Martez Ivey named SEC OL of the Week (10/31)

[BMF]

This is good to see:

https://floridagators.com/news/2016/10/31/football-ivey-named-sec-offensive-lineman-of-the-week.aspx

Ivey Named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week

By Layne Weitzel | Monday, October 31, 2016

Ivey is no stranger to SEC awards -- he was a member of the SEC Coaches All-Freshman team last season.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Martez Ivey has been named the SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday. Ivey received Florida's first SEC Player of the Week honor after the league's Week 9 games.

In Florida's 24-10 victory against Georgia, which moved the team to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the SEC to lead the East, Ivey anchored a Gator offensive line that helped UF reach 100 yards rushing. Wide receiver Antonio Callaway scored a rushing touchdown, becoming the first player in school history and 21st FBS player since 1996 to score a touchdown in five different ways in a career – rushing, receiving, passing, returning a punt and returning a kickoff. In addition, Jordan Scarlett scored a rushing touchdown in his sixth-consecutive game, tying Kelvin Taylor (2015) and Tim Tebow (2009) for the longest streak by a Gator since Percy Harvin did the same in the final seven games of the 2008 season.

Throughout the 2016 season, Ivey and the offensive line have also done well in protecting quarterbacks Luke Del Rio and Austin Appleby, allowing just nine sacks in seven games, which ranks second-lowest in the league.

The Gators rank ninth in the SEC in rushing offense, averaging 170.1 yards per game, and have totaled 1,191 net rushing yards and 11 touchdowns on the ground.

In 2015, Ivey was named to the SEC Coaches All-Freshman team and helped pave the way for running back Kelvin Taylor to rush for 1,035 yards. Taylor became just the ninth player in school history to break the 1,000-yard mark.

The list of SEC Players of the Week selections for Week 9 is as follows:
OFFENSE – Kamryn Pettway, RB, Auburn
DEFENSE – Jamarcus King, DB, South Carolina
SPECIAL TEAMS – Daniel Carlson, PK, Auburn
FRESHMAN – Benny Snell, RB, Kentucky
OFFENSIVE LINE – Martez Ivey, OL, Florida
DEFENSIVE LINE – Adrian Middleton, DT, Kentucky

 

[cover2]

I am glad for Martez, but the bold part of the excerpted quote kinda sticks out to me...

In Florida's 24-10 victory against Georgia, which moved the team to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the SEC to lead the East, Ivey anchored a Gator offensive line that helped UF reach 100 yards rushing.

Obviously if you discount the sack yardage, the total looks better and Scarlett did rush for 93 I think. But a net 100 yards on the ground didn't used to get you much recognition. I guess I'm hoping our standards will return to a loftier place. It's a starting point, I suppose, and again it's good for a Gator to be distinguished.

 

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[Alagator]

I am glad for Martez, but the bold part of the excerpted quote kinda sticks out to me...

Obviously if you discount the sack yardage, the total looks better and Scarlett did rush for 93 I think. But a net 100 yards on the ground didn't used to get you much recognition. I guess I'm hoping our standards will return to a loftier place. It's a starting point, I suppose, and again it's good for a Gator to be distinguished.

I remember in the 90's the announcers gave some gaudy statistic about our team. It always stood out to me. I can't remember anymore the exact stat but it was basically anytime the HBC got his team to 100 yards rushing it was pretty much a guaranteed win. Of course those were the days when throwing for 300 was a given...

 

[Chomper]

Good for Martez. Hopefully this will give him and the entire O Line a boost in confidence kowing that what they do does matter, and great performance will be recognized and rewarded. Attitude is half the battle for an O-lineman.