most comeback player of the year awards by a player nfl

Joe Burrow and Chad Pennington are tied for the most career AP Comeback Player of the Year awards in the NFL, with 2.

NAME CPOY GP YDS YDS/G TD RUSH YDS RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR YDS PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
2
71
779
11.0
12
809
11.4
12
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
2 Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
2
89
421
4.7
7
465
5.2
7
7
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
3 Keenan Allen
K. Allen
1
157
11,875
75.6
70
113
0.7
0
11,468
73.0
69
25
0.2
0
229
1.5
0
4 Geno Smith
G. Smith
1
97
1,463
15.1
12
1,529
15.8
12
11
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
5 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
1
86
1,537
17.9
14
1,590
18.5
14
4
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
6 Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
1
155
2,019
13.0
28
2,103
13.6
27
8
0.1
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
7 Eric Berry
E. Berry
1
89
398
4.5
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
8 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1
143
9,304
65.1
93
2
0.0
1
9,286
64.9
92
16
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
9 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1
225
1,229
5.5
15
1,348
6.0
15
-3
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
10 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
1
199
847
4.3
16
904
4.5
16
32
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
11 Jordy Nelson
J. Nelson
1
151
10,024
66.4
72
-2
0.0
0
8,587
56.9
72
1,339
8.9
0
97
0.6
0
12 Alex Smith
A. Smith
1
174
2,538
14.6
15
2,604
15.0
15
-7
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
13 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
1
244
459
1.9
3
601
2.5
3
-9
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
14 Drew Brees
D. Brees
1
287
724
2.5
26
752
2.6
25
74
0.3
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
1
219
19,180
87.6
89
387
1.8
2
14,731
67.3
81
2,371
10.8
2
1,684
7.7
4
16 Michael Vick
M. Vick
1
143
6,056
42.3
36
6,109
42.7
36
1
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Tom Brady
T. Brady
1
335
1,060
3.2
28
1,123
3.4
28
65
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Greg Ellis
G. Ellis
1
176
234
1.3
2
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
1
266
620
2.3
18
667
2.5
18
-2
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
20 Jon Kitna
J. Kitna
1
141
880
6.2
11
956
6.8
11
9
0.1
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Tedy Bruschi
T. Bruschi
1
189
247
1.3
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
47
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
22 Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
1
117
5
0.0
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Bryant Young
B. Young
1
208
47
0.2
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Garrison Hearst
G. Hearst
1
126
10,031
79.6
39
7,966
63.2
30
2,065
16.4
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Tommy Maddox
T. Maddox
1
92
110
1.2
1
128
1.4
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0

More Bengals Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

19.3

24th

OPP PPG

30.3

26th

RUSH YDS/G

49.0

32nd

PASS YDS/G

190.0

26th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Browns Browns
1
2
0
.333
Ravens Ravens
1
2
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
9/29
CIN CIN
@
DEN DEN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
CIN CIN
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/26
NYJ NYJ
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Last Game
MIN Vikings

2 - 1 - 0

48

Final

10

CIN Bengals

2 - 1 - 0

Sun 21 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
9/25
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM