Chicago Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week in Week 9 on Wednesday.

The honor came after a historic performance for Loveland against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. He finished the game with a career-high 118 receiving yards on six catches and two touchdowns. Loveland’s biggest catch came in the final minute Sunday when he caught a 58-yard go-ahead touchdown to give the Bears a late lead and avoid a disastrous loss.

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“It’s well deserved,” Bears head coach Ben Johnson said Wednesday at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. “I thought he came through for us and it really wasn’t the first week that he’s done that. We’ve kind of put him in some positions there throughout the season so far where fourth quarter, and we need to close the game out, and the ball tended to find his hands. So, I think he’s that type of guy, when he’s called upon he’s going to answer it. And the bigger the moment I think he’s going to rise to the occasion. So he did a great job there last week. I think it’s a good stepping stone for us. He’s exactly what we thought we were acquiring when we drafted him and so I’m very pleased with that.”

Per the Bears, he became the first Bears rookie tight end to catch more than 100 yards and multiple touchdowns since Mike Ditka did it in 1961. Loveland’s touchdown is the third-longest game-winning touchdown reception in the final two minutes of a fourth quarter or overtime by any NFL rookie since at least 1970. It was also the longest game-winning receiving touchdown by a tight end since 2015.

Loveland became the second Bears player this season to win the weekly honor. Quarterback Caleb Williams won the NFC honor in Week 3.

Loveland is the first Bears rookie to be named NFC Offensive Player of the Week since 2016 when running back Jordan Howard won it and just the third Bears rookie to receive the acknowledgement in the award’s history. He also became the first rookie tight end across the NFL to be named Offensive Player of the Week since 2002.