Various entities present an NFL Rookie of the Year award each season to the top rookies in the National Football League (NFL). The NFL considers the rookie of the year awards by the Associated Press (AP) to be its official honor. Since 2011, the AP awards have been presented at the NFL Honors.
Associated Press (AP)
Winners (1967–present)
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!rowspan=2|Season!!colspan=3|Offensive!!colspan=3|Defensive!!rowspan=2|Ref.
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! Player !! Team !! Position !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Mel Farr || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Lem Barney || Detroit ||align="center"|CB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Earl McCullouch || Detroit ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Claude Humphrey || Atlanta ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Calvin Hill || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Joe Greene || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Dennis Shaw || Buffalo ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Bruce Taylor || San Francisco ||align="center"|CB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| John Brockington || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Isiah Robertson || LA Rams ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Franco Harris || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Willie Buchanon || Green Bay ||align="center"|CB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Chuck Foreman || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Wally Chambers || Chicago ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Don Woods || San Diego ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jack Lambert || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Thomas || Washington ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Brazile || Houston ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sammy White || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Haynes || New England ||align="center"|CB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Tony Dorsett || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| A. J. Duhe || Miami ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Earl Campbell || Houston ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Al Baker || Detroit ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ottis Anderson || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jim Haslett || Buffalo ||align="center"|LB ||
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| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb;" | Billy Sims || rowspan="2" | Detroit || rowspan="2" align="center" |RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Buddy Curry || rowspan="2" | Atlanta || rowspan="2" align="center" |LB<br /> || rowspan="2" |
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|style="background:#ffb;"| Al Richardson
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| George Rogers || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Lawrence Taylor || NY Giants ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marcus Allen || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Chip Banks || Cleveland ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eric Dickerson || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Vernon Maxwell || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Louis Lipps || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Bill Maas || Kansas City ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie Brown || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Duane Bickett || Indianapolis ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Rueben Mayes || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Leslie O'Neal || San Diego ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Troy Stradford || Miami ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Shane Conlan || Buffalo ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| John Stephens || New England ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Erik McMillan || NY Jets ||align="center"|S ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Barry Sanders || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Derrick Thomas || Kansas City ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Emmitt Smith || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mark Carrier || Chicago ||align="center"|S ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Leonard Russell || New England ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Croel || Denver ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Carl Pickens || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Dale Carter || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jerome Bettis || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Dana Stubblefield || San Francisco ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marshall Faulk || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Tim Bowens || Miami ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Curtis Martin || New England ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Hugh Douglas || NY Jets ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie George || Houston ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Simeon Rice || Arizona ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Warrick Dunn || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Peter Boulware || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Randy Moss || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Charles Woodson || Oakland ||align="center"|CB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Edgerrin James || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jevon Kearse || Tennessee ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Anderson || Denver ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Brian Urlacher || Chicago ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Anthony Thomas || Chicago ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Kendrell Bell || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Clinton Portis || Denver ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Julius Peppers || Carolina ||align="center"|DE ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Anquan Boldin || Arizona ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Terrell Suggs || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ben Roethlisberger || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jonathan Vilma || NY Jets ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cadillac Williams || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Shawne Merriman || San Diego ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Vince Young || Tennessee ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| DeMeco Ryans || Houston ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Adrian Peterson || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Patrick Willis || San Francisco ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Matt Ryan || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jerod Mayo || New England ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Percy Harvin || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Brian Cushing || Houston ||align="center"|LB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sam Bradford || St. Louis ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Ndamukong Suh || Detroit ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cam Newton || Carolina ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Von Miller || Denver ||align="center"|LB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Griffin III || Washington ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Luke Kuechly || Carolina ||align="center"|LB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie Lacy || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Sheldon Richardson || NY Jets ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Odell Beckham Jr. || NY Giants ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Aaron Donald || St. Louis ||align="center"|DT ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Todd Gurley || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Marcus Peters || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Dak Prescott || Dallas ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Joey Bosa || San Diego ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Alvin Kamara || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Marshon Lattimore || New Orleans ||align="center"|CB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Saquon Barkley || NY Giants ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Shaquille Leonard || Indianapolis ||align="center"|LB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Kyler Murray || Arizona ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Nick Bosa || San Francisco ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Justin Herbert || LA Chargers ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Chase Young || Washington ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ja'Marr Chase || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Micah Parsons || Dallas ||align="center"|LB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Garrett Wilson || NY Jets ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Sauce Gardner || NY Jets ||align="center"|CB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| C. J. Stroud || Houston ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Will Anderson Jr. || Houston ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jayden Daniels || Washington ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jared Verse || LA Rams ||align="center"|LB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Tetairoa McMillan || Carolina ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Carson Schwesinger || Cleveland ||align="center"|LB
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Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA)
The Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) Rookie of the Year awards have been given annually to an offensive and defensive rookie in the NFL since 1969, except in 1985. In 2013, PFWA began selecting an overall NFL rookie of the year in addition to its offensive and defensive honors. The winners are chosen by Pro Football Weekly writers/editors and PFWA members.
