What Happened To Every Rookie Of The Year Since 2010?

In this video, we take a deep dive into the careers of every NFL Rookie of the Year (ROY) winner from 2010 up to today. Where are they now? Who became superstars, who fell off, and who shocked the league? From offensive standouts to defensive game-changers, we break down each player’s journey after winning ROY and how their careers unfolded.

0:00 Intro
0:19 Sam Bradford
1:27 Ndamukong Suh
2:31 Cam Newton
3:37 Von Miller
4:46 Robert Griffin
5:49 Luke Kuechly
7:20 Eddie Lacy
8:14 Sheldon Richardson
8:58 Odell Beckham Jr
10:29 Aaron Donald
11:59 Todd Gurley
12:59 Marcus Peters
13:37 Dak Prescott
14:37 Joey Bosa
15:23 Alvin Kamara
16:42 Marshon Lattimore
17:18 Saquon Barkley
18:59 Shaquille Leonard
19:47 Kyler Murray
20:41 Nick Bosa
21:48 Justin Herbert
23:09 Chase Young
23:49 Ja’Marr Chase
24:53 Micah Parsons
25:38 Garrett Wilson
26:31 Sauce Gardner
27:02 C.J. Stroud
28:02 Will Anderson Jr.
28:46 Jayden Daniels
30:02 Jared Verse

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Winning Rookie of the Year should mean your career is just getting started. Some guys rode the wave all the way to the Hall of Fame. But for some of these players, their rookie years were the beginning and the end. From epic meltdowns to surprise comebacks, here’s what happened to every NFL rookie of the year since 2010. Starting off, we have Sam Bradford. The real question is, was he a bust or a what if? or you could say he got screwed by a bad organization. The guy threw for 3,512 yards with 18 touchdowns and 15 interceptions as a rookie. Solid numbers for somebody leading a completely broken Rams team that went just 1 and 15 the year prior. The problem was that Bradford never really grew beyond that year. He tore his left ACL twice and always seemed to be afraid to go for that big play. Never quite looking like he was actually trying to win games, more so manage them. A lot of checkdowns and short passes. Bradford’s biggest moment was leading the league in completion percentage for the Vikings in 2016 with 71.6%, but he started just two games the following year. Throughout his NFL journey, Bradford never had a positive starting record. After bouncing around four teams in eight seasons, Bradford was out of the league. But I will say at least he earned over $130 million during his playing days. I don’t think he’s complaining about that too much. Now, let’s be real. I don’t think teams were overly worried about Sam Bradford, but this next guy up made his opponents lose sleep. Damakans had 10 sacks, 66 tackles, an interception, and a forced fumble as a rookie. immediately becoming one of the most dominant defensive tackles and even being compared to Warren Sap. His name literally translates to House of Spears, which feels perfect for how he played. Anytime you’re running into Dominican Sue full speed at the line of scrimmage from a foot away, you’re going to you’re going to know that it’s him and you can definitely feel the difference between him and other guys. Sue made five Pro Bowls, earned three AllP Pro first team selections, and made the all 2010s team during a career that saw him strike fear into offensive lines across the league. He also finally got a Super Bowl ring later in his career, capping off a dominant run as one of the most disruptive interior forces the game has ever seen. At the time of his retirement, he had 71 and a half sacks, 600 total tackles, and five force fumbles. And disruptive forces don’t get much bigger than the next guy up on our list. Cuz Cam Newton had one of the best rookie seasons ever. Arguably the best according to who you ask. Throwing for a then rookie record 4,051 yards, 21 touchdowns while adding 706 rushing yards, and 14 more scores on the ground. There’s never been such a fast start. He kicked things off with back-to- back rookie records. 422 passing yards in week number one, then 432 passing yards in week two. Andy led Carolina to 25.4 points per game in his first season. For a while, he was the perfect weapon, and that 2015 MVP season was absolutely insane. But after 2018, everything just collapsed so quickly. He retired with 32,382 passing yards and 194 touchdowns, plus 5,628 rushing yards and 75 rushing touchdowns. Newton changed how he thought about the position cuz he was basically bigger than all the linebackers. On the flip side, that year it was more of the same. Another absolute freak of nature. Von Miller’s draft stock skyrocketed after the combine. Then he went on to have 64 tackles and 11 and a half sacks as a rookie, going five straight games with at least one sack after not recording one in his debut. Miller’s first step is one of the fastest ever. Just incredibly explosive off the line with a perfect mix of finesse and power. He’s made eight Pro Bowls, earned three allpro first team selections, and won two Super Bowls, including Super Bowl 50 MVP honors. the explosion he has off the ball compared to even some of the other best guys. I don’t think anybody’s quite in the same step as Vaughn. Rushing four. Ball comes out of the hands of Newton. It’s on the ground and still on the ground. Picked up and the MVP of Super