The NFL Honors is an annual awards presentation in the National Football League (NFL). From 2012 to 2021, it was held on the day before the Super Bowl. Since 2022, the ceremony has been held on the Thursday before the Super Bowl in the game's host city. The presentation was pre-recorded for same-day broadcast from 2012 to 2020.
Categories and awards Associated Press (AP) Most Valuable Player (MVP) Offensive Player of the Year (OPOY) Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) Offensive Rookie of the Year (OROY) Defensive Rookie of the Year (DROY) Comeback Player of the Year (CPOY) Coach of the Year (COTY) Assistant Coach of the Year (ACOY)
Other Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Moment of the Year NFL Protector of the Year Salute to Service award Art Rooney Award Deacon Jones Award Jim Brown Award Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year
Former Madden Most Valuable Protectors award (2011–2012) Greatness on the Road award (2011–2017) Built Ford Tough Offensive Line of the Year (2016–2018) NFL Fan of the Year (2020-2025)
List of ceremonies + List of NFL Honors Ceremony Date MVP winner Network* Host Venue 1st February 4, 2012 Aaron Rodgers NBC Alec Baldwin Murat Theatre (Indianapolis) 2nd February 2, 2013 Adrian Peterson CBS Alec Baldwin Mahalia Jackson Theater (New Orleans) 3rd February 1, 2014 Peyton Manning Fox Alec Baldwin Radio City Music Hall (New York City) 4th January 31, 2015 Aaron Rodgers NBC Seth Meyers Phoenix Symphony Hall (Phoenix) 5th February 6, 2016 Cam Newton CBS Conan O'Brien Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (San Francisco) 6th February 4, 2017 Matt Ryan Fox Keegan-Michael Key Wortham Theater (Houston) 7th February 3, 2018 Tom Brady NBC Rob Riggle Northrop Auditorium (Minneapolis) 8th February 2, 2019 Patrick Mahomes CBS Steve Harvey Fox Theatre (Atlanta) 9th February 1, 2020 Lamar Jackson Fox Steve Harvey Adrienne Arsht Center (Miami) 10th February 6, 2021 Aaron Rodgers CBS Steve Harvey 11th February 10, 2022 Aaron Rodgers ABC Keegan-Michael Key YouTube Theater (Inglewood) 12th February 9, 2023 Patrick Mahomes NBC Kelly Clarkson Symphony Hall (Phoenix) 13th February 8, 2024 Lamar Jackson CBS Keegan-Michael Key Resorts World Theatre (Las Vegas) 14th February 6, 2025 Josh Allen Fox Snoop Dogg Saenger Theater (New Orleans) 15th February 5, 2026 Matthew Stafford NBC Jon Hamm Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco) 16th February 11, 2027 TBD Netflix TBD TBA (Los Angeles) Between the 11th and 15th NFL Honors, NFL Network (and since the 13th NFL Honors streams on NFL+) aired the ceremony annually and was also streamed on the respective broadcaster's streaming service in the list below: Peacock for the 12th and 15th NFL Honors for NBC. ESPN+ for the 11th NFL Honors for ABC. CBS All Access (for the 5th, 8th and 10th NFL Honors)/ Paramount+ (for the 13th NFL Honors) for CBS. Netflix will be the exclusive broadcaster for the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th NFL Honors as part of a 4-year deal.
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