youngest player to win most improved player of the year ever

6 players are tied for the youngest Offensive Players of the Year in a season. They were 23 years old. The first three are Justin Jefferson in 2022, Patrick Mahomes in 2018 and Todd Gurley in 2017.

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youngest player to win most improved player of the year in a regular season ever

	NAME	Age	OPOY	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	Justin Jefferson J. Jefferson	23	1	2022	MIN	17	1,833	107.8	9	24	1.4	1	1,809	106.4	8	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	23	1	2018	KC	16	268	16.8	2	272	17.0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Todd Gurley T. Gurley	23	1	2017	LAR	15	2,093	139.5	19	1,305	87.0	13	788	52.5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Dan Marino D. Marino	23	1	1984	MIA	16	-10	-0.6	0	-7	-0.4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
5	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
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	23	1	1977	CHI	14	2,216	158.3	16	1,852	132.3	14	269	19.2	2	95	6.8	0	0	0.0	0
7	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	24	1	2009	TEN	16	2,509	156.8	16	2,006	125.4	14	503	31.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jamal Lewis J. Lewis	24	1	2003	BAL	16	2,271	141.9	14	2,066	129.1	14	205	12.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Terrell Davis T. Davis	24	1	1996	DEN	16	1,848	115.5	15	1,538	96.1	13	310	19.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	24	1	1979	HOU	16	1,790	111.9	19	1,697	106.1	19	94	5.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	25	1	1991	BUF	15	2,038	135.9	12	1,407	93.8	7	631	42.1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jerry Rice J. Rice	25	1	1987	SF	12	1,129	94.1	23	51	4.3	1	1,078	89.8	22	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Marcus Allen M. Allen	25	1	1985	RAI	16	2,308	144.3	14	1,759	109.9	11	555	34.7	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Earl Campbell E. Campbell	25	1	1980	HOU	15	1,981	132.1	13	1,934	128.9	13	47	3.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bert Jones B. Jones	25	1	1976	BAL	14	214	15.3	2	214	15.3	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Larry Brown L. Brown	25	1	1972	WAS	12	1,689	140.8	12	1,216	101.3	8	473	39.4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Derrick Henry D. Henry	26	1	2020	TEN	16	2,141	133.8	17	2,027	126.7	17	114	7.1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Michael Thomas M. Thomas	26	1	2019	NO	16	1,716	107.3	9	-9	-0.6	0	1,725	107.8	9	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Cam Newton C. Newton	26	1	2015	CAR	16	626	39.1	10	636	39.8	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
20	DeMarco Murray D. Murray	26	1	2014	DAL	16	2,261	141.3	13	1,845	115.3	13	416	26.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Marshall Faulk M. Faulk	26	1	1999	STL	16	2,429	151.8	12	1,381	86.3	7	1,048	65.5	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Terrell Davis T. Davis	26	1	1998	DEN	16	2,225	139.1	23	2,008	125.5	21	217	13.6	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Brett Favre B. Favre	26	1	1995	GB	16	181	11.3	3	181	11.3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Barry Sanders B. Sanders	26	1	1994	DET	16	2,166	135.4	8	1,883	117.7	7	283	17.7	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Eric Dickerson E. Dickerson	26	1	1986	RAM	16	2,026	126.6	11	1,821	113.8	11	205	12.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

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