Bowl 50 is Von Miller. Even in 2025 at the age of 36, he has five sacks through 11 weeks, bringing his career total to 134.5. And he still got the ability to make a big play here and there. Washington traded a huge hall to move up and grab RG3 second overall behind Andrew Luck. And he had an amazing rookie season with 3,200 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, and five interceptions. The guy led the league with a 1.3% interception rate. He also rushed for 815 yards and seven touchdowns, beating out Luck and Russell Wilson for the award. Everything was going great until the first playoff game against the Seahawks. Griffin tore his ACL, LCL, and meniscus midway through the fourth quarter. The next year, when teams figured out the read option, he just couldn’t adapt. Without the Shanahan system, he might have even looked like Justin Fields in his rookie year. a one-readed deep ball scrambling quarterback. Griffin was essentially done by the end of the 2014 season. Then he played a year in Cleveland and was a backup in Baltimore for a few years. He retired after the 2020 season with 9,271 passing yards, 53 total touchdowns, and one Pro Bowl appearance to his name. On the defensive side though, the Panthers hit it out of the park with Luke Keequley. He led the league with 164 tackles as a rookie and right away became one of the best linebackers of the modern era. The guy was a complete football nerd who watched more film than anybody else and knew exactly what play the offense was running before they did most of the time. I’d always watch two first halfs of the team that we were playing and just get like general feel. And I always feel like first halfs are better because you got to you got a feel for who they were. There’s plays I’ve made solely based on what I’ve seen on tape. He was called out half the plays we were running before we ran him. He knows exactly what play you’re running. You check to something, he knows it. And he was just so solid with the fundamentals. You had some linebackers in the league that would just try to rip your head off. Keley didn’t go for the big hit. He just got a hand on you and you were done. He wrapped you up, brought you down. That was the end of the play. He was one of the best technical tacklers that the game has ever seen. Keeley made the Pro Bowl every season after his rookie year and was either first or second team allpro every year. He won defensive player of the year in 2013 and made the all 2010s team. Similar to Patrick Willis, he retired in his prime. And Keequley was just 28 years old. In eight seasons, he had almost 1,100 tackles, 75 tackles for a loss, and 18 interceptions. For reference, Brian Erlacer had 1,361 tackles and 22 picks in 13 years. Eddie Lacy was a big powerful back who accumulated 1,435 yards from scrimmage and 11 touchdowns during his rookie year, making his only Pro Bowl. At his peak, he was a top 10 running back in the league. He’d run over anybody, had this nasty spin move, and was surprisingly agile for his size. He was also great in the screen game with just enough speed to always be dangerous. But that peak lasted exactly two seasons. After a solid 2014 with 1,566 total yards and 13 touchdowns, everything fell apart. The speed had just disappeared and you could see it in how he played. By 2016, he was down to just five games and 360 yards. Lazy looked less and less in football shape each year. And by 2017 with the Seahawks, he was basically done rushing for just 179 yards in nine games. Sheldon Richardson had 78 tackles, three and a half sacks, and a forced fumble as a rookie. Then made the Pro Bowl in 2014 with 67 tackles, eight sacks, and 21 quarterback hits. For those first two years, similar to Lacy, Richardson looked like one of the best at his position with a ceiling that felt like he could be right up there with the very best. But Richardson never took that next step after an extremely promising start. I wouldn’t say he was a bad player by any means, just a good player for 9 years. There’s nothing wrong with that. Not everybody is going to be Miles Garrett out here. Richardson finished his career with 33 and a half sacks and 500 tackles. Sometimes that early promise is as good as it gets. Sometimes the best rookie seasons come out of nowhere. Odell Beckham Jr. missed the first four weeks of 2014, then had just 44 yards in his debut. Throughout the first three games, he had 106 receiving yards combined. He did have three touchdowns, but still, you wouldn’t think this guy was about to make his case for rookie of the year, but what happened next was absolutely insane. We witnessed one of the greatest rookie seasons ever packed into just nine games. His balance and body control is amazing. He’s a special player. He’ll go down as one of the greatest ever, I think. Beckham finished with 91 catches for 1,35 yards and 12 touchdowns, leading the league with 108.8 yards per game despite playing only 12 games total. His best performance came against Washington in week 15. 