{"id":923756,"date":"2026-10-07T07:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923756\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:36:29","slug":"philpot-headlines-week-18-players-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/923756\/","title":{"rendered":"PHILPOT HEADLINES WEEK 18 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a aria-label=\"View image\" class=\"prezly-slate-image-rollover\" id=\"image-e482e79d-08bf-44e3-9d3f-fef5fbb7dd6a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/POTW-1200x630 18.jpg\" style=\"max-width:1200px\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"prezly-slate-media prezly-slate-image__media prezly-slate-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/POTW-1200x630 18.jpg\"   title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">TORONTO (October 6, 2026) \u2013 Tyson Philpot, Kenny Lawler and Vernon Adams Jr. have been named Week 18 Players of the Week in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The honour spotlights exceptional statistical performances, pivotal plays, game-breaking feats and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">The three players were chosen by a panel composed of representatives from the CFL\u2019s Football Operations, Player and Game Statistics, and Content departments.<\/p>\n<p>TYSON PHILPOT | REC | MONTREAL ALOUETTES | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/games\/6659\/montreal-alouettes-vs-winnipeg-blue%20bombers\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">WPG 10 \u2013 MTL 37<\/a>11 receptions for 207 yards; second 200-yard+ game of career and first of the seasonSet <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rdasKCf7bQA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">single-season Canadian records<\/a> for receptions (119) and receiving yards (1,735)Two receptions of 30+ yards, highlighted by a 52-yard effort in the first quarter18.8 yards per catchSix second-down conversion receptions57 yards after catchSixth Player of the Week honour (W2, W4, W6, W9 and W10)KENNY LAWLER | REC | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/games\/6656\/ottawa-redblacks-vs-hamilton-tiger-cats\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">HAM 34 \u2013 OTT 16<\/a>Six receptions for 132 yards; first 100-yard+ game of the season Two majors for first multiple TD game of the seasonOne reception of 30+ yards, highlighted by a season-long <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/article\/kenny-lawler-hauls-in-his-400th-career-catch-in-spectacular-fashion\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">41-yard touchdown catch<\/a> in the fourth quarterThree second-down conversion receptionsVERNON ADAMS JR. | QB | CALGARY STAMPEDERS | <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/games\/6657\/saskatchewan-roughriders-vs-calgary-stampeders\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">CGY 37 \u2013 SSK 31<\/a>22-of-29 (75.9 per cent) for 242 yardsFour touchdown passes to Clark Barnes, <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/article\/vernon-adams-jr-drops-it-in-the-bucket-for-damien-alford\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Damien Alford<\/a>, <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/cfl.ca\/article\/tevin-jones-wraps-up-terrific-drive-with-a-td\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">Tevin Jones<\/a> and Jalen PhilpotNo interceptions21 rushing yards on two carries, including a 15-yard rush in the fourth quarterEfficiency rating of 146.0Third Player of the Week honour (W5 and W17)<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">2026 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK \u2013 IN REVIEW<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/rankin-headlines-week-1-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">W1<\/a> | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Robert Kennedy III (MTL) | Jake Ceresna (WPG)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/harris-headlines-week-2-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">W2<\/a> | Trevor Harris (SSK) | Tyson def Philpot (MTL) | Davis Alexander (MTL)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/mitchell-headlines-week-3-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">W3<\/a> | Bo Levi Mitchell (HAM) | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Kevin Mital (TOR)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/philpot-headlines-week-4-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W4<\/a> | Tyson Philpot (MTL) | Davis Alexander (MTL) | Chad Kelly (TOR)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/adams-headlines-week-5-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W5<\/a> | Vernon Adams Jr. (CGY) | KeeSean Johnson (SSK) | James Butler (BC)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/rankin-headlines-week-6-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W6<\/a> | Justin Rankin (EDM) | Tyson Philpot (MTL) | Dru Brown (WPG)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/alexander-headlines-week-7-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W7<\/a> | Davis Alexander (MTL) | Travis Theis (MTL) |Dedrick Mills (CGY)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/fajardo-headlines-week-8-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W8<\/a> | Cody Fajardo (EDM) | Tyreik McAllister (CGY) | Travis Theis (MTL) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/horvath-headlines-week-9-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W9<\/a> | Zander Horvath (BC) | Davis Alexander (MTL) | Tyson Philpot (MTL)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/philpot-headlines-week-10-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W10<\/a> | Tyson Philpot (MTL) | KeeSean Johnson (SSK) | Damonte Coxie (TOR) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/ross-headlines-week-11-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W11<\/a> | J.J. Ross (EDM) | Cody Fajardo EDM | Zander Horvath (BC) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/ento-headlines-week-12-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W12<\/a> | Kabion Ento (MTL) | Davis Alexander (MTL) | Nathan Rourke (BC) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/horvath-headlines-week-13-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W13<\/a> | Zander Horvath (BC) | Zach Collaros (WPG) | KeeSean Johnson (SSK) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/beverette-headlines-ok-tire-labour-day-weekend-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W14<\/a> | Tyrice Beverette (MTL) | Dhel Duncan-Busby (SSK) | Trevor Harris (SSK) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/ungerer-headlines-forty-creek-quadruple-header-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W15<\/a> | David Ungerer III (TOR) | Tyrice Beverette (MTL) | Keon Hatcher Sr. (BC) <a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/pickett-headlines-week-16-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W16<\/a> | Adarius Pickett (TOR) | Jalen Philpot (CGY) | Justin Hardy (OTT)<a class=\"styles_link__4YAiu\" href=\"https:\/\/press.cfl.ca\/rourke-headlines-week-17-players-of-the-week\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_self\">W17<\/a> | Nathan Rourke (BC) | Vernon Adams Jr. (CGY) | Vincent Blanchard (EDM)W18 | Tyson Philpot (MTL) | Kenny Lawler (HAM) | Vernon Adams Jr. (CGY) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO (October 6, 2026) \u2013 Tyson Philpot, Kenny Lawler and Vernon Adams Jr. have been named Week 18&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-923756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}