4th Annual NFL Honors

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4th NFL Honors
Date	January 31, 2015 (2015-01-31)
Site	Phoenix Symphony Hall, Phoenix, Arizona
Hosted by	Seth Meyers
Television coverage
Network	NBC
Duration	2 hours
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The 4th Annual NFL Honors was the awards presentation by the National Football League honoring its best players and other individuals from the 2014 NFL season. It was held on January 31, 2015, and aired on NBC in the United States.^[1] Seth Meyers hosted the show.^[2] For the second year, the newest Pro Football Hall of Fame class was announced and introduced during the show with the Class of 2015 appearing on stage at Symphony Hall in Phoenix.^[3] Unlike the previous three NFL Honors presentations, the GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Year Award was not presented; although Aaron Rodgers was announced as the winner of the 2014 season award.^[4]

List of award winners

Award	Player	Position	Team
AP MVP	Aaron Rodgers	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers
AP Coach of the Year	Bruce Arians	Head Coach	Arizona Cardinals
AP Assistant Coach of the Year	Todd Bowles	Defensive Coordinator	Arizona Cardinals
AP Offensive Player of the Year	DeMarco Murray	Running back	Dallas Cowboys
AP Defensive Player of the Year	J. J. Watt	Defensive end	Houston Texans
Pepsi NEXT Rookie of the Year	Teddy Bridgewater	Quarterback	Minnesota Vikings
AP Offensive Rookie of the Year	Odell Beckham Jr.	Wide receiver	New York Giants
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year	Aaron Donald	Defensive tackle	St. Louis Rams
AP Comeback Player of the Year	Rob Gronkowski	Tight end	New England Patriots
NFL.com Fantasy Player of the Year	Le'Veon Bell	Running back	Pittsburgh Steelers
Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award	Bruce Larson	Head Coach	Somerset High School (Wisconsin)
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award	Thomas Davis	Linebacker	Carolina Panthers
FedEx Air Player of the Year	Aaron Rodgers	Quarterback	Green Bay Packers
FedEx Ground Player of the Year	Le'Veon Bell	Running back	Pittsburgh Steelers
Bridgestone Performance Play of the Year	Odell Beckham Jr.	Wide receiver	New York Giants
Greatness on the Road Award	Tony Romo	Quarterback	Dallas Cowboys
Salute to Service Award	Jared Allen	Defensive end	Chicago Bears
Deacon Jones Award	Justin Houston	Outside linebacker	Kansas City Chiefs
Art Rooney Award	Larry Fitzgerald	Wide receiver	Arizona Cardinals

References

^ "NFL Honors". NFL.com. NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
^ "Seth Meyers to host NFL awards show - Yahoo News". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015.
^ "Seth Meyers to host fourth annual NFL Honors show". National Football League. Archived from the original on January 15, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
^ "Aaron Rodgers Rallies Packers With Late Touchdown Voted 2014 GMC Never Say Never Moment of the Year". NFL Communications. January 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2015.

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