Gators in the NFL: Week 15

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Former Gators continued to give their all this week as the NFL's regular season starts to come to a close.

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Each week of the season, FloridaGators.com will cover all of the best moments from the NFL stars who made a name for themselves in Gainesville. Here is how the Orange and Blue fared in Week 15 of NFL play:

Offensive Highlights

Former Gators O'Cyrus Torrence has been a fimilar face this season on the Bills offensive line, starting in every game for the second season. Torrence has helped the Bills offense improve to a top 10 team in both passing and rushing this season. Torrence has yet to allow a sack on the season and has only allowed two QB hits in 14 games.

Torrence was the first Gator offensive guard to be named to a concesus All-American in 2022.

Yes, Chef.@budlight | #EasyToCelebrate pic.twitter.com/IgmCWsARoS
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) December 16, 2024

Defensive Highlights

Green Bay Packers linebacker Brenton Cox Jr. has been on a tear since their bye week. In this past five weeks the 2023 UDFA has totaled three sacks and eight pressures while seeing a heavy increase in playing time. This weekend he notced 2 tackles, both solo, and a sack in the win over Seattle.

Packers DE Brenton Cox Jr. has 8 pressures -- including 3 sacks -- across 63 pass-rushing snaps since the bye. Arron Mosby has 5 pressures on 50 pass-rushing snaps.

Gutey wanted those two to get more opportunities when he traded Preston and they've taken advantage
— Zach Kruse (@zachkruse2) December 16, 2024

Special Teams Highlights

Tommy Towsend put on a clinic against the Dolphins this weekend notching five punts for 250 yards (long of 58) with one falling inside the 20. Townsend is in the midist of a career season in his fist year with Houston. The five-year vet has already past his career high for single season punt yards with 3,064 yards on 64 attempts (47.9 avg) while pinning opponents inside the 20-yardline 34 times (53.1%).

Townsend is also inside the top 5 amongst all punters in number of punts and net punting yards while his 34 pins mark the second most in the NFL. He has also allowed the least punt return yards of any punter who has played in all 14 contests, an indiaction of how efficient he has been.

That's our punter‼️😎

RT to vote for Tommy to represent the AFC in the Pro Bowl 🤘#ProBowlVote + @tommy_townsend pic.twitter.com/M4cLFo3Nd5
— Houston Texans (@HoustonTexans) December 10, 2024

Atlanta Falcons (Monday Night Football vs Raiders)
8 - Kyle Pitts - TE - 4th year

Buffalo Bills (BUF 48-42 DET)
24 - Kaiir Elam - CB - 3rd year (6 Tackles, 5 Solo, 1 PBU)
64 - O'Cyrus Torrence - OL - 2nd year
75 - Richard Gouraige* - OL - 2nd year (Practice squad)

Carolina Panthers (CAR 14-30 DAL)
4 - Eddy Pineiro Jr. - K - 7th year (2/2 XP)

Chicago Bears (Monday Night Football vs Vikings)
99 - Gervon Dexter Sr. - DL - 2nd year

Cincinnati Bengals (CIN 37-27 TEN)
2 - Evan McPherson - K - 4th year (Injured /Reserve)
42 - Marco Wilson - CB - 4th year (1 Tackle)
77 - Trent Brown - OL - 10th year (Injured /Reserve)

Cleveland Browns (CLE 7-21 KC)
Trey Dean* - DB - 2nd year (Practice Squad)

Dallas Cowboys (DAL 30-14 CAR)
34 - Malik Davis* - RB - 3rd year (Practice Squad)

Detroit Lions (DET 42-48 BUF)
34 - Alex Anzalone - LB - 8th year (Injured /Reserve)
65 - Kingsley Eguakun* - OL - Rookie (Practice Squad)

Green Bay Packers (GB 30-13 SEA)
57 - Brenton Cox Jr. - DL - 2nd year (2 Tackles, 2 Solo, 1 Sack)
93 - T.J. Slaton - DL - 4th year ( 2 Tackles, 2 Solo)

Houston Texans (HOU 20-12 MIA)
6 - Tommy Townsend - P - 5th year (5 Punts, 250 Yards, Long of 58)
31 - Dameon Pierce - RB - 4th year

Indianapolis Colts (IND 13-31 DEN)
5 - Anthony Richardson - QB - 2nd Year (17 Completions, 172 Yards, 2 Ints, 7 Carries, 46 Yards, 1 Touchdown)
96 - Taven Bryan - DL - 7th year

Jacksonville Jaguars (JAX 25-32 NYJ)
51 - Ventrell Miller - LB - 2nd year (1 Pass Deflection)

Kansas City Chiefs (KC 21-7 CLE)
70 - DJ Humphries - OL - 10th year
74 - Jawaan Taylor - OL - 6th year

Las Vegas Raiders (Monday Night Football vs Falcons)
56 - Amari Burney - LB - 2nd year
18 - Justin Shorter - TE - 2nd year
93 - Zachary Carter - DL - 3rd year

Los Angeles Chargers (LAC 17-40 TB)
24 - Marcus Maye - S - 8 years (2 Tackles, 1 Solo)

Los Angeles Rams (LAR 12-6 SAN)
15 - Demarcus Robinson - WR - 9th year

Minnesota Vikings (Monday Night Football vs Bears)
4 - Brandon Powell - WR - 7th year
58 - Jonathan Greenard - OLB - 5th year
90 - Jonathan Bullard - DL - 9th year

Philadelphia Eagles (PHI 27-13 PIT)
8 - C.J. Gardner-Johnson - S - 5th year (2 Tackles, 2 Solo, 1 TFL)
74 - Fred Johnson - OL - 6th year

Pittsburgh Steelers (PIT 13-27 PHI)
11 - Van Jefferson - WR - 5th year ( 1 Catch)
49 - Jeremiah Moon - LB - 2nd year (2 Tackles)
33 - CJ Henderson - CB - 5th year (Injured /Reserve)

San Francisco 49ers (SAN 6-12 LAR)
14 - Ricky Pearsall - WR - Rookie (1 Catch, 16 Yards)

Seattle Seahawks (SEA 13-30 GB)
78 - Stone Forsythe - OL - 4th year (Injured /Reserve)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (TB 40-17 LAC)
2 - Kyle Trask - QB - 4th year

Washington Commanders (WAS 20-19 NO)
68 - Dante Fowler Jr. - DE - 10th year (1 Tackle, 1 Solo, 1 TFL)

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