Winners (2013–present)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie Lacy || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Odell Beckham Jr. || NY Giants ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Todd Gurley || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ezekiel Elliott || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Kareem Hunt || Kansas City ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Baker Mayfield || Cleveland ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Nick Bosa || San Francisco ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Justin Herbert || LA Chargers ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Micah Parsons || Dallas ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sauce Gardner || NY Jets ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| C. J. Stroud || Houston ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jayden Daniels || Washington ||align="center"|QB
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| || style="background:#ffb;"| Tetairoa McMillan || Carolina || align="center" |WR
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Offensive and defensive (1969–present)
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!rowspan=2|Season!!colspan=3|Offensive!!colspan=3|Defensive
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! Player !! Team !! Position !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Calvin Hill || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Joe Greene || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Greg Cook || Cincinnati ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jim Marsalis || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Dennis Shaw || Buffalo ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Bruce Taylor || San Francisco ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jim Plunkett || New England ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Isiah Robertson || LA Rams ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Franco Harris || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Sherman White || Cincinnati ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Charle Young || Philadelphia ||align="center"|TE
|style="background:#ffb;"| Wally Chambers || Chicago ||align="center"|DT
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| rowspan="2" | ||style="background:#ffb;"| Don Woods || San Diego || rowspan="2" align="center" |RB<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb;" | Jack Lambert || rowspan="2" | Pittsburgh || rowspan="2" align="center" |LB
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|style="background:#ffb;"|Mike Thomas || Washington
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Steve Bartkowski || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Brazile || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sammy White || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Haynes || New England ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Tony Dorsett || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| A. J. Duhe || Miami ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Earl Campbell || Houston ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Al Baker || Detroit ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ottis Anderson || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jesse Baker || Houston ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Billy Sims || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Buddy Curry || Atlanta ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| George Rogers || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Lawrence Taylor || NY Giants ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marcus Allen || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Chip Banks || Cleveland ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eric Dickerson || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Vernon Maxwell || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Louis Lipps || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Tom Flynn || Green Bay ||align="center"|S
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| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb;" | Rueben Mayes || rowspan="2" | New Orleans || rowspan="2" align="center" |RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Leslie O'Neal || San Diego || align="center" |DE
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|style="background:#ffb;" |John Offerdahl
|Miami
| align="center" |LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Troy Stradford || Miami ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Shane Conlan || Buffalo ||align="center"|LB
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| rowspan="2" | ||style="background:#ffb;"| John Stephens || New England || rowspan="2" align="center" |RB
| rowspan="2" style="background:#ffb;" | Erik McMillan || rowspan="2" | NY Jets || rowspan="2" align="center" |S
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|style="background:#ffb;" |Ickey Woods
|Cincinnati
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Barry Sanders || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Derrick Thomas || Kansas City ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Emmitt Smith || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mark Carrier || Chicago ||align="center"|S
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Leonard Russell || New England ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Croel || Denver ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jason Hanson || Detroit ||align="center"|PK
|style="background:#ffb;"| Dale Carter || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jerome Bettis || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Dana Stubblefield || San Francisco ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marshall Faulk || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Tim Bowens || Miami ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Curtis Martin || New England ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Hugh Douglas || NY Jets ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie George || Houston ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Simeon Rice || Arizona ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Warrick Dunn || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Peter Boulware || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Randy Moss || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Charles Woodson || Oakland ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Edgerrin James || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jevon Kearse || Tennessee ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Anderson || Denver ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Brian Urlacher || Chicago ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Anthony Thomas || Chicago ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Kendrell Bell || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Clinton Portis || Denver ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Julius Peppers || Carolina ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Anquan Boldin || Arizona ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Terrell Suggs || Baltimore ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ben Roethlisberger || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Dunta Robinson || Houston ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cadillac Williams || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Shawne Merriman || San Diego ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Vince Young || Tennessee ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| DeMeco Ryans || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Adrian Peterson || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Patrick Willis || San Francisco ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Matt Ryan || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jerod Mayo || New England ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Percy Harvin || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Brian Cushing || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sam Bradford || St. Louis ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Ndamukong Suh || Detroit ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cam Newton || Carolina ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Aldon Smith || San Francisco ||align="center"|OLB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Griffin III || Washington ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Luke Kuechly || Carolina ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Keenan Allen || San Diego ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Kiko Alonso || NY Giants ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Aaron Donald || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Joey Bosa || LA Chargers ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Chase Young || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Micah Parsons || NY Jets ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Sauce Gardner || Houston ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Will Anderson Jr. || Washington ||align="center"|QB
