New Orleans -Buffalo Bill’s quarterback Josh Allen was named NFL’s most valuable player at the NFL ceremony 2025 at the Saenger theater in front of a packed house by NFL stars, alumni and celebrities Thursday evening.
Allen bordered Raven’s Quarterback Lamar Jackson for MVP in a narrow vote. Buffalo QB got 27 votes in first place, and Baltimore QB got the second 23.
This year’s coach was Minnesota Vikings’ Kevin O’Connell, Philadelphia Eagles who drove back Saquon Barkley was elected offensive players and Denver Broncos Cornerback Patrick Surtain was selected for this year’s defensive player.
Allen, 28, led the bills to a record of 13-4 and no. 2 seed in AFC, threw 3,731 meters and 28 touchdowns against only six interceptions. He also ran for 531 meters and 12 touchdowns on 102 berries.
Jackson, 28, threw for 4,172 meters and 41 touchdowns with four intercepts, and he rushed for 915 meters and four points. He was MVP 2019 and 2023.
“I admire you,” Allen said, and admitted Jackson and the other finalists. “I know this is an individual award, but I think it comes from team success.
“I am so lucky to be part of a large organization.”
Allen was previously the MVP runner 2020, a three-time Pro-Bowler (2020, 2022, 2024) and 2020 PFWA most improved players.
For seven seasons in Buffalo, Allen has thrown over 26,000 meters with 195 touchdowns and added another 4 142 meters and 65 touchdowns rushed.
The seventh overall selection in the NFL draft 2018, Allen has led the bills to the playoffs six straight seasons and to the AFC Championship game twice, including the last season.
In just his third season as head coach, O’Connell led the Vikings to a 14-3 record, bound for the second best record in NFC.
According to most observers, Minnesota over performed in 2024 and sprinted to a 5-0 start and after that with a nine-match winning line to get to 14-2.
O’Connell pressed a lot of the right buttons in 2024, from throwing its weight behind the new starter Sam Darnold at Quarterback (who had a career season in starting all 17 matches) to continue to find ways to use their other offensive weapons on Creative ways.
A former quarterback for New England Patriots (2008), who also bounced among the Detroit Lions and New York Jets exercises, Parlayed O’Connell his offensive background to a possible offensive coordinator with Los Angeles Rams, where he coordinated a victory in Super Bowl lvi.
Barkley was a phenomenon this season and rushed after a career best (and league leadership) 2,005 regular season. He is on the cliff to set the record for total rushing turns (ordinary and after the season), sits at 2,447 meters after a monstrous playoffs, just 30 meters shy to darken the brand that Terrell Davis sat in 1998.
Barkley joined the Eagles during the off -season after a six -year period with New York Giants, where he a total of 5 21 meters and 35 touchdowns. He has logged almost half of that production during a season in Philadelphia and the tip of Eagles’ potent ground games during their push to a 14-3 record and a Super Bowl Lix look.
He was a three-o’clock Pro Bowler and was appointed first team all-Pro for the first time in 2024. He also got several years Rookie of the Year 2018 before taking hold of PFWA’s offensive player and won the Bert Bell Award (top NFL- player) 2024.
Surtain, in its second season as a first team all-Pro artist, is generally considered one of the foremost cover Cornerbacks in the league at the age of 24.
Surtain was a four -year PRO and three times Pro Bowler and was also named PFWA’s defensive player of the year.
The only year Surtain was not a Pro Bowler was his rookie year, when he was named the All-Rookie team while he recorded four interceptions. He matched a total of 2024 and returned one of his four choices for a 100-Yard Touchdown.
With the career sum of 11 intercepts, two forced fumble and 232 combined tackles, Surtain continues to receive awards for their outstanding game.
Other awards awarded Thursday evening included:
AP’s offensive beginner: QB Jayden Daniels, Washington Commander
AP Comeback Player of the Year: QB Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals
Salute to Service Award: TE George Kittle, San Francisco 49ers
AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: de Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams
Next Gen State Moment of the Year: QB Jayden Daniels, Washington Commander
Walter Payton Nfl Man of the Year: DL Arik Armstead, Jacksonville Jaguars
FedEx Air & Ground Players of the Year: Wr Ja’marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals; QB Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills
-David Gladow, Field Level Media
