Vikings WR Myles Price has been named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, the NFL announced today.
It marked the Vikings’ second Player of the Week title of the 2026 season and is Price’s first career honor.
In the Vikings’ Week 3 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Price recorded an 86-yard punt return touchdown in the first quarter to give Minnesota a 10-0 lead. It marked Price’s first career touchdown, and it is the only punt return touchdown in the NFL this season.
Price’s punt return touchdown was the team’s first in 162 games. Prior to Sunday, the last time Minnesota returned a punt for a touchdown was against Houston in Week 5 of the 2016 season when Marcus Sherels returned one 79 yards for a score. It was also the team’s longest punt return since Sherels had an 86-yard return against the New York Giants in Week 7 of the 2013 season.
Price recorded 238 total return yards (132 kickoff return yards and a career-high 106 punt return yards), the most in a single game in franchise history, and the most by any player since Nyheim Hines (241) in Week 18 of the 2023 season.
Through three games, Price leads the league in punt return yards (130), punt return touchdowns (one), yards per punt return (21.7), kickoff return yards (353) and all-purpose yards (483). Since entering the league in 2025, Price ranks second in kickoff return yards (1,832) and third in punt return yards (440).
Price is the seventh offensive player and the 11th non-specialist in team history to be tabbed NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, joining RB Moe Williams (1999), WR Aundrae Allison (2007), WR Percy Harvin (2009, 2010), WR Cordarrelle Patterson (2013), WR Adam Thielen (2014), CB Marcus Sherels (2015), RB Mike Boone (2020), RB Kene Ngwangwu (2021, 2022), DL Levi Drake Rodriguez (2025) and CB Isaiah Rodgers (2026).
This award is the 20th NFC Player of the Week selection under Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell in 71 games, and the seventh NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor under Special Teams Coordinator Matt Daniels. It is also the third time under O’Connell that the Vikings have earned back-to-back Player of the Week nods, the last coming in Weeks 6-7 of the 2023 season (LB Jordan Hicks, Week 6; S Camryn Bynum, Week 7).
VIKINGS NAMED NFC PLAYER OF THE WEEK UNDER O’CONNELL
Special Teams Greg Joseph, K 2022, Week 4, vs. New Orleans (London)
Special Teams Ryan Wright, P 2022, Week 6, at Miami
Defense Za’Darius Smith, OLB 2022, Week 8, vs. Arizona
Offense Justin Jefferson, WR 2022, Week 10, at Buffalo
Special Teams Kene Nwangwu, KR 2022, Week 12, vs. New England
Offense Kirk Cousins, QB 2022, Week 15, vs. Indianapolis
Special Teams Greg Joseph, K 2022, Week 16, vs. New York Giants
Defense Jordan Hicks, LB 2023, Week 6, at Chicago
Defense Camryn Bynum, S 2023, Week 7, vs. San Francisco
Offense Joshua Dobbs, QB 2023, Week 9, at Atlanta
Defense Ivan Pace Jr., LB 2023, Week 14, at Las Vegas
Defense Jonathan Greenard, OLB 2024, Week 3, vs. Houston
Offense Sam Darnold, QB 2024, Week 14, vs. Atlanta
Defense Andrew Van Ginkel, OLB 2024, Week 16, at Seattle
Offense J.J. McCarthy, QB 2025, Week 1, at Chicago
Defense Isaiah Rodgers, CB 2025, Week 3, vs. Cincinnati
Special Teams Levi Drake Rodriguez, DL 2025, Week 9, at Detroit
Defense Harrison Smith, S 2025, Week 17, vs. Detroit
Special Teams Isaiah Rodgers, CB 2026, Week 2, at Chicago
Special Teams Myles Price, WR 2026, Week 3, at Tampa Bay
(info courtesy of Vikings)
