Trevor Lawrence, Alohi Gilman & Cameron Dicker Named Week 15 AFC Players of the Week

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NEW YORK – Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence, Baltimore Ravens safety Alohi Gilman and Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played in Week 15 (December 11, 14-15).

OFFENSE: QB TREVOR LAWRENCE, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS

  • Lawrence passed for 330 yards and totaled six touchdowns (five passing, one rushing) and no interceptions with a 136.7 passer rating and added 51 rushing yards in Jacksonville’s 48-20 victory over the New York Jets. He is the first player in NFL history with at least 300 passing yards, 50 rushing yards, five touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown in a single game.
  • This is the fourth career Player of the Week award for Lawrence and his first this season. Lawrence has the third-most Player of the Week awards by a Jaguars player, trailing only Josh Scobee (eight-time winner) and Bryan Barker (five).
    • 2022: Weeks 3, 14
    • 2023: Week 11
    • 2025: Week 15
  • Lawrence has the second-most Player of the Week awards by a former Clemson player, trailing only Deshaun Watson (five-time winner).

DEFENSE: S ALOHI GILMAN, BALTIMORE RAVENS

  • Gilman recorded eight tackles, a pass defended and scored an 84-yard defensive touchdown in Baltimore’s 24-0 win at Cincinnati. He was the only defensive player to score a touchdown in Week 15.
  • This is Gilman’s first-career Defensive Player of the Week award, joining Roquan Smith (Week 2) as the only two Ravens players to win the honor this season. Gilman is the third Ravens safety to earn the honor in the past 10 seasons (2016-25), joining Kyle Hamilton (Week 16, 2023) and Eric Weddle (Week 13, 2017).
  • Gilman is the sixth former Notre Dame safety to win Defensive Player of the Week, joining Harrison Smith (two-time winner), Kyle Hamilton, Julian Love, Pat Terrell and Shawn Wooden.

SPECIAL TEAMS: K CAMERON DICKER, LOS ANGELES CHARGERS

  • Dicker converted all three of his field goal attempts – two from 49 yards and one from 23 – as well as his one point-after attempt in the Chargers’ 16-13 win over the Chiefs. He was the only kicker in the AFC from a winning team to make all of his field goal attempts and convert on two from 40-or-more yards in Week 15.
  • This is Dicker’s sixth-career Player of the Week award and fifth as a Charger. Dicker joins John Carney (eight-time winner) as the only Chargers kickers with five-or-more Player of the Week awards.
    • 2022: Weeks 5 (Eagles), 9 (Chargers)
    • 2024: Weeks 17, 18 (Chargers)
    • 2025: Weeks 6, 15 (Chargers)
  • Dicker joins Justin Tucker (11-time winner) and Phil Dawson (six) as the only former Texas players to win six-or-more Special Teams Player of the Week awards. 
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