Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season saw Africa's standout offensive and defensive players of the campaign so far respectively - Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Nate Landman - go head-to-head as the Seattle Seahawks faced the Los Angeles Rams .

Both players impressed in a battle which ultimately saw the Rams emerge victorious. Meanwhile, there were important contributions elsewhere in the league from Malik Mustapha , Kyle Monangai , Chidobe Awuzie , John Metchie III and Osa Odighizuwa .

African Player of the Week: Jaxon Smith-Njigba

It is only on rare occasions that we award Player of the Week to one who ended up on the losing side, but Smith-Njigba so clearly set the standard for African players this week that it is impossible to overlook him.

Of Sierra Leonean descent through his

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