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Baggett shares SEC special teams player of week nod

December 3, 2014 at 12:18 a.m. | Updated December 3, 2014 at 12:18 a.m.

Missouri kicker Andrew Baggett was named the Southeastern Conference co-conference special teams player of the week.

Baggett hit field goals of 52 and 50 yards in the Tigers' 21-14 defeat of Arkansas to clinch an SEC East title. He is the first kicker in Missouri history to hit two 50-plus kicks in the same game.

"That's pretty good," Pinkel said. "You're lucky if you make one-of-four of those, so that really turned out well for us, obviously."

Baggett's third kick attempt Saturday was blocked.

"One of the field goals he kicked low," Pinkel said, "but obviously he made two big, big plays in a big game, so hopefully from a confidence standpoint, we just need him to be very, very successful here. We expect him to, like everybody else, continue to improve, but kicking is like basketball shooting a little bit. You get confidence from having success, and you're all out there by yourself. I think this will certainly be a positive for him."

Cameron Sutton of Tennessee shared the award.

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