For the 10th time this season, a Giants rookie is being recognized.
Defensive lineman Darius Alexander has been nominated for Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week after picking up four total tackles and two sacks against the Lions in Week 12. It was the first two full sacks of Alexander's NFL career.
Both of his sacks came in the first half, making him the first Giants rookie since defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul (2010) to record two sacks in the first half of a game.
He finished the day with three total pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, the second time this season he has registered multiple pressures.
The third-round pick from Toledo is now up to 2.5 sacks on the season, which is tied for the fourth-most among all rookies.
Alexander joins quarterback Jaxson Dart and running back Cam Skattebo in earning a nomination for the weekly rookie award. Dart was nominated after each of his first six starts and was also named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Month for October. Meanwhile, Skattebo earned a nomination three times before his season-ending ankle injury in Week 8.
View photos from the Week 12 matchup between the Giants and Lions.
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
DT Darius Alexander (91), OLB Brian Burns (0) , OLB Abdul Carter (51)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
DB Korie Black (38)
OLB Zaire Barnes (46)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (33)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
LB Neville Hewitt (47)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (33)
S Jevón Holland (8)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (33)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (33)
CB Nic Jones (31)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
RB Devin Singletary (26), QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
S Dane Belton (24)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
S Jevón Holland (8)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris (95)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
K Younghoo Koo (37)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
K Younghoo Koo (37)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
LB Neville Hewitt (47)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
S Jevón Holland (8)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
CB Nic Jones (31)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
K Younghoo Koo (37)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
S Dane Belton (24)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
LB Swayze Bozeman (54)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
OLB Zaire Barnes (46)
DB Korie Black (38)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
T Jermaine Eluemunor (72)
C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)
QB Russell Wilson (3), QB Jameis Winston (19), WR Isaiah Hodgins (89), WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17), WR Darius Slayton (18)
T Jermaine Eluemunor (72), G Greg Van Roten (74), C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61), G Jon Runyan Jr. (76)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris (95)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
CB Dru Phillips (22)
DT Darius Alexander (91)
G Jon Runyan Jr. (76)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
S Jevón Holland (8)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
CB Art Green (23)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
WR Wan'Dale Robinson (17)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
T Andrew Thomas (78)
T Andrew Thomas (78)
LB Swayze Bozeman (54)
LB Swayze Bozeman (54)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
S Jevón Holland (8)
OLB Zaire Barnes (46)
T Andrew Thomas (78)
T Andrew Thomas (78)
C John Michael Schmitz Jr. (61)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58), LB Swayze Bozeman (54)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
CB Cor'Dale Flott (28)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
DL Rakeem Nuñez-Roches (93)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
WR Gunner Olszewski (80)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58), LB Swayze Bozeman (54)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris (95)
T Jermaine Eluemunor (72)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
QB Jameis Winston (19)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
OLB Abdul Carter (51)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
WR Isaiah Hodgins (89)
RB Devin Singletary (26)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
ILB Bobby Okereke (58)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
TE Theo Johnson (84)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
RB Tyrone Tracy Jr. (29)
DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
S Dane Belton (24), S Jevón Holland (8)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
OLB Brian Burns (0)
S Dane Belton (24)
S Dane Belton (24)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris (95)
DT Roy Robertson-Harris (95), DL Dexter Lawrence II (97)
WR Dalen Cambre (83)
Fans can vote for Alexander at nfl.com/rookies and on the NFL Mobile app through Thursday at 11 a.m. ET to determine who will bring home the Rookie of the Week championship belt for Week 12. The winner will be announced Thursday on NFL.com.
After the regular season, six players will be nominated for Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year honors.
A look at the rookie nominees for Week 12:
DL Darius Alexander (NYG): Registered 4 tackles and 2 sacks
QB Cam Ward (TEN): Completed 28 of 42 passes (66.7 percent) for 256 yards and 1 TD. Also had 37 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD.
RB Ashton Jeanty (LV): Recorded 108 scrimmage yards (68 receiving, 50 rushing) and 1 TD reception.
RB Dylan Sampson (CLE): Recorded 82 scrimmage yards (59 receiving, 23 rushing) and 1 TD reception.
LB Barrett Carter (CIN): Registered 16 tackles
S Jaylen Reed (HOU): Registered 11 tackles and 1 fumble recovery
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