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The AP NFL Rookie of the Year award is an annual award given since 1976 to the top offensive and defensive rookie player in the NFL. Winners are selected by a nationwide panel of 50 members of the [[Associated Press]] who regularly cover the league.<ref>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8269d38a/article/panthers-newton-voted-ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year</ref> Voting occurs at the end of the [[National Football League regular season|regular season]], before the [[National Football League playoffs|playoffs]]. Beginning with the 2011 award, the winners are announced at the NFL Honors show the night before the [[Super Bowl]].<ref>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000123753/article/alec-baldwin-to-host-2nd-annual-nfl-honors-super-bowl-eve</ref> |
The AP NFL Rookie of the Year award is an annual award given since 1976 to the top offensive and defensive rookie player in the NFL. Winners are selected by a nationwide panel of 50 members of the [[Associated Press]] who regularly cover the league.<ref>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8269d38a/article/panthers-newton-voted-ap-offensive-rookie-of-the-year</ref> Voting occurs at the end of the [[National Football League regular season|regular season]], before the [[National Football League playoffs|playoffs]]. Beginning with the 2011 award, the winners are announced at the NFL Honors show the night before the [[Super Bowl]].<ref>http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000123753/article/alec-baldwin-to-host-2nd-annual-nfl-honors-super-bowl-eve</ref> |
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Revision as of 17:49, 29 January 2013
The National Football League Rookie of the Year Award is an annual award given by various entities to the top rookie American football player in the National Football League (NFL).
Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year
The AP NFL Rookie of the Year award is an annual award given since 1976 to the top offensive and defensive rookie player in the NFL. Winners are selected by a nationwide panel of 50 members of the Associated Press who regularly cover the league.[1] Voting occurs at the end of the regular season, before the playoffs. Beginning with the 2011 award, the winners are announced at the NFL Honors show the night before the Super Bowl.[2]
Offensive Rookie of the Year Winners
| = Pro Bowler [3] | = Hall of Famer |
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Defensive Rookie of the Year Winners
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Trivia
- Players from the University of Miami and USC have won the award the most times (six).
- The Detroit Lions have won the most Rookie of the Year awards (7). Detroit has won four offensive ROTYs and three defensive ROTYs.
- Running backs have won 30 out of 44 Offensive ROTY awards, or 68%.
- Linebackers have won nearly half of the Defensive ROTY awards (21 out of 43)
- Only seven quarterbacks have won the award, and none from 1971 to 2003.
- The Eagles, Jaguars, and Seahawks are the only franchises to never have a player win either award.
- 1967 marked the only year that one team won both awards, as the Lions took home the Offensive (Mel Farr) and Defensive (Lem Barney) trophies.
- Buddy Curry & Al Richardson are the only co-winners; both Atlanta Falcons linebackers won the 1980 Defensive ROTY award.
- Fourteen players who have won the ROTY award are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
- Six first overall draft picks have won the ROTY award (All Offensive).
- The top two draft picks have won Offensive ROTY and Defensive ROTY in the same season three times: 1981, 2010 and 2011.
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year
The Pepsi Max NFL Rookie of the Year award is an annual award given since 2002 to the top rookie player in the NFL. The winner is selected by fans through an online voting process.
Every week during the NFL regular season, five finalists are chosen for the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week award, and a winner is determined by fan voting at NFL.com. Those results are used to help determine the finalists for the Rookie of the Year award.[4] The winner is announced at the NFL Honors show the night before the Super Bowl.[5] From 2002-2008, the award was known as the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year award.