US: African Player of the Week – Andrew Mukuba (Philadelphia Eagles)

By ESPN

Zimbabwe’s Andrew Mukuba was the unlikely star of the Philadelphia Eagles‘ 20-17 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Mukuba – born in Harare, Zimbabwe, to a family of refugees from DR Congo – put in a tremendous performance for the Eagles as they edged the Kansas City Chiefs in a repeat of last season’s Super Bowl.

Mukuba’s most crucial contribution came early in the fourth quarter as he pounced on a costly mistake from Travis Kelce to prevent a touchdown which would have put the Chiefs ahead.

Patrick Mahomes had picked out Kelce with a superb pass, but the star tight-end pushed the ball up into the air rather than catching it at the first attempt, and Mukuba was there in a flash to snatch it out of the air and run it back past Kelce upfield and away from danger.

Mukuba finished the game with 6 tackles and 0.5 sacks in addition to the crucial interception off Kelce’s bobble which saw him quite literally snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.