NFL Comeback Player Of The Year Odds: Aidan Hutchinson Opens as the Favorite

Odds for the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award are up.

The current NFL Comeback Player of the Year odds provide a number of valuable betting opportunities. In the past, this award was designed to recognize players who overcame adversity, be it after devastating injury or poor performance, who emerged from the depths of despair and lit the NFL world on fire. Prior to the 2024 season, the Associated Press clarified that the award should go to someone who overcame an illness or injury and not someone who followed a bad year with a good year. This year the odds are speckled with seasoned veterans looking to reclaim their former glory and rising stars looking to prove themselves on the gridiron.

Here’s a look at odds to win the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year and my best bets:

NFL Comeback Player Of The Year Odds

Odds as of February 25 at BetMGM

NFL Comeback Player of the Year Best Bets

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow put together a career year to take home the 2024 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. While he was hardly on the radar at the half way point of the year, Burrow threw for 4,918 yards with an astounding 43 touchdowns and just nine interceptions to beat out the likes of Sam Darnold and JK Dobbins and win Comeback Player of the Year. 

Quarterbacks have now won the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award in seven straight seasons. However, Lions pass-rusher Aidan Hutchinson currently stands as the +195 favorite to life the trophy in 2025. Hutchinson roared out to a league-leading 7.5 sacks in just five games last year, before breaking his tibia and fibia and missing the rest of the campaign. With the former Michigan star's odds juiced as the favorite, I'm looking further down the board for my best bets. 

Dak Prescott +325

Unfortunately, the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award has devolved into an award for which quarterback performs best the year following injury, as many skills position players have been spurned over the last few years. As such, why not back the quarterback of "America's Team"? 

Dak Prescott has demonstrated an ability to put up gaudy regular season stats. With a new offensive coordinator, and more talent around him, Prescott is a great bet to bounce back from an injury ravaged campaign. Remember, the Mississippi State product threw for 4,449 yards and 37 touchdowns on his return from injury in 2021, and put up 4,516 yards with 36 touchdowns back in 2023. 

With a healthy CeeDee Lamb, and hopefully more of a running game to keep the Cowboys' offense on schedule, Prescott will be set for another great year. 

Anthony Richardson +4000

Looking further down the board, let's back a young, ascending signal-caller. 

Anthony Richardson appears to be a healthy season away from greatness. While his decision making often makes his own coaches blood vessels burst, Richardson's rocket arm is awe-inspiring. 

Simply put, the former fourth overall pick has the ability to do things on the football field most can only dream of. The Florida product is the most athletic quarterback of all-time, with the size, speed and strength to run over defenders, and the arm to make impossible throws a reality. With another off-season of coaching, Richardson will be primed for a breakout in 2025. 

The Colts' quarterbacks tantalizing athletic feats make him an NFL Comeback Player of the Year value play at +4000 odds. 

How to Bet on the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award

Betting on the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award is an inexact science. In this case, the favorite could very well return to the field and go on a tear, as Aaron Rodgers and the Jets are all in on winning this season.

As our NFL Comeback Player of the Year award history shows, each of the past six winners has been a quarterback who has either returned from a season-ending injury or far exceeded pre-season expectations. In the case of Flacco a few years ago, a late rally to take the Browns to the playoffs was enough for him to emerge victorious.

The road back to stardom is long and arduous. As the voting has shown over the past few years, it's unlikely any player will make the type of impact necessary to unseat a quarterback from winning this award.

As such, you'll want to target a quarterback who is capable of overcoming the odds and contributing heavily to his team's success in 2025 for your NFL Comeback Player of the Year bets.

At any sportsbook, you’ll see the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award odds laid out like this:

Unlike a moneyline bet where favorites are designated with the minus sign (-), in this case, the player with the lowest odds is the favorite. Here, it’s Aaron Rodgers.

Let’s say you’re loving Anthony Richardson at +4000. If you were to lay down $100 on him, you’d get a payout of $4100 – your $100 is returned along with your winnings of $4000. On the other hand, if you believe that Dak Prescott is going to have a stellar season, that same $100 on him would give you a payout of $425 – you get your original money back coupled with your prize of $325. 

To find out how much you’d win based on what you bet, check out our Odds Calculator.

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