Cleveland Browns wide receiver Joshua Cribbs has been named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week for games played on December 10-14, the league announced today.

Cribbs registered two punt returns for 61 yards (30.5 avg.) and two kickoff returns for 43 yards (21.5 avg.) during the Browns’ 13-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday. He returned his first punt of the game 55 yards to the Steelers’ eight-yard line, helping to set up the first score of the game, four plays later with a 29-yard field goal by Phil Dawson.

On offense, Joshua recorded a career and game-high 87 rushing yards on eight carries (10.9 avg.), with a career-high rush of 37 yards. He also notched one reception for nine yards, for a game-high total of 200 all-purpose yards. This is the second AFC Special Teams Player of the Week Award for Cribbs. He last won the award on October 4, 2006.

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