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Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chis Boswell was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his game-winning 60-yard field goal against the New York Jets on Sunday. It’s Boswell’s fifth time winning this award. He has now passed Jeff Reed (4) for the most ST Player of the Week awards by a Steeler.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin gave kicker Boswell a ringing endorsement after his 60-yard game-winning field goal over the Jets.
It was a career-long for Boz. Boswell’s kick probably could have been good from 67 yards out. He got all of it.
As Tomlin likes to say, Boswell did not blink in a high-pressured situation. He was cool, calm and collected.
“I can’t say enough about Boz. Our kicker is a serial killer. He’s got a low pulse rate, and he’s ready to deliver,” Tomlin said after the 34-32 shootout win over the Jets.
Boswell is the 10th kicker all-time, and first since Tyler Bass on Nov. 3, 2024, with a game-winning field goal of 60-or-more yards in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime
Boswell also nailed a 56-yarder in the first half.
“Boz always wants to bang from deep. That one he made in the first half, I don’t know if he looked at me. He just walked out on the field,” Tomlin said. “That’s the type of guy you want banging for you under those circumstances.”
Boswell is the 10th kicker all-time, and first since Tyler Bass on Nov. 3, 2024, with a game-winning field goal of 60-or-more yards in the final two minutes of regulation or in overtime.
Boswell, who was 41 of 44 on field goal attempts in 2024, nearly broke an NFL single-season record. The record is 44 field goals, set by San Francisco 49ers kicker David Akers in 2011.
Boswell was clutch for the Steelers this season, converting on 13 of 15 field goal attempts from 50+ yards. Hes also was 35 of 35 on extra points this year. With those kind of numbers, it’s not surprising that Boswell was named first-team All-Pro by the AP.
Boswell was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week twice last season (Week 1 and Week 11). He was also named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month in September and October.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Kicker Chris Boswell Wins NFL Honor
