A true dual-threat quarterback, Allen registered 28 touchdown passes and 12 rushing touchdowns this season.

He became the first quarterback to score multiple rushing and passing touchdowns in back-to-back games, and the first to claim a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown in the same game.

The biggest change in his game, though, has been that he has matured as a leader and protected the ball better.

Allen registered career-low figures for interceptions, sacks and fumbles, as he led Buffalo to a 13-4 record, reaching the play-offs for a sixth straight year.

For the fourth time in five years, the Bills’ post-season run was halted by the Kansas City Chiefs, who won the AFC Championship game to reach Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, where the NFL’s annual awards ceremony took place on Thursday.