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Evan McPherson named AFC special teams player of the month for September
Evan McPherson has been a critical piece for Cincinnati’s success through the season’s first three weeks and the league has now recognized him for it.
McPherson has been named AFC special teams player of the month for September.
McPherson was 8-of-8 on his field goal attempts, hitting five from at least 50 yards. He also connected on all eight of his extra points. xsportfeed.quest
This is McPherson’s second career special teams player of the month award, making him the only Bengals player to ever win it multiple times.
After a down year in 2024, McPherson hit 89 percent of his field goals last season, with his only three misses coming from over 50 yards.
Chiefs LT Kahlil Benson named offensive rookie of the month
The Chiefs haven't had their starting left tackle over the first three weeks of the season. But it's been difficult to notice, given the club's offensive success.
That's part of why Kahlil Benson has been named the league's offensive rookie of the month.
An undrafted free agent out of Indiana, Benson has started each of the first three games, playing 100 percent of Kansas City's offensive snaps. He did not play the position in college.
The NFL cited its Next Gen Stats, noting he’d allowed seven QB pressures in 106 pass blocking snaps, which is the third-fewest among all left tackles this season. Benson also has won the highest percentage of one-on-one matchups (84.0 percent, 89-of-106).
Benson is the eighth offensive lineman to ever win offensive rookie of the month — the first since Quenton Nelson in 2018.
The Chiefs will be on the road to face the Raiders in Week 4.
UConn Huskies, Silas Demary Jr. Top Big East Preseason Polls
UConn was picked to win the Big East by the league's coaches on Thursday with defending champion St. John's the second choice. The Huskies, who made their third national championship game appearance in the last four seasons, are led by preseason Big East Player of the Year selection Silas Demary Jr. As a junior in the 2025-2026 season, Demary averaged 10.1 points, 5.9 assists and 4.5 rebounds for the Huskies last season following a transfer from Georgia and the SEC. The Red Storm received two first-place votes. St. John's is coming off two consecutive Big East regular-season and tournament titles — the first team ever to do that. Rick Pitino's squad made the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. They are led by preseason first-team conference selections Tounde Yessoufou and Ian Jackson. Villanova, Marquette and Providence were the next three in the preseason poll. Xavier was picked sixth. Creighton, led by new head coach Alan Huss, was seventh. DePaul, which had its best finish in the Big East a season ago, was chosen eighth with Seton Hall and Georgetown behind them. Butler, under first-year coach Ronald Nored, was the 11th choice. Here are the full Big East rankings: The Big East held its annual media day at a local New York hotel instead of Madison Square Garden, which has hosted the event every year since 2014. The event was presided over by new conference commissioner Tim Brosnan, who took over for Val Ackerman. Ackerman, who was the head of the conference from 2013-26, retired at the end of August. The Associated Press contributed to this report.