<P> Every week during the NFL regular season , five finalists are chosen for the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week award , and the winner is determined by fan voting online . Those results are used to help determine the finalists for the Rookie of the Year award . Voting occurs throughout the postseason and concludes the week before the Super Bowl . More than 350,000 votes were cast for the inaugural award in 2002 , 1.002 million votes in 2009 , and more than 1.59 million votes in 2010 . Since 2011 , the winner of the Pepsi Rookie of the Year award is announced at the NFL Honors show the night before the Super Bowl . </P>
when do they announce nfl rookie of year
at the NFL Honors show the night before the Super Bowl