Saturday Down South published a Kentucky football stock report following Saturday’s 35-3 win over Akron.
According to Joe Cox of SDS, the player of the week was Ray Davis with is 169 total yards and 2 touchdowns. Boyle County product Tommy Ziesmer was named freshman of the week thanks to his first career sack on the final play of the game.
Here is an excerpt:
Player of the Week: Ray Davis
The Vanderbilt transfer racked up 169 yards on 10 touches, including 1 touchdown rushing and another receiving. Davis had 3 receptions for 97 yards, including a 58-yard score on which Leary chucked a pass while in the grasp of an Akron defender only to see Davis weave across field and take the short pass all the way to the end zone. Davis had 7 rushes for 72 more yards, including a 55-yard jaunt off right end that ushered in the “bench depth” portion of the 4th quarter. Davis is much different than Chris Rodriguez Jr. or Benny Snell, but his explosiveness may end up resulting in more big plays than either of UK’s previous grinder backs managed.
Freshman of the Week: Tommy Ziesmer
Anthony Brown-Stephens had a 64-yard touchdown grab wiped out by penalty, so the honor goes to another true freshman, Ziesmer, who had a pair of tackles including his 1st career sack to end the game. Kentucky had 5 sacks in the game, which helped keep Akron’s rushing total to a humble 49 yards. Four freshman Wildcats had a pair of tackles, including linebacker Tyreese Fearbry, who also had a pass breakup. But give defensive end Ziesmer the freshman honors for keeping Akron’s best drive of the day out of the end zone.
