Auburn's Nick Fairley Named SEC Defensive Player Of The Week

Auburn junior defensive tackle Nick Fairley has been named the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Fairley keyed Auburn's defensive effort in a 17-14 victory at Mississippi State last Thursday in the conference opener for both teams. He collected five tackles, including 2.5 for losses and 1.5 quarterback sacks, intercepted a pass, recovered a fumble and had three quarterback hurries. He also helped the Tigers hold Mississippi State to just 246 yards of total offense. Fairley became the first Auburn player to collect an interception and fumble recovery in the same game since Sen'Derrick Marks against New Mexico State in 2007, and the first Tiger to do it in a conference game since Karibi Dede in 2005 at Georgia.