KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker added to his long list of weekly honors this season after being named to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list and a Manning Award Star of the Week following his performance in the Vols’ dominate victory over Kentucky.
It marked the fourth time this season that Hooker has been included on the Davey O’Brien Great 8 list and his third time being tabbed a Manning Award Star of the Week.
Hooker accounted for 268 yards of total offense and four touchdowns as the third-ranked Volunteers hammered the then 19th-ranked Wildcats, 44-6, in Neyland Stadium on Saturday night.
The redshirt senior signal caller was an efficient 19-of-25 through the air for 245 yards and three touchdowns, including touchdown passes of 55-, 31- and 13-yards. He added 23 yards rushing and a nifty eight-yard touchdown run in the victory.
In the win, Hooker extended his school record and active nation-leading streak of consecutive games throwing a touchdown pass to 20. It was also his school-record 11th consecutive game throwing multiple touchdown passes. It was the eighth time in his UT career that he has rushed and passed for a touchdown in the same game. Hooker elevated his season QB rating to 191.64, which currently ranks second in the nation.
This season, Hooker has earned 13 different weekly awards and is among the frontrunners for numerous postseason honors.
Hooker and the Vols return to action this Saturday when they travel to Athens for a matchup of the nation’s No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams. The highly anticipated SEC East showdown against top-ranked Georgia will be broadcast nationally on CBS at 3:30 p.m. ET.
-UT Athletics
