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  • Quarterback Caleb Williams is the favorite to win 2024-25 NFL OROY
  • Track each player’s OROY odds throughout the 2024-25 NFL season

I am tracking 2024-25 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year odds from the time they open, through the 2024-2025 NFL season, and right up until the award is handed out. Sports betting apps opened NFL OROY odds for the 2024-25 season nearly a week before the NFL Draft. These odds, of course, saw significant movement once we did find out where each player would be calling home this year.

The graphs below were generated by averaging the odds from our top sportsbooks.

Top NFL OROY Contenders

The NFL Draft odds were correct in predicting the Chicago Bears would take Caleb Williams with the first-overall pick, putting him in an offense surrounded by the talents of DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, D’Andre Swift, as well as the ninth-overall pick Rome Odunze. The new Bears quarterback opened as the favorite to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2024-25 NFL season, and his odds only got better after Chicago added another receiver to his arsenal. His odds did fade a touch, though, after a bit of a humbling Week 1 against the Titans.

This rookie crop featured a great class of wide receivers, namely Marvin Harrison Jr, Malik Nabers, and Rome Odunze, who were the first three receivers off the board in the NFL Draft, and all had short odds to win the award prior to the draft. However, Xavier Worthy saw his odds improve after being drafted by the Chiefs, and he has been able to make a major impact with his new team right away.

The drafts other top quarterbacks – Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, and JJ McCarthy – all ended up in great spots where they are were likely to start Week 1. McCarthy’s new home in Minnesota resulted in the biggest odds improvement among the three, but he also appeared to be the furthest of the bunch from starting for his new team. None of that matters now that McCarthy will miss the entire 2024 season after surgery on his knee. Drake Maye has also started the season on the bench, while Bo Nix won the starting job in Denver.

Odds to Win 2024-25 NFL OROY

Player
Best Odds
Bet365
DraftKings
FanDuel
BetMGM
Williams, Caleb
Daniels, Jayden
Harrison Jr, Marvin
Worthy, Xavier
FanDuel
+1100
+1100
Nabers, Malik
FanDuel
+1500
+1400
+1500
+1500
Nix, BO
FanDuel
+1700
+1600
+1700
+1300
Thomas Jr, Brian
DraftKings
+2500
+2500
+2400
+2500
Coleman, Keon
FanDuel
+2800
+2500
+2800
+2000
McConkey, Ladd
FanDuel
+3500
+1600
+3500
+3000
Maye, Drake
DraftKings
+3500
+3500
+1900
+3000
Bowers, Brock
FanDuel
+4000
+3000
+4000
+3500
Penix Jr, Michael
BetMGM
+6000
+4000
+4000
+6000
McMillian, Jalen
BetMGM
+6600
+6000
+6500
+6600
Odunze, Rome
BetMGM
+8000
+7500
+7500
+8000
Lloyd, Marshawn
FanDuel
+8500
+6000
+8500
+8000
Benson, Trey
FanDuel
+10000
+7500
+10000
+10000
Mitchell, Adonai
FanDuel
+10000
+7500
+10000
+8000
Allen, Braelon
DraftKings
+10000
+10000
+10000
+10000
Corum, Blake
FanDuel
+12000
+7500
+12000
+10000
Corley, Malachi
FanDuel
+15000
+7500
+15000
+15000

Caleb Williams is currently the favorite to win NFL OROY for the 2024-25 NFL season. Williams is given +150 odds to take home the award, and his probability to win it based on those odds is 40%. If you placed a $20 bet on Williams at +150 odds, you would stand to win $30 and return $50.

Rounding out the top five OROY contenders are: Jayden Daniels (+450), Marvin Harrison Jr (+800), Xavier Worthy (+1200), and Malik Nabers (+1500).

*The NFL OROY odds in the table above are gathered from the top online sportsbooks, including DraftKings, FanDuel, and BetMGM, and are updated every 1-2 hours. Be sure you check out the best DraftKings Sportsbook promo before signing up.

