NASHVILLE – Titans returner Chimere Dike has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Dike returned a kickoff 65 yards in the team's 22-21 win over the Cardinals on Sunday, which set up a field goal for the Titans.
Dike returned four kickoffs for 136 yards (34.0 average) against the Cardinals, along with three punts for 33 yards (11.0). Dike also had two catches for 17 yards in the game.
Dike's 65-yard kick return was the second-longest kickoff return of his rookie season (71 at Denver on Sept. 7). It gave him two of the NFL's top five longest kickoff returns to date in 2025. His 71-yarder against Denver was the second longest of the season and his 65-yard return ranked fourth.
So far this season Dike has returned 25 kickoffs for 666 yards (26.6 avg.), which leads league. Dike has also returned six punt returns for 82 yards (13.7 avg.).
Dike became the first rookie to garner the honor in 2025.
He's the first Titans returner to earn the award since 2012, when Darius Reynaud won the honor in Week 17.
Dike's award marks the 41st AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honor given to a Titans/Oilers player and is the 132nd overall Player of the Week honor in franchise history.
Dike became the first Titan non-kicker/punter to earn the honor since defensive back Dane Cruikshank (Week 2, 2018).
A fourth-round pick of the Titans in the 2025 NFL Draft, Dike currently leads the NFL with 783 all-purpose yards, which puts him ahead of Christian McCaffrey (669), Puka Nacua (640), Kavontae Turpin (617) and Jonathan Taylor (613).
The Titans return to action on Sunday at the Las Vegas Raiders.
