Texas Longhorns defensive back Michael Taaffe earned his first-career weekly award.
Junior defensive back Michael Taaffe was named the SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week following Texas' 27-24 win over Vanderbilt in Nashville.
Taaffe shared the honor with Mississippi's Suntarine Perkins, who recorded 10 sacks to shut out Oklahoma in the second half of Saturday's encounter. Taaffe forced two turnovers including an interception and a forced fumble against No. 25 Vanderbilt to stop the Commodores from a scoring attempt before halftime.
The defensive back led the Texas defense registering six tackles and a pass breakup, ranking third in the team this season with 39 tackles. The Longhorn defense held Vanderbilt to 269 total yards. Taaffe and the defense lead the nation in total defense , ranks second in ranks No. 2in scoring defense and pass efficiency defense , and No. 3 in passing yards allowed , perThis marks Taaffe's first weekly career honor. He is the second Longhorn to earn the award in defense, afterThe Austin native out of Westlake High School has played in 35 career games with 18 starts for a total of 113 total tackles , 5.
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