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Here are some more notes on odds movement:

  • [September 10] Nearly every top rookie on the offensive side of the ball struggled in Week 1. Caleb Williams completed less than 50% of his passes and only managed 93 yards. Marvin Harrison Jr only had one catch for four yards. Bo Nix only tallied 138 yards on 42 pass attempts and threw two bad interceptions. Malik Nabers was held back by yet another awful game from Daniel Jones, but I wouldn’t say he struggled. This wasn’t the case for Jayden Daniels and Xavier Worthy, though. Daniels wasn’t exceptional, but did complete nearly 71% of his passes for 184 yards and added another 88 yards on the ground. Worthy racked up 68 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns. Daniels’ OROY odds improved slightly after his performance, while Worthy went from +2050 to +1200.
  • [August 29] Drake Maye’s NFL OROY odds fell from +1350 to +1700 after Jacoby Brissett was named the Week 1 starter for the Patriots.
  • [August 27] After Bo Nix was named the Broncos starting quarterback for Week 1, his NFL OROY odds improved from +1400 to +1050.
  • [August 14] The Vikings have announced that QB JJ McCarthy will miss the entire 2024 NFL season after surgery to repair his meniscus. McCarthy’s NFL OROY odds had faded as long as +4000 prior to the announcement, but he will now be out of the running for the award.
  • [July 24] With Sam Darnold being all the talk out of Vikings camp, we are seeing JJ McCarthy’s NFL OROY odds plummet from as short as +900 after the draft to +1700 in late July. The move has seen McCarthy tumble from the third-best odds to the sixth-best, falling behind Malik Nabers and Bo Nix.
  • [June 1] Money coming in on Jayden Daniels has resulted in his odds improving from an average of +775 to +617. The improvement, along with a slight dip in Marvin Harrison Jr’s odds, now has Daniels possessing the second-best odds to win the award.
  • [April 26] The player selected on Day 2 of the NFL Draft who benefited most from their landing spot was Keon Coleman, who was selected by the Bills with the 33rd-overall pick (first pick of the second round). Coleman’s OROY odds improved from +5000 to as short as +2500, as he potentially becomes Josh Allen’s go-to wide receiver in Buffalo. Running backs were flying off the board on the second day of the draft as well, and Jonathon Brooks is the back who saw his odds improve the most. Brooks was the first RB selected and is expected to be the lead back in Carolina right away. His odds went from +5000 to +3400 after he was drafted. Blake Corum, on the other hand, saw his odds go from +5000 to +8000 after being selected by the Rams, where he will likely backup Kyren Williams to at least start the year.
  • [April 25] The first round of the NFL Draft brought plenty of big OROY odds movement. Starting with quarterbacks, we saw JJ McCarthy drafted tenth-overall by the Vikings, resulting in his odds improving from as long as +1600 to as short as +800. Bo Nix, who was drafted 12th-overall by the Broncos, saw his OROY odds improve from +3500 to +1600, as he expects to walk in and start in Denver. Michael Penix Jr, on the other hand, is now an afterthought in NFL OROY odds, as he went from +1800 to +6000 since he’ll be backing up Kirk Cousins in Atlanta. Malik Nabers, who had the third-best odds prior to the draft, saw his odds fade from as short as +700 to as long as +1400 when he was selected by the Giants. Rome Odunze’s NFL OROY odds suffered a similar fate when he was drafted by the Bears, who now have an awful lot of mouths to feed. Odunze’s odds were as short as +1000 before the draft but are now as long as +2500. The receiver who benefitted the most from the team who drafted him is Xavier Worthy. The new Chiefs wide receiver was as long as +4000 to win OROY before the draft, but is now as short as +1600.
  • [April 19] Sportsbooks, namely DraftKings, has opened the odds to win NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year for the 2024-25 NFL season, despite not knowing where any of these incoming rookies will be playing yet. Caleb Williams has opened as a pretty heavy favorite with +275 odds. Marvin Harrison Jr opened with the second-best odds at +550.

