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The 'Offensive Players of the Year' quiz
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The 'Offensive Players of the Year' quiz

Happy 75th birthday to six-time Pro Bowler, two-time All-Pro, 1982 Offensive Rookie of the Year and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1993, Dan Fouts!

After playing his college football at Oregon, Fouts was selected in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft by the then-San Diego Chargers. He’d spend his entire career with the Chargers and was the most statistically productive signal-caller in franchise history until one Philip Rivers came along. He racked up 43,040 yards and 254 touchdowns in his 15-year career, leading the NFL in passing yards in four-straight campaigns from 1979-92. He also led the league in passing-TDs in 1982 en route to his lone Offensive Player of the Year award. 

Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the players to be named AP Offensive Player of the Year since 1972 can you name in six minutes?

Good luck!

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2025 / SEA / WR / #11
Jaxon Smith-Njigba
2024 / PHI / RB / #26
Saquon Barkley
2023 / SF / RB / #23
Christian McCaffrey
2022 / MIN / WR / #18
Justin Jefferson
2021 / LAR / WR / #10
Cooper Kupp
2020 / TEN / RB / #22
Derrick Henry
2019 / NO / WR / #13
Michael Thomas
2018 / KC / QB / #15
Patrick Mahomes
2017 / LAR / RB / #30
Todd Gurley
2016 / ATL / QB / #2
Matt Ryan
2015 / CAR / QB / #1
Cam Newton
2014 / DAL / RB / #29
DeMarco Murray
2013 / DEN / QB / #18
Peyton Manning
2012 / MIN / RB / #28
Adrian Peterson
2011 / NO / QB / #9
Drew Brees
2010 / NE / QB / #12
Tom Brady
2009 / TEN / RB / #28
Chris Johnson
2008 / NO / QB / #9
Drew Brees
2007 / NE / QB / #12
Tom Brady
2006 / SD / RB / #21
LaDainian Tomlinson
2005 / SEA / RB / #37
Shaun Alexander
2004 / IND / QB / #18
Peyton Manning
2003 / BAL / RB / #31
Jamal Lewis
2002 / KC / RB / #31
Priest Holmes
2001 / STL / RB / #28
Marshall Faulk
2000 / STL / RB / #28
Marshall Faulk
1999 / STL / RB / #28
Marshall Faulk
1998 / DEN / RB / #30
Terrell Davis
1997 / DET / RB / #20
Barry Sanders
1996 / DEN / RB / #30
Terrell Davis
1995 / GB / QB / #4
Brett Favre
1994 / DET / RB / #20
Barry Sanders
1993 / SF / WR / #80
Jerry Rice
1992 / SF / QB / #8
Steve Young
1991 / BUF / RB / #34
Thurman Thomas
1990 / HOUO / QB / #1
Warren Moon
1989 / SF/ QB / #16
Joe Montana
1988 / SF / RB / #33
Roger Craig
1987 / SF / WR / #80
Jerry Rice
1986 / LARM / RB / #29
Eric Dickerson
1985 / LARD / RB / #32
Marcus Allen
1984 / MIA / QB / #13
Dan Marino
1983 / WAS / QB / #7
Joe Theismann
1982 / SD / QB / #14
Dan Fouts
1981 / CIN / QB / #14
Ken Anderson
1980 / HOUO / RB / #34
Earl Campbell
1979 / HOUO / RB / #34
Earl Campbell
1978 / HOUO / RB / #34
Earl Campbell
1977 / CHI / RB / #34
Walter Payton
1976 / BLC / QB / #7
Bert Jones
1975 / MIN / QB / #10
Fran Tarkenton
1974 / OAK / QB / #12
Ken Stabler
1973 / BUF / RB / #32
O.J. Simpson
1972 / WAS / RB / #43
Larry Brown

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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