FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Patriots announced today that Stephen Gostkowski has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week following the Patriots Week 7 win over the New York Jets. It is the second time in 2015 that Gostkowski has been honored by the NFL. He was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September.
Gostkowski converted all three extra points and all three field goal (38, 46 and 24) attempts in Sunday's 30-23 victory over the Jets at Gillette Stadium. It is the second time in his career that Gostkowski has won AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, his first since Week 9 in 2009. He has also won AFC Special Teams Player of the month three times in his career – October 2008, October 2009 and September 2015.
Gostkowski is perfect on the season through six games, going 15-for-15 on field goal attempts and 24-for-24 on extra points. He has converted an NFL-record 435 consecutive extra points dating back to his rookie season in 2006. Gostkowski also leads the NFL with 69 total points and 35 touchbacks.
