NFL 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
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AP Defensive Rookies of the Year
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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 six 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.
 * Five 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.