Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez on Wednesday was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 6.
In the Colts' 20-17 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Sanchez recorded five punts for 271 yards for an average of 54.2 yards per punt (48.2 net avg.), marking a new single-game career-high punting average. Three of Sanchez's punts landed inside the 20-yard line, including a 57-yard punt that rolled to Tennessee's own three-yard line with 12 seconds left on the clock to seal Colts' first AFC South win of the season.
Sanchez is currently tied for first place in the NFL with 17 punts pinned inside the 20-yard line. His current career-high of punts downed inside the 20 is 28, set in his rookie year in 2017.
This is the third time Sanchez has earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors in his career, which is the most by a punter in Colts history; he earned the title twice in the 2021 season in Weeks 4 and 7. Sanchez is the first Colts player to earn AFC Special Teams Player of the Week since kicker Matt Gay in Week 3 of the 2023 season.
Sanchez is the second Colts player to earn AFC Player of the Week honors in the 2024 season, joining cornerback Jaylon Jones who was awarded AFC Defensive Player of the Week following his performance against the Chicago Bears in Week 3.
Through six games this season, Sanchez has registered 24 punts for 1,209 yards. He is sixth in the league in net punting average (44.1 yards).
