the SEC) in fewest tackles for loss allowed (4.08 per game) and 11th nationally (second in the SEC) in fewest sacks allowed (1.08 per game). Mizzou will enter the 2018 AutoZone Liberty Bowl (Dec. 31st versus Oklahoma State) with the nation’s 17th-ranked offense (fourth-best in the SEC), averaging 468.8 yards per game.
Wallace-Simms becomes the second Tiger offensive lineman to win first-team All-SEC honors by the A.P., joining former standout Justin Britt (2013) in that category.
Senior QB Drew Lock (Lee’s Summit, Mo.) was named second-team All-SEC by the writers, after turning in an outstanding year that saw him throw for 3,125 yards and 25 touchdowns for the 8-4 Tigers. Lock, who is a national finalist for the Manning Award, the Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, ranks among the top performers in the league in numerous categories, just a few of which include: passing yards (3rd in SEC/18th in NCAA), passing touchdowns (2nd/19th), and points responsible for (2nd/16th). Lock, who has also ran for a career-best six touchdowns in 2018, is the engineer of a Tiger offense that ranks 20th nationally (3rd in the SEC) averaging 36.9 points per game.
Senior DT Terry Beckner, Jr. (East St. Louis, Ill.) also earned second-team All-SEC honors for his stellar play in 2018. Beckner led Mizzou in the regular season with 9.5 tackles for loss and added a pair of quarterback sacks to go with five quarterback pressures and 31 total tackles for a Tiger defense which improved throughout the year. He’s been a key reason why Mizzou’s defense has been very stout against the run, as the Tigers enter the bowl game ranked 22nd nationally (4th in the SEC), allowing 122.9 yards per game on the ground.
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