Gardner Minshew earns more rookie honors, named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for September
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Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew has been racking up rookie awards since stepping in for an injured Nick Foles in week 1 against the Kansas City Chiefs. He was named the Pepsi NFL Offensive Rookie of the Week in weeks 1 and 3, and today the NFL announced the sixth-round pick out of Washington State was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for September.
QB @GardnerMinshew5 has been named @NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for his performance in September:
— Tad Dickman (@TDickman89) October 3, 2019
• NFL’s highest passer rating (123.9) in the red zone (min. 10 RZ pass attempts)
• only player this season w/ 200+ passing yards & 95.0+ passer rating in all four games. pic.twitter.com/OpXLhxYxos
In his four games (three starts) since Foles went down, Minshew has completed 84 of 121 passes (69.4 completion pct.) for 905 yards, seven touchdowns and one interception for a passer rating of 106.9.
His 69.4 completion percentage and 106.9 passer rating are both the fifth-highest in the NFL this season among players with at least 100 pass attempts, and he leads all rookies in both categories, according to the Jaguars.
Minshew has made Jacksonville history with the award recognition, as no other Jacksonville rookie has earned such an honor in over a decade.
"Minshew is the first Jaguars player to win NFL Rookie of the Month honors since linebacker Clint Ingram in November 2006, and the first offensive rookie since Byron Leftwich in December 2003," the Jaguars said in a release.
"Overall, he is the seventh different Jaguars player to win Rookie of the Month honors (Fred Taylor is the only rookie in franchise history to win Rookie of the Month honors multiple times – September 1998 and December 1998)."