Panthers quarterback Cam Newton came the closest of anyone to a unanimous winner in the NFL’s annual awards for the 2015 season, but Newton fell two votes short of being a unanimous league MVP.
The 50-member Associated Press panel of voters gave 48 votes to Newton for MVP. Ron Borges voted for Carson Palmer and Fred Gaudelli voted for Tom Brady. The last unanimous winner of the MVP award was Brady in 2010.
Although no award votes were unanimous, none was particularly close, either: The closest were the offensive player of the year (which Newton won with 18 votes, with Antonio Brown second with 10) and the offensive rookie of the year award, for which Todd Gurley topped Jameis Winston by 10 votes.
Here’s a full breakdown of the vote totals for the six awards voted on by the 50-member AP panel:
MVP: 48-Cam Newton, 1-Tom Brady, 1-Carson Palmer
Coach of the year: 36.5-Ron Rivera, 6-Andy Reid, 2-Bill O’Brien, 2-Mike Zimmer, 1.5-Gary Kubiak, 1-Bruce Arians, 1-Bill Belichick
Defensive player of the year: 37-J.J. Watt, 7-Aaron Donald, 4-Luke Kuechly, 2-Josh Norman
Offensive player of the year: 18-Cam Newton, 10-Antonio Brown 7-Russell Wilson, 6-Tom Brady, 6-Carson Palmer, 2-Julio Jones, 1-Adrian Peterson
Defensive rookie of the year: 45-Marcus Peters, 4-Ronald Darby, 1-Leonard Williams
Offensive rookie of the year: 27-Todd Gurley, 17-Jameis Winston, 4-Amari Cooper, 1-Tyler Lockett, 1-David Johnson
Comeback player of the year: 38-Eric Berry, 6-Carson Palmer, 4-Adrian Peterson, 1-NaVorro Bowman, 1-Doug Martin
