Bart Starr was the MVP of Super Bowls I and II while quarterback for the Green Bay Packers Joe Montana won three Super Bowl MVP awards as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers Jerry Rice, the MVP of Super Bowl XXIII, played wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers Desmond Howard, MVP of Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers, is the only special teams player – a kick/punt returner Pro Bowl History; AP MVP; AP AFL Player of the Year; UPI MVP; UPI AFL Player of the Year; PFWA MVP; Newspaper Ent. Assoc. MVP; Sporting News Player of the Year; Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP) Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year) AAFC MVP; Super Bowl MVP; Walter Payton Man of the Year; NFLPA Alan Page Community Award; AP Offensive Player of the Year Mark DeWayne Moseley (born March 12, 1948) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. He played for Philadelphia Eagles (1970), the Houston Oilers (1971–72), the Washington Redskins (1974–86), and the Cleveland Browns (1986). The Super Bowl Most Valuable Player or Super Bowl MVP, Kick returner: Desmond Howard: Green Bay Packers (3) XXXII: 1998: Running back (7) Terrell Davis: Denver Find out who won the MVP Award for every Super Bowl in NFL pro football history. NFL History - Super Bowl MVPs 99-yard kick return TD: XXXII: Terrell Davis, RB, Denver : 30 carries, 157 yards More than 26,000 men have played in the National Football League. Only 48 of them can claim to be a Super Bowl MVP. There have been 56 Super Bowls prior to 2023. The winner is chosen by a panel of 16 football writers and broadcasters, and fans have also started chipping in by voting electronically since Super Bowl XXXV in 2001. List of Super Bowl MVP However, Dallas Cowboys star linebacker and Super Bowl V MVP Chuck Howley once had a brief stint as a punter. The Cowboys let Howley -- regarded as one of the most athletic players to ever suit up in the NFL -- punt for them once during the 1964 season. He eventually went on to help Dallas win the Super Bowl during the 1970 campaign, but as a Super Bowl History of MVPs by year with team and position included. Also included below is the number of times each player has won multiple Super Bowl MVP awards (1967-2022). The MPV award is given to the most valuable player in the Super Bowl final. The award is currently decided by a fan vote during the game (20%) and by a panel of 16 American football writers and broadcasters who vote after the game (80%). Quarterbacks have won the award more than 50% of the time. See more Super Bowl MVP Trivia. Yet perhaps the weirdest part was a kicker winning the MVP award. A nine-game, strike-shortened season. A game decided by a convict on a snowplow. A Super Bowl Tournament in lieu of the postseason. In the end, the week before Washington took to the field to face the Dolphins at Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Moseley got the phone call to confirm his historic The Super Bowl MVP 2025 odds have been set with the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles squaring off on Sunday, Feb. 9. Unsurprisingly, Patrick Mahomes is the betting favorite to take home the award, a feat he accomplished in the previous three Kansas City Super Bowl wins. Had he gone on to make a game-winning kick in OT, there is a legitimate chance he would have been the first kicker to ever win a Super Bowl MVP. Howard cemented his Super Bowl MVP award after the Patriots cut the Packers' lead to 27-21 in the third quarter. On the ensuing kickoff, Howard went a then-S In total, the MVP kicker would score 76 regular-season points. After a rough start to the postseason, where he missed four field goal attempts in the first two games, he would rediscover his MVP His first Super Bowl appearance was in his rookie season of 1996 when he played with the Patriots in their 35–21 loss to the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI. All-Pro and game MVP Desmond Howard's Super Bowl-record 99-yard touchdown return ended the Patriots' bid for a comeback. [26] The game would mark the only Super Bowl defeat of Though the goal for any team is to win the Super Bowl and hoist the Lombardi Trophy, the Seattle Seahawks were playing for individual hardware too in Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers Kick returner Desmond Howard won Super Bowl MVP in 1997. No other special teamers won the award. Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley (in Super Bowl V) is the only player to win Super Bowl MVP 2025 Super Bowl MVP favorites. Quarterbacks are almost always the favorite to win the award in advance of game time. Heading into Championship weekend, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are the favorites with Josh Allen +290 and Patrick Mahomes +115 odds, respectively.
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