Fresh off of recording a double-double on his way to leading Tennessee to a win over a top-10 opponent, super senior forward John Fulkerson has been named the SEC’s Co-Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
The award marks the Kingsport native’s first career SEC weekly honor and the first SEC Player of the Week distinction by a Tennessee player since Jordan Bowden on Nov. 18, 2019. Fulkerson shared the weekly honor with Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe.
In Tennessee’s lone game during last week, Fulkerson scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and drew 13 total fouls in the Vols’ win over No. 6 Arizona. The performance marked Fulkerson’s seventh career double-double and second of the season.
The super senior also tied Tennessee’s program record for career games played, making his 142nd appearance as a Vol in the win.
Eleven games into his sixth season in a Tennessee uniform, Fulkerson is averaging 9.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. His 1.5 blocks per game also rank fifth in the SEC.
Fulkerson is just 26 points away from becoming the 53rd member of Tennessee’s 1,000-point club.
-UT Athletics
