11th Annual NFL Honors

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11th NFL Honors
DateFebruary 10, 2022
Site YouTube Theater, Inglewood, California
Hosted by Keegan-Michael Key
Television coverage
Network ABC/ESPN+/NFL Network
DurationTwo hours

The 11th Annual NFL Honors was an awards presentation by the National Football League that honored its players from the 2021 NFL season. It was held on February 10, 2022, at YouTube Theater in the SoFi Entertainment District in Los Angeles. [1] Keegan-Michael Key hosted the NFL honors for his second time. [2] This is the first presentation where it was held on a Thursday instead of a Saturday and was aired for the first time on ABC and NFL Network (with ESPN+ streaming the ceremony, making the first time that the ceremony has ever been available on a streaming platform), and this was the first time that all of the Big Four television networks networks have aired the ceremony (as the honors have previously been broadcast by whichever network airs the Super Bowl in a given year), as that year's Super Bowl broadcaster, NBC, carried the 2022 Winter Olympics.

List of award winners

AwardWinnerPositionTeamRef
AP Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers QB Green Bay Packers [3] [4]
AP Coach of the Year Mike Vrabel HC Tennessee Titans [3] [5]
AP Assistant Coach of the Year Dan Quinn DC Dallas Cowboys [3] [6]
AP Offensive Player of the Year Cooper Kupp WR Los Angeles Rams [3] [7]
AP Defensive Player of the Year T. J. Watt LB Pittsburgh Steelers [3] [8]
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year Ja'Marr Chase WR Cincinnati Bengals [3]
AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Ja'Marr Chase WR Cincinnati Bengals [3] [9]
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Micah Parsons LB Dallas Cowboys [3] [10]
AP Comeback Player of the Year Joe Burrow QB Cincinnati Bengals [3] [11]
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Andrew Whitworth OT Los Angeles Rams [3] [12]
Salute to Service Award Presented by USAA Andrew Beck FB Denver Broncos [3]
FedEx Air Player of the Year Tom Brady QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers [3]
FedEx Ground Player of the Year Jonathan Taylor RB Indianapolis Colts [3]
Bridgestone Performance Play of the Year Justin Tucker K Baltimore Ravens [3]
DraftKings Daily Fantasy Player of the Year Cooper Kupp WR Los Angeles Rams [3]
Bud Light Celly of the Year Christian Wilkins DE Miami Dolphins [3]
Deacon Jones Award T. J. Watt LB Pittsburgh Steelers [3]
Art Rooney Award Matthew Slater WR New England Patriots [3]
Bart Starr Award Russell Wilson QB Seattle Seahawks [3]
Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Tony Boselli OT [3] [13]
Cliff Branch WR [3] [13]
Leroy Butler DB [3] [13]
Sam Mills LB [3] [13]
Art McNally Official [3] [13]
Richard Seymour DE [3] [13]
Dick Vermeil HC [3] [13]
Bryant Young DT/DE [3] [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "11th Annual NFL Honors Presented by Invisalign to Be Broadcast on ABC on Super Bowl LVI Eve" (PDF). nflcommunications.com. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
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  7. ↑ Maya, Adam (February 10, 2022). "Rams WR Cooper Kupp named 2021 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  8. ↑ Patra, Kevin (February 10, 2022). "Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt named 2021 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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  10. ↑ Patra, Kevin (February 10, 2022). "Cowboys LB Micah Parsons named 2021 AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  11. ↑ Shook, Nick (February 10, 2022). "Bengals QB Joe Burrow named 2021 AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  12. ↑ Gordon, Grant (February 10, 2022). "Rams OT Andrew Whitworth named 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bergman, Jeremy (February 10, 2022). "Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022 revealed at 'NFL Honors'". NFL.com. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
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