Who Got Rookie Of The Year in the NFL?

The National Football League’s Rookie of the Year Award is given to the best first-year player each season. This year, there were some great candidates for the award. Who do you think should have won?

Kyler Murray

Kyler Murray had an incredible season with the Arizona Cardinals. He was named the NFL’s Rookie of the Year. Murray is the first player to be drafted in the first round of the MLB draft and win NFL Rookie of the Year. Let’s take a look at some of his career highlights.

Murray’s stats

Kyler Murray was drafted first overall in the 2019 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football at Oklahoma, where he won the Heisman Trophy in 2018. As a rookie in 2019, Murray started all 16 games for the Cardinals, completing 64.4% of his passes for 3,722 yards and 20 touchdowns with 12 interceptions and also ran for 544 yards and four touchdowns. He was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Highlights

Kyler Murray was born on August 7, 1997, in Bedford, Texas to Kevin and Missy Murray. His father was a former professional baseball player who was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1982 MLB Draft. Kyler has an older sister, Mackenzie. Murray began playing football at the age of eight for the A&M Consolidated Tigers youth football team in College Station, Texas. He later attended Allen High School in Allen, Texas, where he played football and baseball. As a quarterback for the Allen Eagles football team, he led his team to three consecutive state championships from 2012 to 2014. In his senior year, he threw for 4,713 yards with 54 touchdowns and also rushed for 1,285 yards with 21 touchdowns. He was named the Gatorade National Football Player of the Year, the AP Player of the Year, and the USA Today Offensive Player of the Year.

Murray was drafted by the Oakland Athletics with the ninth overall pick in the 2018 MLB draft. He signed a contract with them for $4.66 million, which included a $1.5 million signing bonus, but chose to play football instead and enrolled at Oklahoma University to play college football for the Oklahoma Sooners football team. In his first year as starting quarterback for Oklahoma in 2019, he won the Heisman Trophy, becoming OU’s seventh Heisman winner and first since Jason White in 2003. The Sooners also made it to the College Football Playoff semi-finals that year before losing to eventual national champion Clemson. Murray declared himself eligible for the 2019 NFL Draft on January 14th, 2019 after his junior season. On April 26th he was selected as the first overall pick by Arizona Cardinals

Murray had a successful rookie season with Arizona , passing for 3992 yards ,24tds ,5 ints along with 544 yards rushing and 4 tds en route to being named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of The Year

Josh Jacobs

Josh Jacobs was born on February 11, 1999, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is an American football running back for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). Jacobs played college football at the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Jacobs’ stats

Josh Jacobs was the 24th overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders. As a rookie, he played in 13 games, rushed for 1,150 yards and seven touchdowns while also catching 20 passes for 166 yards.

Highlights

Josh Jacobs was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 11, 1998. He played running back for the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Raiders in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He was considered one of the best running backs in the draft and was selected to be a Pro Bowl starter as a rookie.

Gardner Minshew

Gardner Minshew was the NFL’s 2019 Rookie of the Year. He was drafted in the 6th round by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at Washington State. He is the first rookie to throw for over 3,000 yards and 20 touchdowns since Dak Prescott in 2016.

Minshew’s stats

Gardner Minshew was born on March 16, 1996. He is an American football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at East Carolina and Washington State. As a senior at Washington State in 2018, Minshew set the NCAA Division I FBS single-season passing efficiency record, with a rating of 198.6.[1] He was drafted by the Jaguars in the sixth round with the 178th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.

Minshew was named the starting quarterback for the Jaguars in Week 1 of his rookie season after Nick Foles suffered a broken collarbone during a preseason game.[2][3] He recorded 275 passing yards and two touchdown passes in his NFL debut against the Kansas City Chiefs.[4] In Week 3, he recorded 374 passing yards, two touchdown passes, and one interception against the Tennessee Titans.[5] On October 6, 2019, he was named the AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in Week 5 against Carolina Panthers,[6] after completing 22 of 34 passes for 279 yards and three touchdowns.

Highlights

Highlights from Gardner Minshew’s 2019 season:
– NFL Debut: Week 1 vs. the Baltimore Ravens
– First NFL Start: Week 3 vs. the Tennessee Titans
– First NFL Win: Week 3 vs. the Tennessee Titans
– Rookie of the Month (September): completing 65 of 87 passes (74.7 percent) for 716 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception for a 103.2 passer rating in three starts

A.J. Brown

A.J. Brown was drafted in the second round of the NFL draft by the Tennessee Titans. He had a great rookie season, catching 52 passes for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns. Brown was named the NFL’s Rookie of the Year.

Brown’s stats

In his NFL debut, Brown caught all three of his targets for 100 yards and a touchdown in the Titans’ 43-13 win over the Browns. Brown became the first player in NFL history with at least three catches for 100 yards and a touchdown in his NFL debut. He also had a 51-yard punt return in the game

Highlights

A.J. Brown was born on July 22, 1998, in Starkville, Mississippi. He played college football at Ole Miss, and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

As a rookie in 2019, Brown caught 52 passes for 1,051 yards and eight touchdowns, en route to being named a unanimous All-Pro and being named the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year.

Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott, the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, was awarded the AP NFL Rookie of the Year. Prescott was drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He was the Cowboys’ starting quarterback for all 16 regular season games. Prescott finished the season with 3,667 passing yards, 23 touchdown passes, and only four interceptions. He also rushed for six touchdowns.

Prescott’s stats

Prescott finished the season with 3,667 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, and four interceptions, along with 282 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns. He also completed 67.8 percent of his passes, which was the fourth highest rate in the NFL among quarterbacks with at least 250 attempts. Prescott’s 104.9 passer rating was the highest ever by a rookie quarterback, and he became just the third rookie in NFL history to throw for over 3,500 yards and 20 touchdowns while also completing over 65 percent of his passes.

Highlights

Dak Prescott was drafted in the fourth round by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2016 NFL Draft. He became the starter after an injury to Tony Romo and never gave up the starting job. Prescott led the Cowboys to an 11-1 record as a starter, completing 67.8 percent of his passes for 3,667 yards with 23 touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed for 282 yards and six touchdowns.