1st Annual NFL Honors

1st NFL Honors
Date	February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04)
Site	Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana^[1]
Hosted by	Alec Baldwin
Television coverage
Network	NBC
Ratings	2.2

The 1st annual installment of NFL Honors was an awards show presented by the National Football League to salute the best players and plays from the 2011 NFL season. The event was held at the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 4, 2012 and was hosted by Alec Baldwin.^[2] The show aired on NBC and recorded a 2.2 rating with 3.524 million viewers.^[3]

List of award winners

Award	Player	Position	Team	Ref
AP MVP	Aaron Rodgers	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers	^[4]
AP Offensive Player	Drew Brees	Quarterback	New Orleans Saints
AP Defensive Player	Terrell Suggs	Outside linebacker	Baltimore Ravens
Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year	Cam Newton	Quarterback	Carolina Panthers	^[5]
AP Offensive Rookie	Cam Newton	Quarterback	Carolina Panthers
AP Defensive Rookie	Von Miller	Outside linebacker	Denver Broncos
AP Head Coach	Jim Harbaugh	NFL Head Coach	San Francisco 49ers
AP Comeback Player of the Year	Matthew Stafford	Quarterback	Detroit Lions
Play of the Year	Randall Cobb	Wide Receiver	Green Bay Packers	^[6]
GMC Never Say Never Moment	Tim Tebow	Quarterback	Denver Broncos
NFL.com Fantasy Player	Calvin Johnson	Wide Receiver	Detroit Lions
Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award	New Orleans Saints	Offensive Line	New Orleans Saints	^[7]
Walter Payton Man of the Year Award	Matt Birk	Center	Baltimore Ravens
Don Shula NFL High School Coach Award	John McKissick	High School Head Coach	Summerville High School	^[8]
NFL Salute to Service Award	Bud Adams	Owner	Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans	^[9]

The following is a gallery of the winners of the awards at the NFL Honors

Aaron Rodgers: The NFL MVP
Drew Brees: The NFL Offensive Player of the Year
Terrell Suggs: The NFL Defensive Player of the Year
Cam Newton: The NFL Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year
Von Miller: The Defensive Rookie of the Year
Jim Harbaugh: The NFL Coach of the Year
Randall Cobb: The winner of the Play of the Year Award for his 108-yard kickoff return in Week One
Tim Tebow: The GMC Never Say Never Moment winner
Calvin Johnson: The NFL.com Fantasy Player
Matt Birk: The Walter Payton Man of the Year

↑ "Alec Baldwin hosts NFL Honors show at Murat Theatre". WTHR.com. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
↑ "First-ever 'NFL Honors' show will be hosted by Baldwin in Indy". NFL.com. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
↑ "TV Ratings: Just 3.5 Million For NFL Honors; Also, PGA on CBS, Figure Skating". Sports Media Watch. February 7, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
↑ Jared Smith (February 5, 2012). "NFL MVP Award 2012: Aaron Rodgers Unanimous Winner Of AP Honor". SB Nation New York. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ "NEWTON EARNS PEPSI ROOKIE HONORS". NFL.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ NFL Honors: Cobb carries chip on shoulder. National Football League. February 6, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
↑ "SAINTS EARN 2011 MADDEN PROTECTORS AWARD". NFL.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ Bryan Strickland (February 3, 2012). "McKissick earns NFL high school coach of year". Panthers.com. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
↑ "Tennessee Titans Owner Bud Adams Named First Winner of Salute To Service Award". Clarskville Online. February 4, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.

NFL Honors

Ceremonies	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

AP Awards presented	AP MVP AP Coach of the Year AP Assistant Coach AP Offensive Player AP Defensive Player Pepsi NFL Rookie AP Offensive Rookie AP Defensive Rookie AP Comeback Player

Other Awards presented	Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2011–) FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players (2011–) Play of the Year (2011–) NFL.com Fantasy Player (2011–) Salute to Service Award (2011–) Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year (2011–) Greatness on the Road Award (2012–) Deacon Jones Award (2013–) Art Rooney Award (2014–)

Former awards presented	Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award (2011) GMC Never Say Never Moment Award (2011–14)

NFL Play of the Year Award	2011: Cobb 2012: Rice 2013: Johnson 2014: Beckham Jr. 2015: A. Rodgers & R. Rodgers

Never Say Never Moment	2011: Tebow 2012: Smith 2013: A. Rodgers 2014: A. Rodgers

NFL.com Fantasy Player	2011: Johnson 2012: Peterson 2013: Charles 2014: Bell 2015: Brown

Salute to Service	2011: Adams 2012: Tillman 2013: Harbaugh 2014: Allen 2015: Jackson

Don Shula High School Coach	2011: McKissick 2012: Specht 2013: Grant 2014: Larson 2015: Burnett

Greatness on the Road	2012: Kaepernick 2013: Foles 2014: Romo 2015: Brown

Art Rooney Award	2014: Fitzgerald 2015: Woodson

National Football League awards and trophies

Team	Vince Lombardi Trophy Lamar Hunt Trophy (AFC) George Halas Trophy (NFC)

Individual	Most Valuable Player Coach of the Year Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the Year Rookie of the Year Comeback Player of the Year Walter Payton Man of the Year "Whizzer" White Man of the Year Bert Bell Award Art Rooney Award Super Bowl MVP

One-time only	75th Anniversary All-Time Team (1994) All-Decade Teams

Annual presentation	NFL Honors NFL Top 100

Awards organizations	Kansas City Committee of 101 Maxwell Football Club National Football League Alumni Touchdown Club of Columbus Washington D.C. Touchdown Club

Defunct	Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy Brunswick-Balke Collender Cup NEA Defensive Player of the Year NEA Rookie of the Year UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year UPI NFC Player of the Year UPI AFL-AFC Rookie of the Year UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year

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Buffalo	Baltimore	Houston	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta	Arizona
Miami	Cincinnati	Indianapolis	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Carolina	St. Louis
New England	Cleveland	Jacksonville	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans	San Francisco
NY Jets	Pittsburgh	Tennessee	San Diego	Washington	Minnesota	Tampa Bay	Seattle

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