It's strange, in the NHL there's a minimum amount of games that need to be played in a season before you give up your rookie status, (30 or something). Since the NFL season has so few games, I guess you pop your rookie cherry as soon as you take the field, even if it's only to take the kneel downs.
I'll bet that ****ed a lot of "second year" guys out of ROTY awards that I'd imagine come with a bonus.
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