With the renaissance that Sam Darnold has had over the first five games of this season with the Minnesota Vikings, his name has been attached to several awards in this early part of the season. One of those awards is the Comeback Player of the Year Award, but apparently he won’t be winning that one no matter how good a season he has in 2024.
Last year, the NFL “clarified” the criteria for the Comeback Player of the Year Award as follows:
The spirit of the AP Comeback Player of the Year award is to honor a player who has demonstrated resilience in the face of adversity by overcoming illness, physical injury or other circumstances that led him to miss playing time the previous season.