To the surprise of no one who has regularly watched Arkansas football games this year, Rocket Sanders and KJ Jefferson were overwhelming choices for Razorbacks’ Player of the Game honors on Saturday.
The Hogs beat Auburn, 41-27, on the road to move to 5-3 and 2-3 in the SEC. It’s Arkansas’ second straight win after the team opened 3-0 then dropped three straight games.
Sanders, the sophomore running back, had 171 yards on 16 carries. His 76-yard burst in the third quarter set up an Arkansas touchdown that led to a 31-13 lead. He entered as the SEC’s leading rusher and with his day become the first player to break the 1,000-yard mark in the team’s seventh game since Madre Hill in the mid-1990s.
Jefferson ran for Arkansas’ first two touchdowns of the game, the second of which was a true highlight. He was also 16 of 24 passing for 234 yards and a touchdown pass to Jadon Haselwood.
Check out the complete voting for Arkansas’ Players of the Game below from contributors Taylor Jones and Kendall Hilton and editor E. Wayne.