LSU sophomore running back Derrius Guice added some new hardware for performance in the Tigers’ 42-7 win against Missouri.
The Southeastern Conference announced that Guice was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. Guice carried the ball 17 times, rushing for a career-high 163 yards and three touchdowns against Missouri.
Guice wears the No. 5 in honor of former Heisman trophy winner Reggie Bush, who Guice said he looked up to as a child.
But interim head coach Ed Orgeron said the two tailbacks have more similarities than just their jersey numbers.
“He has some Reggie Bush-like cuts,” said Orgeron, who coached at USC when Bush was there. “He’s bigger and stronger than Reggie was in college — maybe not quite as fast — but he has cuts like Reggie had.”
Orgeron didn’t stop his praise of Guice. The 55-year-old coach compared the Baton Rouge native to 6-foot-2, 303-pound Warren Sapp, who played defensive tackle in the National Football League for 13 seasons.
“He’s huge! I’m not that big,” Guice said while laughing. “I would’ve been better with a guy like Ray Lewis or something like that.”
Guice wasn’t the only LSU player to claim accolades.
Senior center Ethan Pocic was awarded the honor of SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week.
Pocic helped open holes for Guice and other LSU running backs as they accumulated 418 rushing yards versus Missouri.
LSU senior center Ethan Pocic (77) walks around the practice fields not suited up in full pads during an outdoor practice on Tuesday Sept. 27, 2016, on the LSU footbal practice fields at the LSU Football Practice and Training Facilities.
