Joe Burrow Becomes First LSU Athlete Since 2006 to Win Prestigious SEC Award
By Michael Luciano
Even almost a half-year after he played his last game in purple and gold, former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is still piling up the awards.
Burrow was named the Roy F. Kramer SEC Male Athlete of the Year, becoming the first LSU player in well over a decade to win the award. Burrow winning this award puts him in the same category as Bayou Bengals legends like Shaquille O'Neal and Walter Davis.
.@GamecockWBB's Tyasha Harris and @LSUfootball's Joe Burrow have been named the 2019-20 Roy F. Kramer @SEC Athletes of the Year.
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) June 17, 2020
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South Carolina point guard Tyasha Harris, who was drafted seventh overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft by the Dallas Wings, was named the female recipient of the award.
Burrow, who threw for 5,671 yards and accounted for 65 total touchdowns in a season that brought him a Heisman Trophy, a national championship, and a No. 1 overall selection in the 2020 NFL Draft, was the first Tiger to win the award since 2006. That year, LSU star sprinter Xavier Carter took home the award.
Burrow, now a Cincinnati Bengal back in his home state of Ohio, will be expected to lead Zac Taylor's bunch back to respectability given the tremendous expectations that have been placed on him.
There's lots of discussion about Joe Burrow and realistic expectations in part one of @pauldehnerjr's latest #Bengals mailbag. https://t.co/SfHG6jNOZ9
— The Athletic Cincinnati (@TheAthleticCIN) June 17, 2020
Burrow's magical, record-setting final season in Baton Rouge will never be forgotten, and what he did this year simply outweighed what anyone else did on the field in any SEC sport.