Will Reichard’s foot is doing more than winning games for the Minnesota Vikings. It’s piling up weekly hardware, too.
The Vikings kicker was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after a perfect showing in Minnesota’s Week 4 win over the Miami Dolphins, where he went 5-for-5 on field goals and scored all 15 of the team’s points. Reichard drilled kicks from 50, 47, 33, 41 and 29 yards as Minnesota moved to 4-0 to start the 2026 season.
That performance gave the Vikings their third straight Special Teams Player of the Week award this season, following honors for Isaiah Rodgers in Week 2 and Myles Price in Week 3. It was also Reichard’s second career honor after being named Player of the Month for December/January of the 2025 season.
The 50-yarder against Miami was just the latest reminder of how often Reichard is coming through from distance. The Dolphins game was his 18th with at least one 50-yard field goal since entering the league in 2024, which ranks second in the NFL over that span behind only Dallas kicker Brandon Aubrey’s 19. Reichard now has 22 career field goals from 50 yards or longer, the second most by a player in his first three seasons in NFL history, again trailing only Aubrey, who has 35.
His perfect day also stretched his made-field-goal streak to 31 straight, the longest active run in the NFL and tied with Fuad Reveiz for the third-longest in Vikings history. Reichard has also made 56 consecutive kicks, including field goals and extra points, dating back to Week 8 of the 2025 season at the Los Angeles Chargers. That stands as the second-longest streak of consecutive made kicks in franchise history, behind only Gary Anderson’s 94.
The five-field-goal game was the second of Reichard’s career. The first came in Week 7 of the 2025 season against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The award also marked the 21st NFC Player of the Week selection in 72 games under Kevin O'Connell, and the eighth NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award under special teams coordinator Matt Daniels. Reichard became the seventh Viking to earn the weekly special teams honor under Daniels, joining Greg Joseph, Ryan Wright, Kene Nwangwu, Levi Drake Rodriguez, Isaiah Rodgers and Myles Price.
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