12 catches, 143 yards, and three touchdowns. Of course, there was also that one-handed catch against the Cowboys that broke the internet. And Manning’s gonna heave one. Oh, there’s a flag. Beckham onehanded catch. How in the world? Oh my goodness. For his first three years, Beckham was easily a top five receiver. The Giants offense basically became throw Odell the ball and hope he takes it to the house. He made three Pro Bowls and won a Super Bowl with the Rams. After recently being reinstated from a six-game peed suspension, it’s going to be interesting to see if any teams are going to take a shot on him and sign him for these upcoming playoffs. OBJ could have been the best receiver of his generation, but this next guy up actually became the best defender of his. Aaron Donald had 48 tackles, nine sacks, and two forced fumbles as a rookie, making the Pro Bowl and announcing the arrival of a monster. Aaron Donald, a rookie from Pit. Great penetration, throws him for a three-yd loss. Aaron Donald defeats this block so quick. Donald made the Pro Bowl every single year that he played and was first team AllPro in every season after his rookie year except 2022 when injuries limited him to just 11 games. I mean, he won defensive player of the year three times and led the league with 20 and a half sacks in 2018 as an interior lineman. You don’t get 20 sacks on accident. He’s kind of everything you want in a deline. A guy that is just disruptive. The guy looked like one giant muscle and he was ridiculously strong. But get this, in 2024, ESPN even reported that the average win rate against single blockers over the past 5 years was 17%. You know what? Aaron Donald averaged 18% against double teams during that time. He was better against two guys than most linemen are against one. To top it all off, Pro Football Focus rated him as the most dominant NFL player of the past 20 years with a 90 plus grade every season of his career. And I’ll tell you what, the very next year, the Rams nailed it again with another instant impact player in Todd Gurley, who rushed for 1,16 yards and 10 touchdowns with 1,294 total yards as a rookie. When he was healthy, Gurley was absolutely elite. He led the league in touchdowns twice and even had 2,93 yards from scrimmage in 2017. The wild thing about Gurley is that he only played six seasons but scored 79 total touchdowns. If you look at active touchdown leaders right now, Dererick Henry’s at the top of the list with 120. Then you have Stefon Diggs and Joe Mixon tied for 10th place around 74 I believe which means Gurley would be in the top 10 despite not playing for the past 5 years. arthritis in his knees forced him to retire before turning 27. He could have stayed healthy. He would have easily been one of the best running backs of all time. And if you guys were playing fantasy football back then, you know Todd Gurley was a dog. Marcus Peters had one of the most impressive rookie seasons for a defensive back ever, leading the league with eight interceptions, two pick sixes, and 26 pass deflections. His second season might have been even better and he made first team allp pro that year. The trouble is he refused to tackle anything coming downhill. Not like he missed the tackle sometimes, but he just straight up made business decisions when runners came his way. He missed all of 2021 with an ACL injury and didn’t play in 2024 due to being a free agent. While he did make three Pro Bowls and two allp pro first teams, it still seems like he left a lot of talent on the table. Dak Prescott had one of the best rookie quarterback seasons that we have ever seen. 3,667 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, and just four interceptions, plus six rushing scores. The guy gets a lot of hate, but honestly, even as an Eagles fan, I’ll say this, he’s been pretty good throughout his career, even if he can feel all over the place sometimes. The big problem with Prescott is that he can’t win in the playoffs, and the Cowboys are a Super Bowl or bus type of franchise. His 2023 season was very impressive. He led the league with 36 touchdown passes and threw for 4516 yards, making a legitimate MVP case before those losses to Buffalo and Miami stopped his momentum. I think of Dak, especially this past year, it’s the ability to like when backs against the wall and he can kind of create something for himself. And for the most part in 2025, Dak has been playing well, especially when he connects with CD Lamb and George Pickkins. I mean, the dude’s made three Pro Bowls and has put up solid numbers when he’s actually healthy. Joey Bosa had 10 and a half sacks and a force fumble despite playing only 12 games as a rookie. The guy immediately showed he was going to be a problem for offensive lines. In 2021, he was consistently good. He never led the league in sacks, but he hit double digits in four different seasons. His biggest issue staying healthy. He’s missed some serious time over the last three years. When he’s on the field, though, he looks great. He started strong last year before getting hurt. He’s made five Pro Bowls and joined the Bills in 2025, hoping a change of scenery can help him get back to that early dominance and actually stay on the field for a full season. So far, it’s working out pretty well, and Bosa is tied for the league lead in forced