oldest player to win nfl rookie of the year

Mike Anderson is the oldest Offensive Rookie of the Year in a season. He was 27 years old in 2000.

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	NAME	Age	OROY	SEASON	TM	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	Mike Anderson M. Anderson	27	1	2000	DEN	16	1,656	103.5	15	1,487	92.9	15	169	10.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Billy Sims B. Sims	25	1	1980	DET	16	1,907	119.2	16	1,303	81.4	13	621	38.8	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jayden Daniels J. Daniels	24	1	2024	WAS	17	880	51.8	6	891	52.4	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	24	1	2001	CHI	14	1,361	97.2	7	1,183	84.5	7	178	12.7	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Dak Prescott D. Prescott	23	1	2016	DAL	16	279	17.4	6	282	17.6	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Eddie Lacy E. Lacy	23	1	2013	GB	15	1,435	95.7	11	1,178	78.5	11	257	17.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Sam Bradford S. Bradford	23	1	2010	STL	16	61	3.8	1	63	3.9	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	23	1	2008	ATL	16	91	5.7	1	104	6.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Vince Young V. Young	23	1	2006	TEN	15	544	36.3	7	552	36.8	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Cadillac Williams C. Williams	23	1	2005	TB	14	1,259	89.9	6	1,178	84.1	6	81	5.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Anquan Boldin A. Boldin	23	1	2003	ARI	16	1,547	96.7	8	40	2.5	0	1,377	86.1	8	0	0.0	0	130	8.1	0
12	Eddie George E. George	23	1	1996	HOU	16	1,550	96.9	8	1,368	85.5	8	182	11.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Troy Stradford T. Stradford	23	1	1987	MIA	12	1,334	111.2	7	619	51.6	6	457	38.1	1	258	21.5	0	0	0.0	0
14	Rueben Mayes R. Mayes	23	1	1986	NO	16	1,662	103.9	8	1,353	84.6	8	96	6.0	0	213	13.3	0	0	0.0	0
15	Eddie Brown E. Brown	23	1	1985	CIN	16	1,077	67.3	8	129	8.1	0	942	58.9	8	6	0.4	0	0	0.0	0
16	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	23	1	1983	RAM	16	2,212	138.3	20	1,808	113.0	18	404	25.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	George Rogers G. Rogers	23	1	1981	NO	16	1,800	112.5	13	1,674	104.6	13	126	7.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	23	1	1978	HOU	15	1,498	99.9	13	1,450	96.7	13	48	3.2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	23	1	1977	DAL	14	1,280	91.4	13	1,007	71.9	12	273	19.5	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Don Woods D. Woods	23	1	1974	SD	12	1,572	131.0	10	1,162	96.8	7	349	29.1	3	61	5.1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Chuck Foreman C. Foreman	23	1	1973	MIN	12	1,163	96.9	6	801	66.8	4	362	30.2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Brockington J. Brockington	23	1	1971	GB	14	1,203	85.9	5	1,105	78.9	4	98	7.0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dennis Shaw D. Shaw	23	1	1970	BUF	14	210	15.0	0	210	15.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mel Farr M. Farr	23	1	1967	DET	13	1,177	90.5	6	860	66.2	3	317	24.4	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Tetairoa McMillan T. McMillan	22	1	2025	CAR	17	1,014	59.6	7	0	0.0	0	1,014	59.6	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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