PIGSKIN’s 2022 NFL All-Rookie Team

January 15, 2023

Just a bit of detailed info regarding this list. What started out to be a 22-25 team of players soon ballooned to that which you see below. I soon found that to be an impossible task, due primarily to the fact that this may have been one of the deepest, most talented Rookie classes in many a moon. The irony of that statement lies in the reality that it was a mediocre, at best, QB class for a league that is always looking to restock that cupboard on multiple teams. And the irony of the latter statement is that one of the two best QB listed herein is Mr. Irrelevant, BROCK PURDY, who has snatched the reigns of a team that traded up just 2 years ago to draft their QB of the future in Trey Lance. And so it goes in the wonderful world of sports.

OFFENSE

QB     KENNY PICKETT     STEELERS

QB    BROCK PURDY         49’ers

RB     KENNETH WALKER     SEA HAWKS

RB      ISIAH PACHECO          CHIEFS

RB     TYLER ALGEIER         FALCONS

RB      DAMEON PIERCE        TEXANS

WR     GARRETT WILSON      JETS

WR     CHRIS OLAVE              SAINTS

WR     CHRIS WATSON         PACKERS

WR      DRAKE LONDON        FALCONS

WR       GEORGE PICKENS     STEELERS

WR      JAHAN DOTSON        COMMANDERS

TE       JELANI WOODS          COLTS

TE       DANIEL BELLINGER       GIANTS

OT      CHARLES CROSS          SEA HAWKS

OT      TYLER SMITH               COWBOYS

OT      JAMAREE SALYER       CHARGERS

OT       NICHOLAS PETIT-FRERE    TITANS

OG      COLE STRANGE          PATRIOTS

OG      IKEM ECKWONU         PANTHERS

OG      ZION JOHNSON         CHARGERS

OG      SPENCER BURFORD      49’ERS

OC      TYLER LINDERBAUM      RAVENS

OC      LUKE FORTNER             JAGUARS

DEFENSE

DL     AIDAN HUTCHINSON       LIONS

DL     TRAVON WALKER              JAGUARS

DL      GEORGE KARLAFTIS        CHIEFS

DL       KAYVON THIBODEAUX        GIANTS

DL      DRAKE JACKSON            49’ERS

DL       ZACHARY CARTER        BENGALS

DL      TRAVIS JONES           RAVENS

DL      LOGAN HALLL            BUCS

ER      JAMES HOUSTON      LIONS

LB      DEVIN LLOYD             JAGUARS

LB      QUAY WALKER           PACKERS

LB      MALCOLM RODRIGUEZ         LIONS

CB      SAUCE GARDNER         JETS

CB       TARIQ WOOLEN          SEA HAWKS

CB        ROGER McCREARY      TITANS

CB       KAIIR ELAM           BILLS

CB        MARTIN EMERSON        BROWNS

S          JALEN PITRE          TEXANS

S          KERRY JOSEPH        LIONS

S        JAQUAN BRISKER         BEARS

S        KYLE HAMILTON          RAVENS

P       RYAN STONEHOUSE        TITANS

P       JAKE CAMRDA               BUCS

PK      CAMERON DICKER         CHARGERS

ST       MARCUS JONES            PATRIOTS

In quite the coup, the JETS just happen to have both my Rookie Defensive & Offensive Rookies of the year in CB/SAUCE GARDNER &  WR/GARRETT WILSON.

I would also note that they would have had another All-Rookie team member iF BREECE HALL/RB had he not ended his Rookie year early with a knee injury.

I could easily have another dozen players added to the list above on general principle in an outstanding Rookie class. But we will draw the line after those listed above… except for a most unusual award winner. It’s not often that a Rookie can win a Comeback Award, but after being shot the leg BRIAN ROBINSON/RB   returned to the field and became, in essence, the No.1 RB for the Commanders. Therefore, I must acclaim him as the “Comeback Player of the Year, 2022.

Cheers

Pigskin Paul