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