In addition to Monday’s Southeastern Conference weekly honors — Brandon Knight was named SEC Freshman of the Week and Victoria Dunlap was named Co-SEC Player of the Week — several more awards rolled in Tuesday:
– The most notable of the achievements goes to Randall Cobb. The Kentucky football star was named a first-team Associated Press All-American as an all-purpose player. Cobb charted 2,192 all-purpose yards in 2010, tops in the SEC. The junior wide receiver caught 79 passes for 955 yards and seven touchdowns and ran the ball 52 times for 401 yards and five scores.
Cobb is the first Wildcat to make the AP first team since Derek Abney in 2002 and the 11th in program annals.
– Sports Illustrated also unveiled its All-America team Tuesday. Cobb made that first team as well, and linebacker Danny Trevathan was named honorable mention.
– Dick Vitale was on hand for Saturday’s UK-Indiana men’s basketball game in Rupp Arena and must have liked what he saw. Vitale tabbed Kentucky as his team of the week in his weekly awards. Here is what Vitale had to say:
TEAM OF THE WEEK:Kentucky. The Wildcats scored a pair of big wins, beating Notre Dame and Indiana. John Calipari’s team saw its two diaper dandies, Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight get into foul trouble against the Hoosiers. A strong finish led the ‘Cats to the winner’s circle.