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Miami, FL. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith, and Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 9.
OFFENSE: QB LAMAR JACKSON, BALTIMORE RAVENS
- Jackson completed 18 of 23 passes (78.3 percent) for 204 yards and four touchdowns with a 143.2 passer rating in Baltimore’s 28-6 win in Miami on Thursday Night Football. Jackson had his 12th career game with at least four touchdown passes and no interceptions, joining Tom Brady (28 games), Aaron Rodgers (28), Drew Brees (26), and Pro Football Hall of Peyton Manning (18) as the only players in NFL history with at least 12 such games.
- This is the 14th-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Jackson, the most by a Ravens quarterback.
- 2019: Weeks 1, 9, 10, 12, 15
- 2020: Week 1, 14
- 2021: Week 5
- 2023: Weeks 7, 17
- 2024: Weeks 5, 7, 10
- 2025: Week 9
- Jackson is one of five former Louisville players to win Offensive Player of the Week, along with Michael Bush, Mark Clayton, Ernest Givins, and Chris Redman.
DEFENSE: LB ALEX HIGHSMITH, PITTSBURGH STEELERS
- Highsmith recorded two sacks, three tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass defensed in Pittsburgh’s 27-20 win against Indianapolis, the only player to do so in a single game this season. It marked Highsmith’s first multi-sack game this season and the 11th of his career.
- This marks Highsmith’s third-career Defensive Player of the Week award. He becomes the first Steelers player to earn the honor this season and the first since T.J. Watt (Week 8, 2024). Highsmith is the fourth Steelers player to win the award in the past five seasons (2021-25), joining T.J. Watt (five-time winner), Minkah Fitzpatrick and Cameron Heyward.
- Highsmith is the only former Charlotte player to win a Defensive Player of the Week award.
SPECIAL TEAMS: K CAM LITTLE, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
- Little made NFL history with a record-breaking 68-yard field goal, surpassing Justin Tucker (66 yards on Sept. 26, 2021) in the 30-29 overtime win at Las Vegas. Little converted on all three of his field goal attempts and extra point attempts this week, including a game-tying 48-yard field goal with 16 seconds left to force overtime.
- This is Little’s first Special Teams Player of the Week award. Little is the seventh Jaguars kicker to earn the honor, joining Josh Scobee (eight-time winner), Mike Hollis (three), Josh Lambo (two), Brandon McManus, Riley Patterson and Matthew Wright.
- Little became the fourth former Arkansas player to be named Special Teams Player of the Week, joining Jake Bates (two-time winner), Knile Davis and Felix Jones.
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