NEW YORK – New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, Denver Broncos linebacker Alex Singleton and Houston Texans kicker Ka’imi Fairbairn are the AFC Players of the Month for October.
OFFENSE: QB DRAKE MAYE, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
- Maye completed 90 of 134 pass attempts (67.2 percent) for 1,199 yards and 12 touchdowns with a 119.0 passer rating and had 129 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns in games played in the month of October. He led the NFL in touchdown passes and passer rating in October. Additionally, Maye became the youngest player ever (24 years, 42 days) and the fourth player all-time with at least 350 passing yards (374), four touchdown passes, a passer rating of 150-or-higher (150.9) and a rushing touchdown in a single game (Week 5), joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Drew Brees (Dec. 29, 2013 with New Orleans), Ryan Fitzpatrick (Sept. 9, 2018 with Tampa Bay) and Aaron Rodgers (Oct. 20, 2019 with Green Bay).
- This is Maye’s first-career Player of the Month award. He becomes the third Patriots quarterback to earn the honor, joining Tom Brady (10-time winner) and Drew Bledsoe (December, 1994).
- Maye joins Natrone Means (October, 1994) as the only former University of North Carolina players to win an Offensive Player of the Month award.
DEFENSE: LB ALEX SINGLETON, DENVER BRONCOS
- Singleton led the league with 54 tackles, including a league-best three games with 13-or-more tackles, and had four tackles for loss and a sack in games played in the month of October. Singleton has 101 tackles this season and is the second player since 2000 with at least 100 tackles in their team’s first eight games of a season, joining Zaire Franklin (102 tackles in 2023 with Indianapolis).
- This is Singleton’s first-career Player of the Month award. He becomes the fifth Broncos linebacker to win a Defensive Player of the Month award, joining Von Miller (four-time winner), Simon Fletcher (December, 1991), Karl Mecklenburg (November, 1989) and Pro Football Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware (September, 2015).
- Singleton becomes the first former Montana State player to win a Player of the Month award.
SPECIAL TEAMS: K KA’IMI FAIRBAIRN, HOUSTON TEXANS
- Fairbairn converted on all 11 of his field goal attempts – including a league-high five from 50-or-more yards – as well as all 10 of his point-after attempts during the month of October. He led the league with 43 points scored in October and was the only kicker to convert 100 percent of his field goals with 10-or-more attempts.
- This is Fairbairn’s second-career Player of the Month award (December, 2018). He becomes the fifth Texans player to earn a Player of the Month multiple times, joining J.J. Watt (six-time winner), Arian Foster (two), Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Johnson (two) and Deshaun Watson (two).
- Fairbairn becomes the first UCLA player to earn a Special Teams Player of the Month award multiple times.
