Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\nBrowns defensive end Myles Garrett was unanimously named the Associated Press (AP) Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n
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It is the second time that Garrett has won the award, and the third straight nomination as a finalist.<\/p>\n
Cleveland linebacker Carson Schwesinger was voted the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year. He is the second Browns rookie in team history to win the award.<\/p>\n
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Garrett set the NFL single-season sack record with 23 sacks.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though the year didn\u2019t end the way we wanted it to, obviously, he never wavered,\u201d said Browns defensive line coach Jacques Cesaire. \u201cHe never showed any signs of slowing down, and he just kept one singular focus on \u2018I\u2019m going to do my job to try and help this team win.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Schwesinger is the first Browns player to be named Defensive Rookie of the Year since Chip Banks in 1982.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarson, he came in and all he said, and all he lived, is that he was going to earn it,\u201d linebackers coach Jason Tarver said. \u201cSo really proud of how he approaches each and every day, trying to be his best.\u201d<\/p>\n
The UCLA rookie had a breakout season in Cleveland, leading all rookies with 146 tackles and 11 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford was named league MVP. Patriots coach Mike Vrabel won the NFL Coach of the Year award.<\/p>\n
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