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The Florida Gators football team got more good news on Monday when the Southeastern Conference announced its players of the week for the league’s Week 7 of action. Among those named to the prestigious list were quarterback Kyle Trask and placekicker Evan McPherson, both of whom put together a clinic on superlative play Saturday.
Starting with the Gators’ gunslinger, Trask was easily the difference-maker against the Georgia Bulldogs, putting up a 34-for-43 passing performance that translated into 474 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. The redshirt senior found 10 different targets for his throws, utilizing his backfield and tight ends effectively as second options for his receivers.
Despite Georgia’s reputation on defense — with the caveat that the cohort was decimated by injuries — the ‘Dawgs just could not contain Trask on Saturday. Not that they should feel badly about that part, as nobody has contained him so far this season.
4 TDs, 474 yards & the @SEC offensive POW.
Congrats, @ktrask9 👏 #GoGators pic.twitter.com/pcpFXAMS4u
— Gators Football (@GatorsFB) November 9, 2020
Here is SECSports.com‘s breakdown of his performance and accolades.
- Trask was 30-of-43 for 474 yards passing and four touchdown passes as he led Florida to a 44-28 victory over No. 5 Georgia in Jacksonville on Saturday.
- Set career highs in passing attempts (43), completions (30) and passing yards (474).
- Entering this game, Georgia ranked No. 1 in the SEC in total defense, scoring defense and passing efficiency defense.
- UGA also ranked No. 3 in the SEC in passing defense.
- Finished with 474 passing yards, the second-highest total in school history and just eight yards shy of Tim Tebow’s single-game school record of 482 set in the 2010 Sugar Bowl.
- Trask set a single-game school record for passing yards against Georgia by the end of the third quarter, which he finished with 412 passing yards. He is the first player in SEC history with 4 pass TD in 5 straight games.
NEXT: Placekicker Evan McPherson