UK and UT football players receive SEC weekly honors today

Two Kentucky players received weekly honors from the Southeastern Conference today for their play in Saturday night’s win over LSU. Octavious Oxendine was named Co-Defensive Lineman of the Week and Eli Cox was chosen as Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week. It’s the fifth time in six weeks that Kentucky has had at least one player honored with a weekly award.

University of Tennessee defensive back Brandon Turnage was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week today. Turnage-making his first career start in place of Tennessee’s leading tackler in injured Theo Jackson-finished with a game-high and career-best 14 tackles and two tackles for loss in Tennessee’s 45-20 win over South Carolina.