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Special honor for RoyalWill be named AFC Special Teams Player of the MonthDaniel Williams, DDN Staff WriterThursday, October 29, 2009 |  | | ROYAL |
The first couple of weeks of the NFL season people were wondering what happened to Eddie Royal, and his premium production from 2008?
Six weeks later and after several huge games, the Denver Broncos receiver will be named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October, the NFL informed the Broncos yesterday.
It marks the first time in club history that the Broncos have had multiple AFC Special Teams Player of the Month winners in the same year with kicker Matt Prater also earning that award in September.
“Eddie is very smart and is one of the smartest receivers I have been around,” said Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels. “He is an extremely hard worker and can do many different things well.”
Royal is expected to have a press conference tomorrow at Dove Valley.
On Monday Night Football at San Diego two weekends ago, Royal became only the 11th player in NFL history (and the second ever Bronco) to score a touchdown on both a kickoff return (93 yards) and punt return (71 yards) in the same game.
During three October games, Royal returned eight punts for 134 yards (16.8 average) with one touchdown and five kickoffs for 158 yards (31.6 average) with one score to total 292 return yards and two return touchdowns.
Royal was the only player in the NFL to rank among the league’s top-four players in both kickoff return average (third) and punt return average (fourth) for the month, and his two special-teams return scores led the league in October.
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| Ms. Royal @ 2009-11-07 22:16:12 | I am so proud of Eddie and proud that God has blessed him with a team full of great guys, great coaches, mentors, teachers, friends, family, Pastors, reporters, business associates, most of all the best fans in the world. It has taken a lot of support for all of the above and also, Thanks to all the NFL for this honor. |
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