Lamar Jackson, Cody Barton & Charlie Jones Named Week 7 AFC Players of the Week

OFFENSE: QB LAMAR JACKSON, BALTIMORE RAVENS

• Jackson completed 17 of 22 pass attempts (77.3 percent) for 281 yards with five touchdowns and no interceptions for a 158.1 rating and added 52 rushing yards in Baltimore’s 41-31 Week 7 win at Tampa Bay. There have been five games in NFL history in which a player has recorded at least five touchdown passes and 50 rushing yards – Jackson has three of them.

• This is the 12th-career Player of the Week award and second this season for Jackson, tying kicker Justin Tucker for the most in franchise history:
  • 2019: Weeks 1, 9, 10, 12, 15
  • 2020: Weeks 1, 14
  • 2021: Week 5
  • 2023: Weeks 7, 17
  • 2024: Weeks 5, 7

• Since entering the NFL in 2018, Jackson’s 12 Player of the Week awards are the second-most in the NFL, trailing only Josh Allen (13).

DEFENSE: LB CODY BARTON, DENVER BRONCOS

• Barton recorded eight tackles, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and a 52-yard fumble-return touchdown in Denver’s 33-10 Week 7 win at New Orleans. Barton was the only AFC player to score a defensive touchdown in Week 7 and is the first player since Week 15, 2022 (Kayvon Thibodeaux) with at least eight tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble-return touchdown in a game.

• This is Barton’s first-career Player of the Week award, becoming the second Broncos linebacker to earn the honor in the past 10 seasons (2015-24), joining Von Miller.

• Barton becomes the fifth former University of Utah player to win a Defensive Player of the Week award, joining Anthony Davis (Week 10, 1997), Andre Dyson (Week 13, 2005), Star Lotulelei (Week 8, 2016) and Eric Weddle (Week 13, 2017).

SPECIAL TEAMS: WR CHARLIE JONES, CINCINNATI BENGALS

• Jones returned the opening dynamic kickoff for a 100-yard touchdown and also recorded 39 punt return yards in Cincinnati’s 21-14 Week 7 win at Cleveland. Jones was the only player to score on a kickoff in Week 7 and is the first player since Week 17, 2017 (Tyler Lockett) to return a kickoff for a touchdown and have at least 25 punt return yards.

• This is Jones’ first-career Player of the Week award. He becomes the first Bengals wide receiver to win Special Teams Player of the Week since Brandon Tate in Week 8, 2011.

•  Jones becomes the fourth former Purdue player to win a Special Teams Player of the Week award, joining Mel Gray (two-time winner), Bernard Pollard and Pro Football Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.