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Arvell Reese Named NFC Defensive Player of the Week

Giants rookie Arvell Reese won his first NFC Defensive Player of the Week award after 12 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble in the 19 to 11 win at Philadelphia.

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Arvell Reese Named NFC Defensive Player of the Week

Key points

  • New York Giants rookie linebacker Arvell Reese was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday.
  • It is the first Player of the Week award of Reese's career.
  • Philadelphia finished with 220 total yards.

New York Giants rookie linebacker Arvell Reese was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday. The award covers Week 9, when Reese recorded 12 tackles, three sacks and a forced fumble in the Giants' 19 to 11 win over the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.

It is the first Player of the Week award of Reese's career. The league said Reese, at 21 years and 70 days old, became the youngest player to record at least three sacks in a game since sacks became an official statistic in 1982. He is the third Giants rookie linebacker to win the defensive award, after Devon Kennard in Week 14 of the 2014 season and Kayvon Thibodeaux in Week 15 of 2022. He is also the first NFC rookie with a three-sack game since Detroit's James Houston on January 1, 2023.

A bad day for the Eagles' offense

Philadelphia finished with 220 total yards. The Eagles converted five of 18 third downs and scored three points after halftime. Quarterback Joe Milton took seven sacks in his first Eagles start. Reese's forced fumble came on one of the biggest hits of the game, and his three sacks led a defense that controlled the second half.

The win moved the Giants to 5, 2 and 1. It also sent Philadelphia into its bye week on a seventh straight loss. The Giants had not won in Philadelphia since Reese was eight years old, a streak the team site put at the center of its report on the award.

The season behind the award

Reese was the fifth pick in the 2026 draft, out of Ohio State. Through nine weeks he has 66 tackles, 47 of them solo, eight tackles for loss, five quarterback hits, 4.5 sacks, four passes defended, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. Those numbers have put him in the Defensive Rookie of the Year conversation, and Wednesday's award is the first league honor of his career.

The other NFC winners for Week 9 were Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love on offense and Detroit kicker Jake Bates on special teams. The Giants host the Washington Commanders on Thursday night, a short week that gives Reese little time to enjoy the award before he is back on the field.

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