If there was one play that put the Lions in the right mindset on Sunday, it was after the Jets failed to move the ball in their first offensive series and Kalif Raymond entered the scene. No better way to make a play like this in front of friends and family.
House call for Kalif Raymond! #OnePride pic.twitter.com/1Y7W99MEUQ
— Woodward Sports Network (@woodwardsports) December 18, 2022
That was more than plenty to earn him the NFL Special Teams Player of the Week. His performance on Sunday earned him the game ball by Dan Campbell. Per Lions PR, He is Detroit’s 1st non-kicker to win a Special Teams POTW Award since 2017. With this award, the Lions now have 5 POTW awards in 2022, their most since 2016.
The @Lions have had 5 different players win a Player of the Week Award this season:
– @amonra_stbrown
– @JKERB25
– @aidanhutch97
– Michael Badgley
– Kalif RaymondThis joins 1997 & 1993 as the only time DET has had 5 different POTW Award winners in a season.#OnePride pic.twitter.com/eisQi48JiJ
— Detroit Lions PR (@LionsPR) December 21, 2022
The versatile Raymond is one of three players in the NFL to return a punt return for a TD. He is currently ranked tenth in the NFL in total punt return yards with 248.
(AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
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