The NFL has announced Kirk Cousins is a nominee for this week’s FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award. Kirk put together an outstanding performance in week 15, completing 31 of 41 attempts (75.6 percent) for 425 yards and two touchdowns for a 124.5 passer rating. As we all know, he helped lead Minnesota to a huge Week 14 win, and the largest comeback in NFL history. After a rough first half, Kirk set the new league record for passing yards in the 2nd half and overtime with 417 yards.
Additional FedEx Air Nominees:
- Jacksonville quarterback Trevor Lawrence completed 27 of 42 attempts (64.3 percent) for 318 yards and four touchdowns for a 109.0 passer rating in Week 15.
- Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 36 of 41 attempts (87.8 percent) for 336 yards and two touchdowns for a 117.1 passer rating in Week 15.
FedEx Ground Nominees:
- New England running back Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for 172 yards on 19 attempts (9.1 avg.) and one touchdown in Week 15.
- Atlanta running back Tyler Allgeier rushed for 139 yards on 17 carries (8.2 avg.) and a touchdown in Week 15.
- Denver running back Latavius Murray rushed for 130 yards on 24 attempts (5.4 avg.) and a touchdown in Week 15.
FedEx gives fans the opportunity to recognize weekly top-performing quarterbacks and running backs in games played on Thursday through Sunday through the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards. Voting is open until Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. ET at NFL.com/FedEx each week of the season. Fans can also vote on Twitter via the @NFL published polls and on the NFL Mobile App.
Through the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week Awards, FedEx will make a $2,000 donation in the names of the winning quarterback and running back ($4,000 total) to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Each donation will be made in the name of the winning quarterback and running back, which will go towards needs-based scholarships to deserving HBCU students.
KC is nominated?
Wow… I need a minute….
Have two
Donations from FedEx for African Americans only….. cool cool cool cool…. Not racist at all. Let’s not do children’s hospitals or Veterans or something, let’s make more scholarships specifically for one demographic, which if it was different, would be labeled racist and everyone involved would be cancelled immediately. I find these “donations” very frustrating as they are limited to so few just because the color of their skin.
Saw that. I didn’t write most of this, it was sent, I just altered the top a bit.
I’m not saying it’s your fault at all, but I think we have a racist education system and institutions are also this way, and it’s not the racist way everyone claims/thinks it is….
Kirk should win, I hope Murray does too
I hope Murray does, too, but I think Stevenson has a lock on the ground award this week.