Awards & Winners

AP Comeback Player of the Year

NFL Honors

AP Comeback Player of the Year is given to an NFL player who has shown perseverance in overcoming adversity, in the form of not being in the NFL the previous year, a severe injury, or simply poor performance.

Check all the winners of AP Comeback Player of the Year presented under NFL Honors since 1963 .


Dick Bass

(NFL Winner)

Babe Parilli

(AFL Winner)

John Brodie

(NFL Winner)

Paul Lowe

(AFL Winner)

Lenny Moore

(NFL Winner)

Abner Haynes

(AFL Winner)

Jim Martin

(NFL Winner)

Paul Lowe

(AFL Winner)