Patrick Mahomes wins second NFL MVP award
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has won the NFL’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the 2022 season, the second time he has won the award.
The 27 year old, who was also the 2018 MVP, led the NFL with 41 touchdown passes in the regular season and a career-high 5,250 passing yards. He received 48 of the 50 first-place votes after helping the Chiefs to a 14-3 record in the regular season.
Mahomes is the ninth quarterback to win two season MVP awards but no player has won the season MVP and Super Bowl in the same season since Kurt Warner in 1999. Since then, nine MVP winners have gone on to lose in the NFL’s title game.
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson was named Offensive Player of the Year after leading the NFL with a huge 1,809 receiving yards, while San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa was Defensive Player of the Year after a league-best 18.5 sacks.
Brian Daboll was named Coach of the Year as he helped the New York Giants reach the play-offs for the first time in six years and then secure their first play-off win since winning the Super Bowl at the end of the 2011 season. Daboll achieved all this in just his first season in charge of the team.
Elsewhere, the New York Jets won a clean sweep of the rookie awards, as Garrett Wilson was named Offensive Rookie of the Year and Sauce Gardner claimed the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Seattle Seahawks QB Geno Smith enjoyed more success this year, as he was named Comeback Player of the Year.
