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 Julian Edelman won Super Bowl MVP on Sunday after hauling in 10 receptions in the Patriots' 13-3 win over the Rams. But Edelman isn't the first wideout to win the award. The nine-year veteran 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 The position with the second-most Super Bowl MVPs is wide receiver, at eight. Here’s a full breakdown of Super Bowl MVP winners by position: Quarterback: 33. Wide receiver: 8. Here's a look at every wide receiver ever to win the Super Bowl MVP honor in NFL history, including the year and Super Bowl played. WRs to Win Super Bowl MVP 1. Lynn Swann (Pittsburgh Steelers) Super Bowl X – 1976. 2. Fred Biletnikoff (Oakland Raiders) Super Bowl XI – 1977. 3. Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) Super Bowl XXIII – 1989. 4. Lynn Swann won the Super Bowl MVP award once in Super Bowls in Super Bowl X versus the Cowboys on January 18, 1976. Find out who won the MVP Award for every Super Bowl in NFL pro football history. NFL History - Super Bowl MVPs. Leaders; Super Bowl Winners; Super Bowl MVPs; Super Bowl Most Valuable Players: NO. Overall, eight wide receivers have earned the Super Bowl MVP Award. That is the most among any position group outside of QB. Lynn Swann was the first pass-catcher to accomplish the feat after he posted 161 yards and 1 touchdown on 4 receptions back in Super Bowl X (1975 NFL season). A total of eight Super Bowl MVPs have gone to wide receivers. Q. What is the name of the Super Bowl MVP Trophy? - + A. The Super Bowl MVP is named after former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle. 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. Lynn Swaan had one of the Best Super Bowl performances of all time and he was awarded with being the first wide receiver to ever win a Super Bowl MVP. He racked up 161 yards and a touchdown on only 4 receptions; however, he had one of the most famous catches of all time with his balance and ball tracking skills being able to complete the reception. There have been 8 wide receivers to win the Super Bowl MVP award, and I have ranked their performances: 8. Fred Biletnikoff Super Bowl XI (Original Caption) Fred Biletnikoff (25) playing for Oakland in Super Bowl against Minnesota. Biletnikoff’s performance is underwhelming when considering how explosive the rest of the players on this list are. Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp hauled Super Bowl LVI Most Valuable Player honors after hauling in the game-winning pass in his team's 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. How would you rank the Eagles’ top 5 most likely Super Bowl MVP candidates? wide receiver could win the award if it’s another low volume passing game performance and one of those two Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) eyes a pass in the end zone as Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Eli Apple (20) attempts to tackle during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Ultimately, a wide receiver was named Super Bowl MVP. But it went to Ward, not Jackson. Poetic in a sense that Ward, a selfless player, got the glory instead of the other side that was trying to So it was that Kupp hauled in the game-winning 1-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matthew Stafford with 1:25 left and became the eighth wide receiver to win Super Bowl MVP -- and the first The position with the second-most Super Bowl MVPs is wide receiver, at eight. Here’s a full breakdown of Super Bowl MVP winners by position: Quarterback: 33. Wide receiver: 8. Deion Branch, former New England Patriots star and Super Bowl MVP, has been promoted to wide receivers coach at the University of Louisville under head coach Jeff Brohm according to The Courier Journal. This new role marks another chapter in Branch's deep connection with the Cardinals, where he previously served as the director of player
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