Vikings WR Sidney Rice
has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his career-best 201-yard receiving day vs. Detroit on Sunday. Rice’s performance was the 4th-best receiving yardage day by a Viking in team history and only the 4th time a Viking has eclipsed the 200-yard receiving mark. Rice has notched 100-yard receiving days in 3 of the past 4 games and leads the NFC with 786 receiving yards. Entering 2009, Rice had 537 career receiving yards on 46 catches in 2007-08. He has 786 yards on 44 receptions through 9 games this season.
Rice is the 1st Vikings WR to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors since Randy Moss in 2001 and Rice’s honor is the 5th NFC Player of the Week recognition earned by a Viking in 2009, 3 of those on offense.
VIKINGS NFC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK SINCE 2006
Ryan Longwell@ - Special Teams - vs. Carolina, 2006
Cedric Griffin# - Defensive - at Detroit, 2006
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - at Chicago, 2007
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - vs. San Diego, 2007
Dwight Smith@ - Defensive - at NY Giants, 2007
Aundrae Allison# - Special Teams - vs. Detroit, 2007
Antoine Winfield - Defensive - at New Orleans, 2008
Adrian Peterson# - Offensive - vs. Green Bay, 2008
Jared Allen^ - Defensive - vs. Chicago, 2008
Tarvaris Jackson# - Offensive - at Arizona, 2008
Ryan Longwell@ - Special Teams - vs. NY Giants, 2008
Chad Greenway# - Defensive - at Detroit, 2009
Percy Harvin# - Special Teams - vs. San Francisco, 2009
Brett Favre@ - Offensive - vs. Green Bay, 2009
Brett Favre@ - Offensive - at Green Bay, 2009
Sidney Rice# - Offensive - vs. Detroit, 2009
# drafted by Vikings since 2006
@ signed as free agent by Vikings since 2006
^ acquired by trade by Vikings since 2006
