Jonathan Taylor was voted the FedEx Ground Player of the Week for the second week in a row following his dominant performance in Week 8 against the Tennessee Titans.
Taylor showed out in the Colts' 38-14 win, recording 12 carries for 153 yards and two touchdowns and averaging 12.8 yards per carry. He broke out on multiple explosive runs, including an 80-yard touchdown run at the beginning of the third quarter. Taylor also added two receptions on two targets for 21 yards and a touchdown, bringing his game total to 174 total scrimmage yards and three touchdowns.
Taylor is the first player in NFL history to record three touchdowns against the same opponent in three consecutive games, and tied Pro Football Hall of Famer Edgerrin James for the second-most career games (six) with three-plus scrimmage touchdowns. Additionally, with three-plus touchdowns in four of his first eight games this season, Taylor joined Gene Roberts (1949 Giants) and moved within two games of tying Tomlinson (2006 Chargers) for the most such performances in a season.
With 70 total touchdowns, Taylor is five scores away from tying James' 75 total touchdowns.
Taylor also is two rushing touchdowns away from setting a new franchise record for most rushing touchdowns; James currently holds that record with 64. Taylor on Sunday also tied five-time All-Pro and Pro Football Hall of Famer Lenny Moore for second-most rushing touchdowns (63) in Colts history and passed Raymond Berry (68) for the fifth-most total career touchdowns in franchise history.
Only four running backs in history have had more touchdowns in their first 75 career games (Sunday was Taylor's 75th game): LaDainian Tomlinson, Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown and Adrian Peterson.
Taylor currently leads the NFL in rushing yards (850), total touchdowns (14), yards per attempt (5.9), carries (143) and explosive runs (23). He is the only player in the league to currently have over 800 rushing yards; the next closest is James Cook with 753.
For the 2025-26 season, FedEx is partnering with Feeding America to make donations of $2,000 in the name of the two winning players ($4,000 total) for a local food bank in the winning player's city.This marks the first time the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Awards program will support Feeding America and its nationwide network of local food banks and pantries.
Since the program's inception in 2003, FedEx has donated nearly $3 million to nonprofit organizations, including charities and children's hospitals, in the name of winning players.