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Alex Singleton Named AFC Defensive Player of the Month

League-leading tackle totals and a NextGenStats lead in stops highlighted a stretch that helped Denver go 4-1 in October.

Overview

  • The NFL named Alex Singleton the AFC Defensive Player of the Month on Thursday for his performance across October and Week 8.
  • Denver's press release credited Singleton with 68 tackles, 34 solo tackles, 2.0 sacks and one pass deflection during the October/Week 8 span that earned the award.
  • Singleton leads the NFL with 101 tackles through eight games and is credited by NextGenStats with a league-high 53 stops, a metric that isolates tackles that end a successful play.
  • He became just the third player since 1987 to record 14 or more tackles and a sack in back-to-back games after 19 tackles vs. Arizona and 14 tackles plus a sack vs. Kansas City.
  • The award makes Singleton the fifth Broncos linebacker to win a Defensive Player of the Month honor and it follows his comeback story from a cancer diagnosis last year as he now serves as the defensive focal point ahead of Denver’s Week 9 trip to Carolina.