During his rookie season, he played in two games where he amassed a record of 5 passing attempts with 0 receptions and 2 interceptions.

Matt Ryan started all 16 games in his rookie season and was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year.

After his lowest point output since his rookie season, Federko decided to retire after the 1989 – 90 season, having played exactly 1, 000 NHL games.

This nickname was commonly used during that season, perhaps because the team had a new manager and several rookie players.

In his first season, Brown was the NFL's leading rusher with 942 yards in a 12-game regular season and was voted rookie of the year in a United Press poll.

By the end of the season, the rookie quarterback had rewritten the record book in Charlotte and many more in the NFL ( including most passing yards by a rookie with 4, 051, previously held by Peyton Manning with 3, 739 ; and most rushing touchdowns by a QB with 14 ).

In their second match up of the 2011 season, Newton set the record for most passing yards in a season for a rookie QB and converted a 91 yard touchdown pass to WR Brandon LaFell to set a Carolina Panther records for longest pass.

The Cardinals defeated the Panthers in the 2011 season opener on September 11 despite rookie QB Cam Newton's 422 yard debut.

joined car owner Rod Osterlund Racing, in a season that included a rookie class of future stars – Earnhardt, Harry Gant and Terry Labonte.

In his rookie season, Earnhardt won one race at Bristol, captured four poles, had 11 Top 5 finishes, 17 Top 10 finishes, and finished 7th in the points standings, in spite of missing four races because of a broken collarbone, winning Rookie of the Year honors.

For the 2010 season, number 88 was issued to rookie Dez Bryant.

Brown's place was taken in Game 5 by rookie pitcher Liván Hernández, who had earned a spot in the rotation in the second half of the season, but was not in the rotation during the postseason.

* Livan Hernandez ( 1996 – 1998 ) — Hernandez's rookie season coincided with the 1997 World Series.

* Anibal Sanchez ( 2006 – 2012 )-Also acquired in the Josh Beckett & Mike Lowell in the 2005 off-season, Sanchez threw a no-hitter in his rookie season and threw three one-hitters during his tenure.

One of the main priorities of the new leadership was to improve the team's struggling receiving corps and see improvement from quarterback Blaine Gabbert after a disappointing rookie season.

After playing his rookie season at first base, Robinson spent most of his career as a second baseman.

In 1992, reminiscent of the resurgence which greeted Trebelhorn's arrival in 1987, the Brewers rallied behind the leadership of rookie manager Phil Garner and posted their best record since their World Series year in 1982, finishing the season 92 – 70 and in second place, four games behind that year's eventual World Champion Toronto Blue Jays.

The 1977 season featured a roster that included three rookie quarterbacks.

It did not take long for Smith to earn recognition in the major leagues, making what some consider his greatest fielding play only ten games into his rookie season.

With Clemente fast becoming a fan favorite, there would seem little not to like about the early progress of his highly touted rookie season, but the transition from Puerto Rico to Pittsburgh was, in fact, anything but smooth.

After his fast start, Clemente finished his rookie season with an average of. 255, owing at least in part to the recurrence, or perhaps persistence, of the counterproductive batting tics noticed three years before by Dodger scout Al Campanis-and, more to the point, the fact that National League pitchers were noticing as well.

Newton joined Steve Smith in 2001 as being the second Panther rookie to be named to the Pro-Bowl.

The defense had a new weapon as well: rookie free safety Steve Atwater.

In the third period of a 2 – 2 tie during game seven, Steve Smith, a rookie for the Oilers, accidentally sent the puck into his own net on his birthday.

It was disappointing considering that the team added rookie talents Steve Cotter, Lonnie Dennis, Jim Carphin and Neal Beaumont to a team that had a strong core of veteran and young players from the previous season.

With a copy of the prison keys and improvised weapons, Sandy leads the marauding women through the prison, and in the subsequent siege situation, new rookie officers Janet Conway ( Kate Sheil ) and Steve Faulkner ( Wayne Jarratt ) are taken hostage.

This reached a point where, in, while the Mexican rookie Fernando Valenzuela was achieving stardom with the Los Angeles Dodgers, a reporter remarked, " The two best pitchers in the National League don't speak English: Fernando Valenzuela and Steve Carlton.

Weeks later, Manning faced off against Steve Young ; he threw three touchdowns, tying a Colts rookie record, but the 49ers kicked a late field goal to win 34 – 31.

Led by the newly-appointed captain Nash and bolstered by rookie goaltender Steve Mason, the Blue Jackets finished the season as the seventh seed in the Western Conference to earn a post-season berth against division-rival the Detroit Red Wings.

Tied at two in the seventh game of the Smythe Division final against Edmonton, McDonald chased Oilers ' rookie Steve Smith around the Edmonton net.

He also offered Bill Parcells $ 6. 5 million to coach the team, offered draft pick Bo Jackson a five-year, $ 7 million contract that was at the time the highest in NFL history for a rookie, paid Keith McCants an NFL-record $ 2. 5 million signing bonus, and paid Steve Young $ 6 million in salary, plus another $ 1 million for the buyout of his USFL contract.

As a rookie, Nelson served as the primary backup to the Magic's All-Star point guard Steve Francis.

Playing alongside Steve Owen, he helped the Giants win the league championship in his rookie season, and was named all-league the following year.

Until this win, Beem was best known for the book Bud, Sweat and Tees: A Walk on the Wild Side of the PGA Tour by Alan Shipnuck, which profiled his rookie year on the PGA Tour and the often wild lifestyle of him and his caddy, Steve Duplantis.

Following the retirement of Steve McNair, Boller faced a three way battle for the starting job between himself, former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, and rookie Flacco, who was drafted with the Ravens ' first round draft choice.

When Steve Nash was out with a stomach flu, Nelson plugged in Daniels as the starting point guard and the rookie delivered with a near triple-double finishing with 14 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists followed by a 16 point, 7 rebound and 8 assist game in a loss against the T-Wolves the next night.

Before the 1982 season, the Dodgers sent Lopes to the Oakland Athletics to make room for rookie second baseman Steve Sax, breaking up the longest playing infield in history who had been starters since 1974.

On June 18, 2009, Thomas was awarded the Vezina Trophy at the NHL awards, beating out Minnesota Wild netminder Niklas Bäckström and the Blue Jackets ' rookie goaltender Steve Mason.

After Stricklin failed to find a ride for 1995, he served as a consultant for Kenny Bernstein's rookie driver Steve Kinser, a World of Outlaws Sprint Car champion who was struggling to transition from dirt to pavement.

As a rookie, Johnson was the second-and third-string quarterback behind Steve Beuerlein.

In Super Bowl XLII, Hobbs again intercepted a Manning pass that deflected off the hands of New York Giants rookie wide receiver, Steve Smith.