TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — A pair of true freshmen highlight the Alabama coaches’ players of the week.
Landon Collins and Reggie Ragland received special teams awards. For Collins, this marks his third time this season, which is the most for a non-kicker. Tide punter Cody Mandell has four, and kicker Cade Foster has three. Ragland hasn’t won a player honor this season.
On offense, the coaches honored Amari Cooper, Barrett Jones, Eddie Lacy and AJ McCarron . Safety Robert Lester and defensive lineman Jeoffrey Pagan represented the defense. This is Pagan’s first honor.
The up-to-date players of the week through 11 games:
Offense
Five: Eddie Lacy
Four: Amari Cooper, Michael Williams
Three: AJ McCarron, T.J. Yeldon, D.J. Fluker, Chance Warmack
Two: Barrett Jones, Kevin Norwood
One: Cyrus Kouandjio, Anthony Steen
Defense
Nine: C.J. Mosley
Four: Dee Milliner
Two: Robert Lester, Adrian Hubbard, Nico Johnson
One: Deion Belue, Vinnie Sunseri, Denzel Devall, Xzavier Dickson, John Fulton, Jeoffrey Pagan
Special teams
Four: Cody Mandell
Three: Landon Collins, Cade Foster
Two: Dee Hart, Jeremy Shelley, Christion Jones, Cyrus Jones, John Fulton, Vinnie Sunseri, Brent Calloway
One: T.J. Yeldon, Nico Johnson, DeAndrew White, Reggie Ragland
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