Various entities present an NFL Rookie of the Year award each season to the top rookies in theNational Football League (NFL). The NFL considers the rookie of the year awards by theAssociated Press (AP) to be itsofficial honor .[ 1] NFL Honors .
[ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] ThePro 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.[ 32] Pro Football Weekly writers/editors and PFWA members.
[ edit ] [ edit ] The Sporting News [ 48] NFL andAFL between 1960 and 1969. After themerger , separate winners continued to be named for both theNFC andAFC through 1979. Since 1980, one winner has been chosen across the entire league.
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[ edit ] Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year , sponsored byPepsi since 2002, is a fan-voted award given to the best performing rookie player in theNational Football League . Winners are chosen among five finalists tallied from total votes given toPepsi NFL Rookie of the Week winners by votes onNFL.com . The award is sometimes named afterDiet Pepsi andPepsi Zero Sugar .
[ edit ] United Press International [ edit ] 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 andAmerican Football League (AFL), and after theAFL–NFL merger in 1970, the awards went to a rookie from theNational Football Conference (NFC) andAmerican Football Conference (AFC).
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Newspaper Enterprise Association [ edit ] The NEA NFL Rookie of the Year award was founded in 1964 by theNewspaper Enterprise Association .[ 90] Murray Olderman , the senior sports editor for the NEA. From 1971 through 1976 winners for both theAmerican Football Conference andNational Football Conference were chosen, except in 1974. The award was discontinued after the 1998 season. Winners were awarded the Bert Bell Memorial Trophy,[ 90] Bert Bell .
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