Dalvin Cook named NFC offensive player of the month

Cook began November by becoming the first player in Lambeau Field's 64 seasons to post more than 200 yards from scrimmage and score four touchdowns in a game.

December 4, 2020 at 3:36PM
Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (33) ran the ball in for a touchdown in the first quarter.
Minnesota Vikings running back Dalvin Cook (33) ran the ball in for a touchdown in the first quarter against Green Bay. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vikings running back Dalvin Cook won his first NFC Offensive Player of the Month award on Friday, after a five-game stretch where he scored seven touchdowns and posted a franchise-record 832 yards from scrimmage in November.

Cook began the month by becoming the first player in Lambeau Field's 64 seasons to post more than 200 yards from scrimmage and score four touchdowns in a game, and continued it with his first 200-yard rushing day the following week against the Lions. Cook won back-to-back NFC Offensive Player of the Week awards for those games, becoming the first player to win the honor in two straight weeks since Ryan Fitzpatrick did it for Tampa Bay during the first two weeks of the 2018 season.

The Vikings leaned heavily on Cook during their 4-1 stretch in November, putting the ball in his hands more than 30 times in three of those games. No other NFL running back has three games with 30 or more touches this season.

His 832 yards from scrimmage in November were the most by any NFL player last month, and the fourth-most by any player during the month in league history.

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Ben Goessling

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Ben Goessling has covered the Vikings since 2012, first at the Pioneer Press and ESPN before becoming the Minnesota Star Tribune's lead Vikings reporter in 2017. He was named one of the top NFL beat writers by the Pro Football Writers of America in 2024, after honors in the AP Sports Editors and National Headliner Awards contests in 2023.

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