The National Football League has concluded week three. Here are the top five offensive rookies from the third week on winning teams. This season we are including kickers.
4) Will Reichard
The Minnesota Vikings rookie kicker makes our top five rookie list the second straight week. After a three field goal performance last week against the San Francisco 49ers, Reichard of Hoover, Alabama made the longest field goal of his career (58 yards), and added a 35-yard field goal, to go along with four converts, in a surprisingly dominant 34-7 Vikings upset win over the Houston Texans.
4) Brayden Narveson
Just like Reichard, Green Bay Packers kicker Brayden Narveson of Scottsdale, Arizona made the top five for the second straight week. On Sunday, the product of North Carolina State made three field goals (21 yards, 26 yards and 47 yards) and made three converts in a 30-14 Packers win over the Tennessee Titans.
3) Bo Nix
The native of Arkadelphia, Arkansas won his first NFL game on Sunday, as he completed 25 of 36 passes for 216 passing yards, along with nine rushes for 47 receiving yards, as the Denver Broncos beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-7. Nix was named the Broncos starting quarterback near the end of training camp by head coach Sean Payton. After throwing two interceptions in each of the first two weeks in losses to Seattle and Pittsburgh, the Oregon Ducks product did not throw a pick against the Buccaneers.
2) Malik Nabers
The native of Lafayette, Louisiana had eight catches for 78 receiving yards and two touchdowns, along with two rushes for four yards as the New York Giants beat the Cleveland Browns 21-15. Nabers’s touchdown catches from Daniel Jones were for three and five yards, and both came in the last two minutes of the first half.
1) Jayden Daniels
Jayden Daniels of Fontana, California showed the football world he is not just a great rookie quarterback, but a great quarterback. He completed 21 of 23 passes for 254 passing yards and two touchdowns in a 38-33 Commanders win over the Cincinnati Bengals. He also had 12 rushes for 39 rushing yards and another major score. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner out of LSU leads the NFL with an 80.3% pass completion percentage, and threw an amazing 27-yard touchdown pass with perfection to Terry McLaurin with two minutes and 10 seconds left on Monday night.
