The NFL Comeback Player of the Year as awarded by The Associated Press and selected by a nationwide media panel:
2014 -- Rob Gronkowski, TE, New England
2013 -- Philip Rivers, QB, San Diego
2012 -- Peyton Manning, QB, Denver
2011 -- Matthew Stafford, QB, Detroit
2010 -- Michael Vick, QB, Philadelphia
2009 -- Tom Brady, QB, New England
2008 -- Chad Pennington, QB, Miami
2007 -- Greg Ellis, LB, Dallas
2006 -- Chad Pennington, QB, New York Jets
2005 -- Steve Smith, WR, Carolina; Tedy Bruschi, LB, New England
2004 -- Drew Brees, QB, San Diego
2003 -- Jon Kitna, QB, Cincinnati
2002 -- Tommy Maddox, QB, Pittsburgh
2001 -- Garrison Hearst, RB, San Francisco
2000 -- Joe Johnson, DE, New Orleans
1999 -- Bryant Young, DT, San Francisco
1998 -- Doug Flutie, QB, Buffalo