Buffalo Bills running back Nyheim Hines has been named the latest AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, thanks to a standout performance on Sunday against the New England Patriots. In what was 35-23 Bills victory, Hines was responsible for 14 points: he returned two kickoffs for touchdowns to put his team on a path to victory.
Hines ran back the game’s opening kickoff 96 yards to give the Bills a 7-0 lead. After the team fell behind 17-14 in the third quarter, he had another runback from 101 yards out.
The 26-year-old therefore became the first player with two kickoff return touchdowns in the same game since Seattle’s Leon Washington accomplished the feat in Week 3 of the 2010 season.