{"id":70412,"date":"2024-09-18T13:30:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/lsus-mason-taylor-named-mackey-award-player-of-the-week\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T13:30:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:30:36","slug":"lsus-mason-taylor-named-mackey-award-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/lsus-mason-taylor-named-mackey-award-player-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU\u2019s Mason Taylor named Mackey Award Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

After entering the season as one of the top tight ends in the country, LSU\u2019s Mason Taylor<\/a><\/strong> has had a strong start to the year and has been named the John Mackey Award Player of the Week following his performance in Saturday\u2019s 36-33 win over South Carolina.<\/p>\n

The John Mackey Award Player of the Week is presented to the top FBS tight end each week during the season.<\/p>\n

Against South Carolina, Taylor became LSU\u2019s all-time leader for receptions by a tight end as he ran his career total to 91 with six receptions against the Gamecocks. Taylor moved past Richard Dickson, who caught 90 passes during his four-year career at LSU from 2006-09.<\/p>\n

Taylor\u2019s six receptions led the Tigers and he accounted for 58 receiving yards with 41 coming after the catch. Three of Taylor\u2019s catches resulted in first downs for the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Through three games, Taylor has caught 17 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown. He ranks second among all tight ends nationally in receptions.<\/p>\n

The honor is the second for an LSU player this week as defensive end Bradyn Swinson earned SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors on Monday after recording five tackles, a career-best three sacks, and a forced fumble in the win over the Gamecocks.<\/p>\n

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, hosting UCLA at 2:30 p.m. in Tiger Stadium. The game will be televised on ABC.<\/p>\n

*LSU press release<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

LSU\u2019s passing attack continues to shine<\/h2>\n

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier continues to lead LSU\u2019s passing attack, finding several different receivers so far this season from Kyren Lacy to Aaron Anderson, and CJ Daniels, but Taylor has been a consistent for Nussmeier in his four starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been good seeing all the adversity he has to go through throughout the game,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cHe makes all the checks and he\u2019s the leader on the field. We have to keep his head high and the sky is the limit for this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

For LSU, the work never stops as UCLA comes to town looking for an upset after a home loss to Indiana. For the Tigers, it\u2019s all been about themselves and trying to build off of the thrilling win last week.<\/p>\n

Taylor, Daniels, and Lacy are all upperclassmen who help lead the offense this year and the unit continues to evolve as the season wears on. With Ole Miss coming to LSU in three weeks, the pressure is on to find an identity and continue to work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI took away that we can be as good as we want to be,\u201d Daniels said. \u201cThe sky is the limit and with this team going into an SEC school that\u2019s sold out, it\u2019s hard to come out with a win but we showed a lot of perseverance. Us battling adversity with great maturity, that really shows the grit that we have and what we can do as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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