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Offensive Rookie of the Year Trends

Here are some recent trends to know before betting on the award:

  • CJ Stroud (2023-24), Justin Herbert (2020), Kyler Murray (2019), and Dak Prescott (2016) are the only QBs to win the award in the last ten years
  • RBs have won the award in two of the last seven seasons and in four of the last 11 seasons
  • Kyler Murray and Cam Newton (2011) are the only first-overall picks to win the award in the last 12 years
  • Dan Marino is the only QB to win OROY with less than 12 starts in his rookie season
  • The award has gone to a player from the NFC in 13 of the last 17 seasons, but the AFC has won the last four – before CJ Stroud, Garrett Wilson, Ja’Marr Chase, and Justin Herbert won the award in each of the last four seasons, Vince Young was the previous AFC player to win OROY (2006)
  • The Vikings have the most OROY winners with five; there are seven teams who have never had an OROY winner: Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, and Seattle Seahawks
  • No TE or offensive lineman has ever won the award

Past NFL OROY Winners

Year OROY Winner
2023 CJ Stroud
2022 Garrett Wilson
2021 Ja’Marr Chase
2020 Justin Herbert
2019 Kyler Murray
2018 Saquon Barkley
2017 Alvin Kamara
2016 Dak Prescott
2015 Todd Gurley
2014 Odell Beckham Jr

Top Contenders at Each Position

Caleb Williams (QB), Marvin Harrison Jr (WR), Brock Bowers (TE), and Jaylen Wright / Trey Benson (RB) have opened as the favorites at their respective positions.

OROY Winners by Position

Position Number of NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award Winners
Quarterback 12
Running Back 34
Wide Receiver 11
FIELD 0

Top Contenders by Draft Round

Among the 57 Offensive Rookie of the Year award winners, 42 of them were drafted in the first-round of the NFL Draft, and 50 of them were drafted in the first two rounds.

Mike Anderson (RB) of the Denver Broncos is the player selected latest in the draft to win the honors – Anderson was selected 189th overall in 2000.

  • Ten of the 12 QBs to win the award were drafted in the first-round
  • 24 of the 34 RBs to win the award were drafted in the first-round
  • Eight of the 11 WRs to win OROY were drafted in the first-round – Anquan Boldin in 2003 was the last non-first-round WR to win the award

Here are the 15 players selected outside of the first-round who have won the award:

OROY Winners Who Weren’t Drafted in 1st Round

Player Position Draft Pos. Draft Year
Dennis Shaw QB 2nd-rd (30th overall) 1970
Sammy White WR 2nd-rd (54th overall) 1976
Carl Pickens WR 2nd-rd (31st overall) 1992
Anthony Thomas RB 2nd-rd (38th overall) 2001
Clinton Portis RB 2nd-rd (51st overall) 2002
Anquan Boldin WR 2nd-rd (54th overall) 2003
Eddie Lacy RB 2nd-rd (61st overall) 2013
Rueben Mayes RB 3rd-rd (57th overall) 1986
Curtis Martin RB 3rd-rd (74th overall) 1995
Alvin Kamara RB 3rd-rd (67th overall) 2017
Troy Stradford RB 4th-rd (99th overall) 1987
Dak Prescott QB 4th-rd (135th overall) 2016
Mike Thomas RB 5th-rd (108th overall) 1975
Don Woods RB 6th-rd (134th overall) 1974
Mike Anderson RB 6th-rd (189th overall) 2000

Archived OROY Odds: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018

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With nearly a decade working in the industry, Matt is a seasoned sports betting veteran. He got his start with SBD in 2016 and worked his way up the ladder to become the Editor-in-Chief. Along the way he has done everything from reviewing sportsbooks to creating proprietary sports betting tools.