|style="background:#ffb;"| Jared Verse || Carolina Panthers ||align="center"|WR
|style="background:#ffb;"| Carson Schwesinger Separate winners were named for the NFL and AFL between 1960 and 1969. After the merger, separate winners continued to be named for both the NFC and AFC through 1979. Since 1980, one winner has been chosen across the entire league.
NFL winners (1955–1969)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Alan Ameche || Baltimore ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| J. C. Caroline || Chicago ||align="center"|DB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jim Brown || Cleveland ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Bobby Mitchell || Cleveland ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Nick Pietrosante || Detroit ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Gail Cogdill || Detroit ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mike Ditka || Chicago ||align="center"|TE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Ronnie Bull || Chicago ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Paul Flatley || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Charley Taylor || Washington ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Gale Sayers || Chicago ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Tommy Nobis || Atlanta ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mel Farr || Detroit ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Earl McCullouch || Detroit ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Calvin Hill || Dallas ||align="center"|HB
|}
AFL winners (1960–1969)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Abner Haynes || Dallas Texans ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Earl Faison || San Diego ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Curtis McClinton || Dallas Texans ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Billy Joe || Denver ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Matt Snell || NY Jets ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Joe Namath || NY Jets ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Bobby Burnett || Buffalo ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Dickie Post || San Diego ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Paul Robinson || Cincinnati ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Greg Cook || Cincinnati ||align="center"|QB
|}
NFC winners (1970–1979)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Bruce Taylor || San Francisco ||align="center"|CB
|-
| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| John Brockington || Green Bay ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Chester Marcol || Green Bay ||align="center"|PK
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Chuck Foreman || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB
|-
| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Wilbur Jackson || San Francisco ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Steve Bartkowski || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Sammy White || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Tony Dorsett || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Al Baker || Detroit ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Ottis Anderson || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
|}
AFC winners (1970–1979)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Dennis Shaw || Buffalo ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Jim Plunkett || New England ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Franco Harris || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|FB
|-
| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Boobie Clark || Cincinnati ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Don Woods || San Diego ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Robert Brazile || Houston ||align="center"|LB
|-
| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Mike Haynes || New England ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| A.J. Duhe || Miami ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Earl Campbell || Houston ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Jerry Butler || Buffalo ||align="center"|WR
|}
Winners (1980–present)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Billy Sims || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| George Rogers || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marcus Allen || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Dan Marino || Miami ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Louis Lipps || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|WR
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie Brown || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Reuben Mayes || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Awalt || St. Louis ||align="center"|TE
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Keith Jackson || Philadelphia ||align="center"|TE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Barry Sanders || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
|-
| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Richmond Webb || Miami ||align="center"|OT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Mike Croel || Denver ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Santana Dotson || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jerome Bettis || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Marshall Faulk || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Curtis Martin || New England ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie George || Houston ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Warrick Dunn || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Randy Moss || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Edgerrin James || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Brian Urlacher || Chicago ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Kendrell Bell || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Clinton Portis || Denver ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Anquan Boldin || Arizona ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ben Roethlisberger || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Shawne Merriman || San Diego ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Vince Young || Tennessee ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Adrian Peterson || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Matt Ryan || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Percy Harvin || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ndamukong Suh || Detroit ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cam Newton || Carolina ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Robert Griffin III || Washington ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Eddie Lacy || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Odell Beckham Jr. || NY Giants ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Todd Gurley || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ezekiel Elliott || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Alvin Kamara || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Saquon Barkley || NY Giants ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Nick Bosa || San Francisco ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Justin Jefferson || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ja'Marr Chase || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Sauce Gardner || NY Jets ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Puka Nacua || LA Rams ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jayden Daniels || Washington ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Emeka Egbuka || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|WR
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Pepsi
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year, sponsored by Pepsi since 2002, is a fan-voted award given to the best performing rookie player in the National Football League. Winners are chosen among five finalists tallied from total votes given to Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week winners by votes on NFL.com. The award is sometimes named after Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Zero Sugar.
