most comeback player of the year awards in nfl history

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

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most comeback player of the year awards by a player in NFL history

	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	77	817	10.6	12	847	11.0	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	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	1	112	13,199	117.8	98	7,589	67.8	62	5,390	48.1	36	58	0.5	0	162	1.4	0
4	Keenan Allen K. Allen	1	171	12,458	72.9	71	113	0.7	0	12,051	70.5	70	25	0.1	0	229	1.3	0
5	Geno Smith G. Smith	1	109	1,535	14.1	12	1,603	14.7	12	11	0.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	1	239	1,226	5.1	15	1,357	5.7	15	-3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Joe Flacco J. Flacco	1	209	868	4.2	17	925	4.4	17	32	0.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	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
13	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
14	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	1	247	453	1.8	3	600	2.4	3	-9	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos - z*	14	3	0	.824
Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles - y	11	6	0	.647
Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Bears - y	11	6	0	.647
Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176