The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irvingwas named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 13, following his performance in Tampa Bay’s 26-23 overtime win over the Carolina Panthers. Irving becomes the second different Tampa Bay running back to claim the award this season, joining Sean Tucker (Week 6).
Irving led the NFL in Week 13 with his career-high 152 rushing yards, despite facing a stacked box on a season-high 32% of his carries on Sunday, according to Next Gen Stats. He contributed another 33 yards receiving to give him a career-best 185 scrimmage yards on the day, which were the most among all NFC players and the second-most across the league in Week 13.