Cam Newton
Pittsburgh had a better quarterback with big ben.
Don Newcombe of the the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954.
Ben Roethlisberger was drafted in 2004.
Tampa Bay has had several African American QBs .... Parnell Dickenson, Doug Williams, and Shaun King are the ones that come to mind.
The first NASCAR rookie of the year was Blackie Pitt.
In 1937 the first year in Washington there quarterback was Sammy Baugh!
Jackie Robinson - 1st ROYJackie Robinson in his rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers had a .297 batting average, hit 12 home runs, and was the first winner of the Major League Rookie of the Year Award.
No rookie quarterback has ever started or won a Super Bowl. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick won't change that statistic because he is a second-year player. Kaepernick was a second-round draft pick the 49ers in 2011. As a rookie, he saw limited action as a backup to quarterback Alex Smith.
texans rookie TJ Yates year 2011-2012
Jackie Robinson.
Rookie of the Year is a yearly award given by most sports leagues to the best first year player in the league.