Cameron Dicker named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month

Dicker was second in points scored among AFC kickers.

Early Thursday morning, the NFL announced their players of the month for December/January and for the first time in his young career, the Chargers’ rookie kicker Cameron Dicker was named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month have after a productive performance over the past six weeks.

In his final six games of the regular season, Dicker was lights out with 25-of-26 kicks total kicks made, including 11-of-12 on field goals. The 47 points he scored over that span were second in the AFC among kickers and his conversion percentage on all kicks was the second-best in history for an AFC rookie behind only the Bills’ Tyler Bass from 2020.

Earlier this season, Dicker won a pair of weekly honors from the NFL after converting game-winning field goals for both the Eagles and Bolts. His regular season concluded with him having converted 21-of-22 field goals which gives him the best percentage for a rookie kicker since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger.

As for the other AFC Players of the Month, the Chiefs’ Jerick McKinnon was named for offense while the Ravens’ Roquan Smith was named for defense.