fumbles with four. New Orleans found their perfect weapon in Alvin Kamaro, who put up 728 rushing yards and 826 receiving yards with 13 total touchdowns as a rookie. This was exactly what the Saints hoped that they were going to get when they drafted Reggie Bush years earlier. A true dual threat running back who could line up anywhere and create mismatches. The toughest matchup in the NFL is Alvin Chimera. Here he is at the top playing wide receiver against the Patriots, running a straight go route. If he wanted to play wide receiver, he could be a number one wide receiver. He can run every route in the book. Kamar has been crazy consistent, never getting fewer than 1,100 scrimmage yards in eight seasons. Although that streak might be in danger as he just suffered a knee injury in week 12 of the 2025 season. He even made five straight Pro Bowls to start off his career. And while he’s never actually had a,000yard rushing season, that’s because he shared time with Mark Ingram and he was used so much as a receiving threat. His 2020 season was probably his best, leading the league with 21 total touchdowns, including that insane week 16 game against Minnesota where he ran for 155 yards and six touchdowns in a 52-33 win on Christmas. Chimera gets it and right up the gut he is gone. Touchdown Saints. Marshon Latimore came in hot with 52 tackles, five interceptions, and a pick six as a rookie, immediately earning a Pro Bowl spot. When healthy, he’s one of the top corners in the league. The problem is, just like many others, the when healthy part comes up way too often. Vladimore had some serious hamstring issues dating back to college, and they’ve been a nightmare for his NFL career. He made four Pro Bowls right in the beginning of his time in the league, but hasn’t really had a strong year since 2021. When I think of Vladimore, the only thing I picture is him fighting Mike Evans every time. I mean, how can you not? You know how some players just look different from day one? Well, that was Saquon Barkley in 2018. The guy led the league with 2,28 scrimmage yards and added 15 total touchdowns as a rookie. Going to hand it off. Look at that. Did he sore? But then injuries derailed the next three years. He played just two games in 2020 and didn’t play a full season until 2022 when he ran for 1,312 yards and 10 touchdowns. Then came the Giants absolutely horrendous decision to let him walk away in free agency ahead of the 2024 season. Barkley joined Philadelphia and had one of the greatest seasons we’ve ever seen, leading the league with 2005 rushing yards, finishing in the MVP conversation, winning offensive player of the year, and capping it off with a Super Bowl championship. Third and four. They’ll run out of it. Big opening Barkley. There he goes. Barkley going to ring the bell again. Touchdown Philadelphia. Including the playoffs, he had 254 rushing yards with seven runs of 60 plus yards. He was a nightmare for the Rams in particular with 255 rushing yards and two scores in week 12, then 205 rushing yards and two more scores in the postseason. And it’s going to be quite a long time before anybody forgets about that backward hurdle you had against the Jags. So far in 2025, I do have to say Saquon has taken a bit of a step back though. I mean, he was averaging 5.8 yards per carry in 2024. Now just 3.7 throughout 12 weeks of the 2025 season. I mean, what do we have? Six more games remaining. We’re going to have to see if he can bump those numbers up a little bit. And if you want to talk about making an immediate impact, Shaq Leonard led the league with 163 tackles as a rookie while adding seven sacks and two interceptions, becoming first team allpro. His second game was crazy. 19 tackles in a sack in a 21-9 win over Washington. And over his first four years, he was playing at a Hall of Fame pace. Other than his elite rookie year, his highest point was probably 2021 when he led the league in force fumbles. Then everything fell apart. Back injuries and surgeries completely robbed him of his explosiveness. He played just three games in 2022, managed 14 games split between Indianapolis and Philadelphia in 2023, was out of the league entirely by 2024. It’s kind of heartbreaking to think about how it all went down. Kyler Murray threw for 3,722 yards and 20 touchdowns while adding 544 rushing yards and four more scores as a rookie, showing off the dual threat ability that made him the number one overall pick. Murray plays at a really high level when he’s available, but it’s easy to overlook him because the Cardinals have been consistently terrible. That insane scramble where he called his own touchdown run from about 45 yds away tells you all you need to know. And is Murray on the keep inside. Uhoh, Kyler Murray. Turn on the afterburners. He’s gone. The main issue for Kyler occurred in 2022 when he tore his ACL against the Patriots. Since then, he hasn’t quite looked like the same player. In the grand scheme of things, Murray still has time to figure it out, but it might have to be with a new team because I would guess the Cardinals are going to move on from him in 2026. Some guys are just built for the NFL. And Nick Bosa