Todd Monken among five finalists for Broyles Award
The list of coaches in the running for the 2022 Broyles Award, an honor given annually to the nation’s top assistant coach, has been trimmed to five. Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken is included that group according to an announcement made by the Frank and Barbara Broyles Foundation on Monday.
Monken is joined by Illinois defensive coordinator Ryan Walters, Tennessee offensive coordinator Alex Golesh, TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley, and Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter. Those five assistant coaches will travel to Little Rock, Ark. on December 5 and 6 where the winner will be announced.
Todd Monken, without the Bulldogs’ projected No. 1 receiver for essentially all but one game this season, has called plays for an offense that ranks No. 12 nationally in scoring offense at 38.3 points per game. The number has trickled down the past two weeks with Georgia going more run heavy and scoring just 26.5 points per game.
The Bulldogs rank inside the top 20 nationally in both yards per rush attempt and yards per pass attempt. Todd Monken has helped Georgia improve to No. 9 nationally in yards per carry. The passing game sits at No. 16 nationally in yards per pass attempt.
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Stetson Bennett became the first Georgia quarterback to throw for 3,000 yards in a season approximately nine days ago in Lexington, Ky. as the Bulldogs rode the ground attack to a comfortable but lackluster 16-6 win.
“He’s been incredibly innovative with our offense,” Kirby Smart said of Monken recently. “When you think about a guy that’s had arguably one of our best wide outs out the entire year, to do what he’s done – he’s had backs banged up, he’s had guys in and out of the lineup at receiver and still do it and do it the way he’s done it, what he’s done with Stetson. Offensively our numbers kind of speak for themselves, especially when you play in the league we play in which is a tough, really physical league. He’s done a tremendous job, and he recreates it each and every week, and I think if you polled the coaches he plays against, they’d be the first to tell you he’s really hard to prepare for because there’s run and pass involved, and he does it with an NFL style. Kids like to play for him, so the fact that he’s up for that award, I can’t think of anybody better to win that with what he’s done offensively, especially with what he’s had to work with.”
Todd Monken will have a chance to call Georgia’s offense for a second straight SEC championship on Saturday. The Bulldogs will take on LSU with kickoff set for 4 p.m. ET on CBS.
