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Former Iowa football star Cooper DeJean is among five finalists for defensive rookie of the year in the Associated Press 2024 NFL Awards. The Eagles picked DeJean 40th overall, the eighth pick in the second round of last spring's draft. He had 51 tackles in the regular season, including 38 solo, for the Eagles, who will face Kansas City in Super Bowl LIX on Sunday.Video above: Here's how much it costs to go to this year's Super Bowl The winners will be announced at NFL Honors at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans. A nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the league completed voting before the playoffs began. Defensive rookie of the year finalists at a glance:Cooper DeJean, Philadelphia Eagles: DeJean was among the highest-rated players in the slot, holding opponents to 50 receptions. He had five pass breakups and quarterbacks had an 82.2 passer rating against him.Braden Fiske, Los Angeles Rams: Fiske led the team and all rookies with 8 1/2 sacks. He had 51 pressures, two forced fumbles and recoveries, 10 tackles for loss and 10 quarterback hits.Quinyon Mitchell, Philadelphia Eagles: Mitchell allowed 40 receptions, had nine pass breakups and quarterbacks had an 87 passer rating against him.Chop Robinson, Miami Dolphins: Robinson had six sacks, 20 pressures and eight tackles for loss. Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams: Verse had 4 1/2 sacks but led all rookies in quarterback hits (18), pressures (77) and hurries (56). He also had 11 tackles for loss.AP NFL Award finalistsHere are the five finalists for the eight AP NFL awards that will be given out on Feb. 6, listed in alphabetical order:MVPJosh AllenSaquon BarkleyJoe BurrowJared GoffLamar JacksonCoach of the YearDan CampbellKevin O’ConnellSean PaytonDan QuinnAndy ReidAssistant Coach of the YearJoe BradyVic FangioBrian FloresAaron GlennBen JohnsonComeback Player of the YearJoe BurrowSam DarnoldJ.K. DobbinsChristian GonzalezDamar HamlinDefensive Player of the YearZack BaunMyles GarrettTrey HendricksonPatrick Surtain IIT.J. WattOffensive Player of the YearSaquon BarkleyJoe BurrowJa’Marr ChaseDerrick HenryLamar JacksonDefensive Rookie of the YearCooper DeJeanBraden FiskeQuinyon MitchellChop RobinsonJared VerseOffensive Rookie of the YearBrock BowersJayden DanielsMalik NabersBo NixBrian Thomas Jr.