looked the part right away. He had 47 tackles and nine sacks with an interception and a forced fumble as a rookie, landing a Pro Bowl spot and immediately showing that he was going to be an elite pass rusher. Since then, he’s made the Pro Bowl every season except 2020 when he played just two games. I mean, this guy’s is special. This guy could be a superhero. It’s amazing how he shows up at the critical points in the game. His 2022 season was ridiculous. leading the league in sacks with 18.5, winning defensive player of the year, and even getting some MVP votes. But considering that since then he signed that massive contract paying him $34 million every year, you might think he’s let off the gas a little bit. And don’t get me wrong, he’s still playing very good, but not at the level he did in 2022. That said, he’s been great in the postseason with 10 playoff sacks, which is third among active players. Unfortunately, in week three, Bosa to his ACL against the Cardinals, so now it’s just a matter of waiting to see what he looks like after his recovery is all done. Justin Herbert was not supposed to start in 2020, but there was a pregame medical mishap with Tyrod Taylor. I mean, seriously, how do you accidentally puncture your starting quarterback’s lung? That mistake threw Herbert into action in week number two, and his first opponent was none other than Patrick Mahomes. Herbert went toe-to-toe with the reigning Super Bowl MVP and nearly won the game, announcing his arrival in spectacular fashion. He finished his rookie year with 4,336 yards and 31 touchdowns with just 10 interceptions, adding five rushing scores for 36 total touchdowns, which was a rookie record. Justin Herbert is the real deal, man. For him to have that kind of rookie year was crazy, you know, especially at the quarterback position. Such a there’s so much going on. Herbert’s shown flashes of elite potential with over 5,000 yards in his second season and consistently strong arm talent. He reminds me of Andrew Luck or even Lions era Matt Stafford who had great individual abilities, but they’re just trapped in tough circumstances. Plus, the AFC is absolutely loaded with quarterback talent like Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, and Burrow. So, it’s pretty brutal. You do have to worry about his playoff performances though. He’s got a 0 and2 record and last year he had four interceptions and just one touchdown against the Texans. Everybody thought Chase Young was a can’tmiss prospect and he looked like the real deal as a rookie. 44 tackles, seven and a half sacks, and four forced fumbles. Unfortunately, that rookie season is still the peak of his career. Young shows how the pro level separates great college players from NFL success. Yeah, he was really good in college, but there’s another level that elite pros reach if they’ve got the drive to get there. Once teams started chipping him regularly, he hasn’t really adjusted too well. Of course, the ACL injury has not helped his case, but watching him play recently, the development just isn’t there, and his past rushing techniques are just not it. It’s kind of funny to look back on it now, but remember all those preseason worries about dropped passes for Jamar Chase? He showed everybody up with,455 yards and 13 touchdowns as a rookie, grabbing a Pro Bowl spot and a second team allpro spot while he was at it. His 266-yd three touchdown demolition of Kansas City in week 17’s 34 to31 win was pure talent. Chase is on pace to become one of the greatest receivers that we have ever seen. Currently, he’s racked up over 6,000 receiving yards and 46 touchdowns while making the Pro Bowl every year. And in 2024, he led the league with 127 catches, 1,78 yards, and 17 touchdowns for the Triple Crown. As far as receivers this this year, I don’t think there was any question who the best guy was in the league. He can overpower smaller quarterbacks and outrun the bigger ones, and you never really see him get tackled by the first defender. He’s just got that running back level elusiveness after the catch, so any play can go to the house. Listen, when you see a guy put up 84 tackles and 13 sacks as a rookie, finishing second in defensive player of the year voting and earning a unanimous rookie of the year selection, you know you’re watching somebody special. When the media starts comparing you to Lawrence Taylor, they do not do it lightly. That tells you everything you need to know about Micah Parson’s impact. First of all, he’s like a bobcat on the field. It’s like trying to get your hands on a on a cat. He’s made the Pro Bowl every season and posted double-digit sacks every year, too. He’s one of the best defensive players that we have seen since JJ Watt and Aaron Donald. And his speed just jumps off the screen in ways that forces quarterbacks to think about him on every single snap. The dude is just flatout impressive. And you know what else is impressive? Putting up elite numbers when your quarterback is absolutely terrible. Garrett Wilson caught 83 passes for 1,13 yards and four touchdowns while playing with Zack Wilson, who posted a brutal 72.8 passer rating in 2022. Wilson’s an elite route