Colts running back Jonathan Taylor on Wednesday was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 3, marking the second straight week the running back has earned the title.
He is the first Colts player to earn Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks, and the first player to earn AFC Offensive Player of the Week in consecutive weeks since Josh Allen in Weeks 5-6 of 2022.
Taylor spearheaded the Colts' 41-20 dismantling of the Tennessee Titans, rushing for 102 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries (6 yards per attempt). He also had three receptions for 16 yards, totaling 118 all-purpose yards. The highlight of Taylor's performance came on a stunning 46-yard dash for a touchdown in which the running back juked out one defender, spun away from the clutches of another and evaded a third to break free and cross the goal line.
Sunday's game was Taylor's 26th career 100-yard rushing game and his first time with back-to-back 100-yard performances since Weeks 17-18 of the 2024 season. It also marked his third career game with at least three rushing touchdowns and his first since Week 16 of 2024 (also against the Titans).
Through three games, Taylor has 60 carries for 338 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns and eight receptions for 93 yards and one touchdown. No Colts player has more rushing yards in the first three games of a season than Taylor; second-closest is Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson with 330 rushing yards in 1987.
Taylor currently leads the NFL in rushing yards, scrimmage yards (431) and scrimmage touchdowns (4 - tied for first). He also has the most explosive (10+ yard) runs with seven.
Taylor is the first Colts player to earn player of the week honors this season.
This is the fifth time Taylor has won AFC Player of the Week honors in his career, and the first time the running back has won it in back-to-back weeks. Taylor joins Hall of Famer Edgerrin James as the only Colts non-quarterbacks to earn the recognition at least five times.
Taylor also won it in Week 16 of the 2024 season (when he rushed for 218 yards and three touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans), Week 10 of 2022 (a 147-yard performance against the Las Vegas Raiders) and Week 11 of 2021 (his five-touchdown game against the Buffalo Bills).
