Bengals kicker Mike Nugent went 8-for-8 on field goals in September, and as a result he was named the AFC special teams player of the month.
Nugent’s longest field goal was 54 yards, and he also nailed a 50-yarder. No other NFL kicker who has tried more than five field goals this season has made them all.
Nugent’s biggest game came against the Ravens’, when he went 5-for-5 and scored all the Bengals’ points in a 15-10 win.
The Bengals’ official announcement of Nugent’s award also notes that he has reached the end zone on nine of his 16 kickoffs, with five going for touchbacks, although it helpfully doesn’t note that when Nugent’s kicks are returned, they usually result in the other team getting good field position (an average of 34.4 yards per return against the Bengals this season).
Nugent had a tough 2009, bouncing around between Tampa Bay and Arizona, but he signed as a free agent with Cincinnati in April, and he’s found a good home in Cincinnati.
