In his first two seasons in the National Football League, Justin Jefferson has established himself on the short list of the league’s best wide receivers. But could he potentially do something that is generally unthinkable for someone at his position?
I speak, of course, of being named the Most Valuable Player in the National Football League. No wide receiver has been named the MVP by the Associated Press since they started giving the award out in 1957. Jerry Rice was named the MVP by the Pro Football Writers Association and the Sporting News in 1987, but the AP award for that season went to John Elway.