Winners (2002–present)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position !! Ref.
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jeremy Shockey || NY Giants ||align="center"|TE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Domanick Davis || Houston ||align="center"|RB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ben Roethlisberger || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|QB||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cadillac Williams || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Vince Young || Tennessee ||align="center"|QB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Adrian Peterson || Minnesota ||align="center"|RB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Joe Flacco || Baltimore ||align="center"|QB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Percy Harvin || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ndamukong Suh || Detroit ||align="center"|DT ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Cam Newton || Carolina ||align="center"|QB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Russell Wilson || Seattle || align="center"|QB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Keenan Allen || San Diego ||align="center"|WR ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Teddy Bridgewater || Minnesota ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jameis Winston || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Dak Prescott || Dallas ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Alvin Kamara || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB ||
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Saquon Barkley || NY Giants ||align="center"|RB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Nick Bosa || San Francisco ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Justin Herbert || LA Chargers ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Ja'Marr Chase || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Aidan Hutchinson || Detroit ||align="center"|DE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| C. J. Stroud || Houston ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Jayden Daniels || Washington ||align="center"|QB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background:#ffb;"| Tyler Shough || New Orleans ||align="center"|QB ||
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Defunct awards
United Press International
United Press International (UPI) awarded an annual NFL Rookie of the Year award from 1955 to 1959 and two annual awards from 1960 to 1996. From 1960 to 1969 the awards went to a rookie from the NFL and American Football League (AFL), and after the AFL–NFL merger in 1970, the awards went to a rookie from the National Football Conference (NFC) and American Football Conference (AFC).
NFL winners (1955–1969)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position !! Ref.
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Alan Ameche || Baltimore ||align="center"|FB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Lenny Moore || Baltimore ||align="center"|HB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jim Brown || Cleveland ||align="center"|FB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jimmy Orr || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|E ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Boyd Dowler || Green Bay ||align="center"|E ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Gail Cogdill || Detroit ||align="center"|E ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mike Ditka || Chicago ||align="center"|TE ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Ronnie Bull || Chicago ||align="center"|FB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Paul Flatley || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR ||
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Charley Taylor || Washington ||align="center"|WR ||
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Gale Sayers || Chicago ||align="center"|RB ||align="center"|
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Johnny Roland || St. Louis ||align="center"|HB ||
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mel Farr || Detroit ||align="center"|RB ||
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Earl McCullough || Detroit ||align="center"|WR ||
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Calvin Hill || Dallas ||align="center"|RB ||align="center"|
|}
AFL winners (1960–1969)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Abner Haynes || Dallas ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Earl Faison || San Diego ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Curtis McClinton || Dallas ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Billy Joe || Denver ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Matt Snell || NY Jets ||align="center"|FB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Joe Namath || NY Jets ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Bobby Burnett || Buffalo ||align="center"|HB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| George Webster || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Paul Robinson || Cincinnati ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Greg Cook || Cincinnati ||align="center"|QB
|}
NFC winners (1970–1996)
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Bruce Taylor || San Francisco ||align="center"|DB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| John Brockington || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Chester Marcol || Green Bay ||align="center"|PK
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Charle Young || Philadelphia ||align="center"|TE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| John Hicks || NY Giants ||align="center"|G
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mike Thomas || Washington ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Sammy White || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Tony Dorsett || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Al Baker || Detroit ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Ottis Anderson || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Billy Sims || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| George Rogers || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jim McMahon || Chicago ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Eric Dickerson || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Paul McFadden || Philadelphia ||align="center"|PK
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jerry Rice || San Francisco ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Rueben Mayes || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Robert Awalt || St. Louis ||align="center"|TE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Keith Jackson || Philadelphia ||align="center"|TE
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Barry Sanders || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Mark Carrier || Chicago ||align="center"|S
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Lawrence Dawsey || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Robert Jones || Dallas ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Jerome Bettis || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Bryant Young || San Francisco ||align="center"|DT
