Andy Lee of the San Francisco 49ers has been named the NFL’s co-punter of the week by ESPN Stats & Info’s Mark Simon following Lee’s performance against the St. Louis Rams on Monday Night Football.

Following is Simon’s explanation for the pick:

“Lee was 5 for 5 in pinning the Rams inside their own 20 on Monday night (the only punter with multiple punts to have all of them inside the 20 this week), including a pair of second-half punts that put the Rams on their own 11 and 9-yard lines.

Lee showed his value with 12:21 left in the fourth quarter and the 49ers up 10 when he boomed a 54-yard punt from his own 28 that netted the Rams possession at their own 18, since it was not returned.

Over the last five seasons, there have been just over 300 punts from a team’s own 28 yard line. The average post-punt field position is the receiving team’s 31 (Lee’s result was 13 yards better than that).

Lee has punted eight times from his own 28 over the last five seasons and netted 53.4 yards per punt, the only punter with an average better than 50 in that span.”

The Indianapolis Colts’ Pat McAfee, who pinned the Houston Texans inside their 11-yard line, shared co-punter of the week with Lee while the Seattle Seahawks’ Jon Ryan, who had three of his four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, was honorable mention.

“The 3 punters selected are the top three punters this season in ‘Inside the 20 Percentage,’” Simon wrote, with Ryan first, McAfee second and Lee third.