Associated_Press_NFL_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award

Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Annual American football award

The Associated Press NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the Associated Press (AP) to a player in the National Football League (NFL). While the criteria for the award is imprecise,[1] it is typically given to a player who overcomes the worst adversity to return to play even a single snap of NFL football, such as not playing the previous season, injury, or for playing well in comparison to the previous year's poor performance.[2] The winner is selected by a nationwide panel of media personnel.[3] Since 2011, the award has been presented at the NFL Honors ceremony held the day before the Super Bowl.

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The AP first recognized an NFL comeback player of the year from 1963 to 1966, but these players are typically not included in overall lists of winners.[4] The AP did not give the award again until the 1998 season. The only player to receive the award more than once, after the AFL–NFL merger,[5] is quarterback Chad Pennington, who received it in 2006 with the New York Jets and in 2008 with the Miami Dolphins.

Chad Pennington is the only player to receive the award more than once.

Winners

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See also

References

General
  • Gellerman, Jacob; Drexler, Sam; Marini, Matt; Cocchiaro, Nicolas; Zerkel, Alex, eds. (2016). 2018 Official NFL Record and Fact Book (PDF). National Football League. p. 525. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  • "AP Comeback Player of the Year Winners". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
Footnotes
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    Burke, Chris (November 7, 2016). "Why Melvin Gordon deserves to win NFL's Comeback Player of the Year award". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 20, 2017. This is a good spot for a reminder that the Comeback Player of the Year criteria is, well, not exactly precise.
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    Lee, Brenden; Gellerman, Jacob; King, Robert, eds. (2015). 2015 Official NFL Record and Fact Book (PDF). National Football League. p. 527. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
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    Rolfe, Ben (2021-02-07). "2020 NFL Comeback Player of the Year: Alex Smith, Washington Football Team". Pro Football Network. Retrieved 2021-02-20. Since the award's reinstatement in 1998, only Chad Pennington has won the award twice. However, the award was also briefly awarded by the Associated Press between 1963 and 1966. During that period, two awards were given each year. One for the NFL, and one for the AFL. During that time, RB Paul Lowe of the Chargers was also named Comeback Player of the Year twice (1963 and 1965).
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    Bowen, George (December 14, 1963). "Jim Martin Comeback Player Of Year in National Grid Loop". The Montana Standard and The Butte Daily Post. Associated Press. p. 8. Retrieved March 11, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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