Rookie linebacker DEVON KENNARD of the New York Giants was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for games played the 14th week of the 2014 season (December 4, 7-8), the NFL announced today.
DEFENSE: LB DEVON KENNARD, NEW YORK GIANTS
- Kennard had two sacks, a forced fumble and six tackles in the Giants’ 36-7 win at Tennessee.
- Late in the first quarter, with the Giants leading 10-0, Kennard recorded a sack and forced fumble at the Tennessee 26-yard line. Teammate MARKUS KUHN scooped up the loose ball and returned it for a touchdown.
- Kennard posted his second sack in the fourth quarter, giving him consecutive games with multiple sacks. He and JASON PIERRE-PAUL (2010) are the only Giants rookies to have at least two sacks in back-to-back games.
- Three of Kennard’s six tackles occurred behind the line of scrimmage.
- Kennard was a member of a defensive unit that recorded eight sacks, forced three turnovers and limited the Titans to 207 total net yards (146 passing, 61 rushing).
- In his rookie year from Southern California, this is Kennard’s first career Player of the Week Award.
- Kennard is the first Giants rookie to be named Defensive Player of the Week. Linebacker JESSIE ARMSTEAD (Special Teams, Week 11, 1993) and defensive end OSI UMENYIORA (Special Teams, Week 17, 2003) are the only Giants rookie defenders to win a Player of the Week Award.
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