{"id":411982,"date":"2023-02-09T12:45:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=411982"},"modified":"2023-02-09T12:47:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:47:14","slug":"hutchinson-named-nfl-rookie-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/hutchinson-named-nfl-rookie-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hutchinson named NFL Rookie of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detroit Lions defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson was named the NFL Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aidanhutch97?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Aidanhutch97<\/a> for winning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Pepsi<\/a> Rookie of the Year!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all the amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Lions<\/a> fans who voted! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7iuEzd0sN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/S7iuEzd0sN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Lions (@Lions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lions\/status\/1623713836162338821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cSuch an honor to be named the 2022 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year,\u201d fan favorite Hutchinson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cTo my teammates, coaches, family, friends, and most importantly the fans, your support means so much to me. Couldn\u2019t have done it without you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hutchinson is the first rookie with at least nine sacks and three interceptions for the season since 1982, when the individual sack became an official statistic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He nabbed the statistic in the Jan. 1 game against Chicago with less than 10 seconds remaining before the half, intercepting Bears\u2019 QB Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">&#8220;For what we wanted him for, he\u2019s everything we\u2019ve wanted, man,\u201d head coach Dan Campbell said of Hutchinson during a press conference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI mean this guy\u2019s a football player, and with the No. 2 pick in the draft, we got a freaking football-playing dude, man, who\u2019s a high motor, and he\u2019s versatile as hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Such an honor to be named the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepsi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Pepsi<\/a> Zero Sugar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NFL<\/a> Rookie of the Year. To my teammates, coaches, family, friends, and most importantly the fans, your support means to much to me. Couldn\u2019t have done it without you. Thank you \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PepsiROTY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PepsiROTY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnePride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OnePride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bl3PFCZa6G\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bl3PFCZa6G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aidan Hutchinson (@aidanhutch97) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aidanhutch97\/status\/1623717054451974144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hutchinson finished his rookie season with 51 total tackles, 9.5 sacks, 2 pass deflections, 3 interceptions, and 9 tackles for a loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week for week 11 and was a two-time NFC Rookie of the Month (November 2022, December 2022-January 2023).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Lions defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson was named the NFL Rookie of the Year. 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