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Rashaan Salaam || Chicago ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Simeon Rice || Arizona ||align="center"|DE
|}
AFC winners (1970–1996)
{| class="wikitable"
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! Season !! Player !! Team !! Position
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Dennis Shaw || Buffalo ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Jim Plunkett || New England ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Franco Harris || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Boobie Clark || Cincinnati ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Don Woods || San Diego ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Robert Brazile || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Mike Haynes || New England ||align="center"|DB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| A. J. Duhe || Miami ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Earl Campbell || Houston ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Jerry Butler || Buffalo ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Joe Cribbs || Buffalo ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Joe Delaney || Kansas City ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Marcus Allen || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Curt Warner || Seattle ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Louis Lipps || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|WR
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Kevin Mack || Cleveland ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Leslie O'Neal || San Diego ||align="center"|DE
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Shane Conlan || Buffalo ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| John Stephens || New England ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Derrick Thomas || Kansas City ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Richmond Webb || Miami ||align="center"|OT
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Mike Croel || Denver ||align="center"|LB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Dale Carter || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Rick Mirer || Seattle ||align="center"|QB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Marshall Faulk || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Curtis Martin || New England ||align="center"|RB
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| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Terry Glenn || New England ||align="center"|WR
|}
Newspaper Enterprise Association
The NEA NFL Rookie of the Year award was founded in 1964 by the Newspaper Enterprise Association. || Chicago ||align="center"|RB
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| || Tommy Nobis || Atlanta ||align="center"|LB
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| || Mel Farr || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| || Earl McCullouch || Detroit ||align="center"|WR
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| || Calvin Hill || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| || Raymond Chester || Oakland ||align="center"|TE
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|rowspan="2"| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Jim Plunkett || New England ||align="center"|QB
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|style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| John Brockington || Green Bay ||align="center"|RB
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|rowspan="2"| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Franco Harris || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|RB
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|style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Willie Buchanon || Green Bay ||align="center"|CB
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|rowspan="2"| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Boobie Clark || Cincinnati ||align="center"|RB
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|style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Charle Young || Philadelphia ||align="center"|TE
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| || Don Woods || San Diego ||align="center"|RB
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|rowspan="2"| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Robert Brazile || Houston ||align="center"|LB
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|style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Steve Bartkowski || Atlanta ||align="center"|QB
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|rowspan="2"| ||style="background-color:#fcc"| Mike Haynes || New England ||align="center"|CB
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|style="background-color:#D0E7FF"| Sammy White || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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| || Tony Dorsett || Dallas ||align="center"|RB
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| || Earl Campbell || Houston ||align="center"|RB
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| || Ottis Anderson || St. Louis ||align="center"|RB
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| || Billy Sims || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| || Lawrence Taylor || NY Giants ||align="center"|OLB
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| || Marcus Allen || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
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| || Eric Dickerson || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
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| || Louis Lipps || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|WR
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| || Eddie Brown || Cincinnati ||align="center"|WR
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| || Rueben Mayes || New Orleans ||align="center"|RB
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| || Bo Jackson || LA Raiders ||align="center"|RB
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| || John Stephens || New England ||align="center"|RB
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| || Barry Sanders || Detroit ||align="center"|RB
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| || Eric Green || Pittsburgh ||align="center"|TE
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| || Mike Croel || Kansas City ||align="center"|CB
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| || Jerome Bettis || LA Rams ||align="center"|RB
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| || Marshall Faulk || Indianapolis ||align="center"|RB
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| || Joey Galloway || Seattle ||align="center"|WR
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| || Eddie George || Houston ||align="center"|RB
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| || Warrick Dunn || Tampa Bay ||align="center"|RB
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| || Randy Moss || Minnesota ||align="center"|WR
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Source:
See also
- List of NFL awards
References
External links
- Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year