National Football League Rookie of the Year Award

Since 1967, the Associated Press has given two annual Rookie of the Year Awards to National Football League players: one for an offensive player and one for a defensive player. These two are often regarded as the "official" awards. However, the league recognizes multiple other awarding agencies including, but not limited to, The Sporting News, Pro Football Weekly, Sports Illustrated, and Diet Pepsi.

AP Offensive Rookies of the Year

= Pro Bowler [1]

= Hall of Famer

Season	Player	Team	Position	College	Pick #
1967	Mel Farr	Detroit Lions	Running back	UCLA	7
1968	Earl McCullouch	Detroit Lions	Wide receiver	USC	24
1969	Calvin Hill	Dallas Cowboys	Running back	Yale	24
1970	Dennis Shaw	Buffalo Bills	Quarterback	San Diego State	30
1971	John Brockington	Green Bay Packers	Running back	Ohio State	9
1972	Franco Harris	Pittsburgh Steelers	Running back	Penn State	13
1973	Chuck Foreman	Minnesota Vikings	Running back	Miami	12
1974	Don Woods	San Diego Chargers	Running back	New Mexico	134
1975	Mike Thomas	Washington Redskins	Running back	UNLV	108
1976	Sammy White	Minnesota Vikings	Wide receiver	Grambling State	54
1977	Tony Dorsett	Dallas Cowboys	Running back	Pittsburgh	2
1978	Earl Campbell	Houston Oilers	Running back	Texas	1
1979	Ottis Anderson	St. Louis Cardinals	Running back	Miami	8
1980	Billy Sims	Detroit Lions	Running back	Oklahoma	1
1981	George Rogers	New Orleans Saints	Running back	South Carolina	1
1982	Marcus Allen	Los Angeles Raiders	Running back	USC	10
1983	Eric Dickerson	Los Angeles Rams	Running back	Southern Methodist	2
1984	Louis Lipps	Pittsburgh Steelers	Wide receiver	Southern Mississippi	23
1985	Eddie Brown	Cincinnati Bengals	Wide receiver	Miami	13
1986	Rueben Mayes	New Orleans Saints	Running back	Washington State	57
1987	Troy Stradford	Miami Dolphins	Running back	Boston College	99
1988	John Stephens	New England Patriots	Running back	Northwestern State	17
1989	Barry Sanders	Detroit Lions	Running back	Oklahoma State	3
1990	Emmitt Smith	Dallas Cowboys	Running back	Florida	17
1991	Leonard Russell	New England Patriots	Running back	Arizona State	14
1992	Carl Pickens	Cincinnati Bengals	Wide receiver	Tennessee	31
1993	Jerome Bettis	Los Angeles Rams	Running back	Notre Dame	10
1994	Marshall Faulk	Indianapolis Colts	Running back	San Diego State	2
1995	Curtis Martin	New England Patriots	Running back	Pittsburgh	74
1996	Eddie George	Houston Oilers	Running back	Ohio State	14
1997	Warrick Dunn	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Running back	Florida State	12
1998	Randy Moss	Minnesota Vikings	Wide receiver	Marshall	21
1999	Edgerrin James	Indianapolis Colts	Running back	Miami	4
2000	Mike Anderson	Denver Broncos	Running back	Utah	189
2001	Anthony Thomas	Chicago Bears	Running back	Michigan	38
2002	Clinton Portis	Denver Broncos	Running back	Miami	51
2003	Anquan Boldin	Arizona Cardinals	Wide receiver	Florida State	54
2004	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh Steelers	Quarterback	Miami (Ohio)	11
2005	Carnell "Cadillac" Williams	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Running back	Auburn	5
2006	Vince Young	Tennessee Titans	Quarterback	Texas	3
2007	Adrian Peterson	Minnesota Vikings	Running back	Oklahoma	7
2008	Matt Ryan	Atlanta Falcons	Quarterback	Boston College	3
2009	Percy Harvin	Minnesota Vikings	Wide receiver	Florida	22
2010	Sam Bradford	St. Louis Rams	Quarterback	Oklahoma	1

