In the corner of the Colts' locker room on Thursday, Spencer Shrader stood in front of his locker surrounded by microphones with a grin on his face as he acknowledged how grateful he was to be named the AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for the month of September.
September was a month of milestones for the second-year kicker, with accomplishments like kicking a walkoff field goal against the Denver Broncos in Week 2 and notching a career-long 52-yard field goal in Week 4.
He was in the middle of explaining how appreciative he was for the Colts to have the faith to put him in those situations when a new, loud voice piped in from the back of the media scrum.
"There he is," the voice said gleefully. "Player of the month!"
The voice belonged to long snapper Luke Rhodes – whose locke