Missouri Tigers player wins SEC weekly football award for performance vs. No. 1 Georgia
.JPG "Missouri placekicker Harrison Mevis celebrates after making a 41-yard field goal during the first half of Saturday’s game against Georgia in Columbia.")
Harrison Mevis kicked his way to the SEC weekly award for special teams players.
Mevis went five-for-five on field goals in the Tigers’ 26-22 loss to top-ranked Georgia on Saturday.
A native of Warsaw, Indiana, Mevis made kicks of 56 and 51 yards. The 56-yarder matched his personal best, set last season at Boston College.
Mevis’ 16 points in the game was the highest total by a player in the SEC this season. He became the only FBS kicker with three field goals of 50-plus yards this year, and the first Missouri player to boot at least four field goal of at least 40 yards in a game.
Mevis also was named a Lou Groza Star of the Week. He was a semifinalist for the Groza Award, given annually to the top placekicker in all of college football, the past two seasons.