2024-25 NFL Comeback Player Of The Year Odds

Of all the trophies and awards regarding the NFL, the Comeback Player Of The Year title is certainly something no player targets winning, as typically, the award recognizes players who have displayed resilience in making a triumphant return to top form from major injuries or excelling after a challenging season.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was the betting favorite for almost all of 2023 until Joe Flacco swooped in and secured the award after leading the Browns to the playoffs. This year, Kirk Cousins sits atop the odds board as he returns from his Achilles injury.

With week five in the books, without further ado, here are the 2024-25 Comeback Player of the Year odds from the top sports betting apps in the US.

NFL Comeback Player of the Year 2024-25 Betting Odds

*Odds as of October 16, 2024

A favorite for the Comeback Player of the Year 2024: Kirk Cousins

Kirk Cousins has had a career filled with highs and lows. His tenure in Washington was tumultuous, but after getting a change of scenery, he was able to put the best seasons of his career up in Minnesota. Under the play-calling of Kevin O'Connell, the veteran signal-caller looked like he was elevating his game to another level.

Unfortunately, just like another veteran quarterback in the running for Comeback Player of the Year, Cousins would tear his Achilles, effectively ending his season. This injury would take him from an MVP candidate with an 18-5 touchdown-to-interception ratio to answering questions about his future in Minnesota.

Over the offseason, Cousins would ultimately trade his purple and gold for black and red by joining the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons were looking for a fresh start at the position and someone to help new head coach Raheem Morris bring the franchise back to the top of the division. After a rough week one, Cousins has the Falcons sitting with a 4-2 record.

Cousins still does not look fully comfortable pushing off his back leg, but that didn't stop him from throwing for four touchdowns and 509 yards in a win over the Buccaneers, which was the win that made him the favorite for this award. The veteran QB followed that performance up with 225 yards and one touchdown in a win over the Panthers.

Top Contenders:

J.K Dobbins (RB, Los Angeles Chargers): In his first season with the Chargers, Dobbins has settled into a solid role with the new look Chargers. Fresh off his ACL injury, Dobbins is up to 6th in the league in rushing yards with 438, averaging 87.6 yards per game. The former Baltimore Ravens running back has also found the end zone three times this season.

Joe Burrow (QB, Cincinnati Bengals): While the Bengals have started the season 2-4, the blame certainly can't be pinned on Burrow. In six games, the former LSU Tiger is 5th in the league in passing yards with 1,578 and has thrown the second-most touchdown passes with 12 to go with just two interceptions.

Aaron Rodgers (QB, New York Jets): The former MVP opened the year as the favorite to win this award, and while he's had flashes of success, the Jets are coming off a loss to the Vikings that resulted in Robert Saleh's firing. Many people speculated that Rodgers and Saleh never saw eye to eye, and while the Jets looked better in their first game without Saleh, they still ended up with a loss.

NFL Comeback Player of the Year Past Winners

After the award came back in 1998, quarterback Chad Pennington is the only player in NFL history to win the Comeback Player of the Year title more than once, having claimed it in 2006 with the New York Jets and 2008 with the Miami Dolphins.

NFL CPOY Award History, Trends, and Pointers

• Regarding player positions, quarterbacks have been favored in the Comeback Player of the Year title hunt. Ever since the award came back in 1998, a quarterback has won the title 16 times from the 25 total.

• The last six award winners have all been quarterbacks.

• Only five defensive players have won the NFL CPOY since 1998, the last one being Kansas City safety Eric Berry in 2015.

• The CPOY award has been shared only once in NFL history, as Tedy Bruschi and Steve Smith Sr. both won the title in 2005.

• Most commonly, the CPOY award is given to a player who missed multiple games due to some type of injury during the previous season. Eight of the last nine winners missed at least five games from their previous season before being named Comeback Player of the Year.

• Geno Smith, the 2022 winner, is one of only two players since 2013 to achieve this without suffering an injury in the preceding year.

• While there are usually clear frontrunners for this award each year, even the "long shot" options can prevail. During the 2022-23 season, the CPOY winner Geno Smith's longest odds for Comeback Player of the Year were a whoppin' +6000.

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