runner with incredible body control. The guy contorts his body in ways that seems impossible sometimes. His hands are reliable. He always finds openings in coverage, and he’s really quarterback friendly in how he gets open. While he’s not the most physical receiver ever, he did take some brutal hits in 2024 and kept playing right through them. And he put up over a thousand yards each of his first three seasons despite the Jets quarterback mess. Watching him play, he feels like a legitimate top 10 receiver. So, with actual competent quarterback play, he would absolutely break out and have an elite season. Here’s another guy who looked elite from day number one. Sauce Garner dominated immediately with 75 tackles while leading the league with 20 pass deflections and adding two interceptions. He became the first rookie quarterback since Ronnie Lot to earn first team allp pro honors and then did it again in 2023. But he does seem to have regressed a little bit. Teams are targeting him way more often and don’t seem scared anymore. It’s going to be interesting to see if he can bounce back now that he’s on the Colts instead of the Jets. CJ Strad delivered one of the most impressive rookie seasons that we have seen in a while. 4,18 yards with 23 touchdowns and just five interceptions while posting the league’s lowest interception percentage. I mean, in just his second NFL game, he had 384 yards and two scores against Indianapolis. Then he topped that with 470 yards and five touchdowns in a crazy 39-37 win over Tampa Bay in week 9. Straoud’s regression in year two was pretty predictable given Houston’s circumstances, uh, falling apart offensive line, injured receivers throughout the season, and defensive coordinators adapting to his tendencies. Still, 3,727 yards and 20 touchdowns while winning the division is not to be taken for granted. His arm strength and composure under pressure are elite traits that should serve him well long term. The key is going to be Houston’s ability to build around him. As we can all see, they already have an elite defense leading the way. Speaking of their defense, Will Anderson Jr. had seven sacks as a rookie after Houston traded up to grab him third overall, immediately becoming a cornerstone of their defensive turnaround. His second season brought 11 sacks and a forced fumble, showing he’s a legit pass rushing threat. So far in 2025, he has 10 and a half sacks through 11 games. Anderson could very well be the kind of guy that changes this franchise. Houston’s back-to-back 10 and seven seasons and consecutive division titles are not just luck either. They built a young talented core with Anderson as a key defensive piece. The fact that they wanted to trade up for him looks really smart right now given his immediate impact and the overall team success that’s followed. Moving on to last season, and it’s not exactly a hot take to say we saw one of the greatest rookie years in NFL history. Jaden Daniels threw for 3,568 yards and 25 touchdowns compared to just nine interceptions while setting a rookie quarterback record with 891 rushing yards and six more scores. His week three performance against Cincinnati was pure precision. I mean, a rookie record 91.3% completion rate and a game-sealing 27 yd touchdown pass to Terry McLaren with 210 left on the clock. This one is launched for McLaren. He’s got it. He tied Ben Rothosberger’s record with 14 total wins between the regular season and the playoffs and became the first rookie quarterback to top 5,000 combined yards with the playoffs included. Speaking of the playoffs, his performance was next level. 822 passing yards, five touchdowns, and just one interception. And considering the Eagles turned out to be the champs, it was a respectable effort, especially seeing what they did to the Chiefs. Daniels is the prototype dual threat quarterback executed at the highest level when he’s healthy. Now, we’re just patiently waiting for him to return healthy for the 2026 season to see what he can do. Jared Verse also made an immediate impact for the Rams with 66 tackles, four and a half sacks, and two forced fumbles, announcing his arrival with a sack in his very first game against Detroit. Pro Football Focus gave him an 86.2 overall grade in 2024 that placed him seventh among rookie edge defenders since 2011. And he’s another rookie who showed up big in the playoffs. against Philadelphia. He had two sacks in a narrow loss where the Rams nearly pulled off the upset. Thrown down and out of field goal range as well as Jared. This year they’re hoping to get their revenge on Philly if they find themselves facing them in the playoffs cuz the Rams look even better in 2025. All right, that’s every rookie of the year since 2010, offense and defense. Now, these awards just go to show you you can never really predict who’s going to shine at the NFL level over a long period of time, even when they’re a high draft pick. But I want to know what you guys think. Who’s going to be the rookie of the year this season? Let me know in the comment section down below. And if you enjoy videos like this one, be sure to hit that subscribe button and click on this video right here.