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Mizzou Football’s Cale Garrett Named SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football senior LB Cale Garrett (Kearney, Mo.) is the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week, announced Monday (Oct. 7) by the league office. Garrett earns the weekly conference distinction for the second time this season, and this is the third time that a Mizzou player has taken home the award in 2019. Garrett earned the honor following Mizzou's win over South Carolina while LB Nick Bolton (Frisco, Texas) did so following the West Virginia game. Garrett has won the award after each of Mizzou's last two games and dating back to last season, Mizzou has won four of the last seven SEC Defensive Player of the Week awards.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Football senior LB Cale Garrett (Kearney, Mo.) is the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week, announced Monday (Oct. 7) by the league office. Garrett earns the weekly conference distinction for the second time this season, and this is the third time that a Mizzou player has taken home the award in 2019. Garrett earned the honor following Mizzou's win over South Carolina while LB Nick Bolton (Frisco, Texas) did so following the West Virginia game. Garrett has won the award after each of Mizzou's last two games and dating back to last season, Mizzou has won four of the last seven SEC Defensive Player of the Week awards.

Garrett again keyed Mizzou to another dominant defensive performance last weekend vs. Troy, as he led the Tigers with six tackles (including three tackles for loss and one quarterback sack) and added two interceptions in Mizzou's 42-10 win.

Garrett grabbed two more interceptions on the day, running the second one back 33 yards for a touchdown – marking the third-straight game Garrett has scored a defensive TD (a Mizzou record). Garrett is the first player in program history to record a defensive touchdown in three-consecutive games. He is the first player to score three defensive touchdowns in a season for Mizzou since Erik McMillan had three interceptions returned for touchdowns in 1987.

His first INT came just a half-yard short of another pick-six, as he picked it off on the Troy 27 yardline, and was tackled inside the one.

Garrett also added a pair of quarterback pressures on the day as the Tigers limited Troy to season lows in total offense, points and passing yardage.

MU held Troy to 30 points below its season average coming in (40.8), 311 yards below its season average in total offense (had 211, averaged 512.5 coming in) and 92 yards below its season average in passing offense (had 150, averaged 342.0 coming in).

Through five games, Garrett now leads the SEC in both tackles (8.4 p/g) and interceptions (four), as well as defensive touchdowns (three). He ranks fourth nationally in interceptions and he's the only player thus far with two INT returns for TDs. Garrett leads Mizzou with 43 tackles through five games.

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