AP Defensive Rookies of the Year

Season	Player	Team	Position	College	Pick #
1967	Lem Barney	Detroit Lions	Cornerback	Jackson State	34
1968	Claude Humphrey	Atlanta Falcons	Defensive end	Tennessee State	3
1969	Joe Greene	Pittsburgh Steelers	Defensive tackle	North Texas State	4
1970	Bruce Taylor	San Francisco 49ers	Cornerback	Boston University	17
1971	Isiah Robertson	Los Angeles Rams	Linebacker	Southern	10
1972	Willie Buchanon	Green Bay Packers	Cornerback	San Diego State	7
1973	Wally Chambers	Chicago Bears	Defensive tackle	Eastern Kentucky	8
1974	Jack Lambert	Pittsburgh Steelers	Linebacker	Kent State	46
1975	Robert Brazile	Houston Oilers	Linebacker	Jackson State	6
1976	Mike Haynes	New England Patriots	Cornerback	Arizona State	5
1977	A.J. Duhe	Miami Dolphins	Defensive end	LSU	13
1978	Al Baker	Detroit Lions	Defensive end	Colorado State	40
1979	Jim Haslett	Buffalo Bills	Linebacker	IUP	51
1980	Buddy Curry & Al Richardson	Atlanta Falcons	Linebackers	UNC (Curry) & Georgia Tech (Richardson)	36 (Curry) & 201 (Richardson)
1981	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants	Linebacker	UNC	2
1982	Chip Banks	Cleveland Browns	Linebacker	USC	3
1983	Vernon Leroy Maxwell	Baltimore Colts	Linebacker	Arizona State	29
1984	Bill Maas	Kansas City Chiefs	Defensive tackle	Pittsburgh	5
1985	Duane Bickett	Indianapolis Colts	Linebacker	USC	5
1986	Leslie O'Neal	San Diego Chargers	Defensive end	Oklahoma State	8
1987	Shane Conlan	Buffalo Bills	Linebacker	Penn State	8
1988	Erik McMillan	New York Jets	Safety	Missouri	63
1989	Derrick Thomas	Kansas City Chiefs	Linebacker	Alabama	4
1990	Mark Carrier	Chicago Bears	Safety	USC	6
1991	Mike Croel	Denver Broncos	Linebacker	Nebraska	4
1992	Dale Carter	Kansas City Chiefs	Cornerback	Tennessee	20
1993	Dana Stubblefield	San Francisco 49ers	Defensive tackle	Kansas	26
1994	Tim Bowens	Miami Dolphins	Defensive tackle	Ole Miss	20
1995	Hugh Douglas	New York Jets	Defensive end	Central State	66
1996	Simeon Rice	Arizona Cardinals	Defensive end	Illinois	3
1997	Peter Boulware	Baltimore Ravens	Linebacker	Florida State	4
1998	Charles Woodson	Oakland Raiders	Cornerback	Michigan	4
1999	Jevon Kearse	Tennessee Titans	Defensive end	Florida	16
2000	Brian Urlacher	Chicago Bears	Linebacker	New Mexico	9
2001	Kendrell Bell	Pittsburgh Steelers	Linebacker	Georgia	39
2002	Julius Peppers	Carolina Panthers	Defensive end	UNC	2
2003	Terrell Suggs	Baltimore Ravens	Linebacker	Arizona State	10
2004	Jonathan Vilma	New York Jets	Linebacker	Miami	12
2005	Shawne Merriman	San Diego Chargers	Linebacker	Maryland	12
2006	DeMeco Ryans	Houston Texans	Linebacker	Alabama	33
2007	Patrick Willis	San Francisco 49ers	Linebacker	Ole Miss	11
2008	Jerod Mayo	New England Patriots	Linebacker	Tennessee	10
2009	Brian Cushing	Houston Texans	Linebacker	USC	15
2010	Ndamukong Suh	Detroit Lions	Defensive tackle	Nebraska	2

Trivia

• Players from the University of Miami have won the award the most times (six): Chuck Foreman, Ottis Anderson, Eddie Brown, Edgerrin James, Clinton Portis, and Jonathan Vilma.
• 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 five quarterbacks have won the award, and 4 of those came in the last 7 years.
• 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.

See also

• Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year (NFL.com)
• NEA Rookie of the Year (Newspaper Enterprise Association) (defunct)
• United Press International AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (defunct)
• United Press International NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year (defunct)

References

1. ^ Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.

External links

• NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (from 1967)
• NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (from 1967)
• NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year (1955-1996)
• AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year (1960-1996)