• Three Chargers make the record: CB Tarheeb Nonetheless leads the way in which, with WR Ladd McConkey and T Joe Alt additionally within the high 15.
• Dominick Puni continues to rise: The 49ers‘ rookie guard has impressed down the stretch.
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After 14 weeks of NFL motion, the league’s rookies are making their mark with standout performances. Among the many top-graded first-year gamers are a mixture of extremely touted first-round picks and spectacular Day 3 picks, showcasing expertise from throughout the draft spectrum.
Listed here are the highest-graded first-year gamers after 14 weeks of motion.
1. QB Jayden Daniels, Washington Commanders
PFF Grade: 87.9
One of the spectacular points of Daniels’ rookie season has been his excessive flooring. Since Week 2, he hasn’t recorded a single-game grade beneath 60.0. This consistency is aided by his capability to keep away from errors, with a turnover-worthy play on simply 1.7% of his dropbacks this season.
2. TE Brock Bowers, Las Vegas Raiders
PFF Grade: 86.2
Bowers has been an elite tight finish as a rookie, incomes an 89.2 PFF receiving grade. He has dropped simply two of 89 catchable passes thrown his manner and is averaging 2.12 yards per route run.
3. G Dominick Puni, San Francisco 49ers
PFF Grade: 85.2
Puni had the very best recreation of his profession in Sunday’s win over the Chicago Bears, incomes a 93.4 PFF grade. This season, he has allowed 23 pressures on 476 pass-blocking snaps and has an 85.4 PFF run-blocking grade.
4. EDGE Jared Verse, Los Angeles Rams
PFF Grade: 84.1
The very best-graded defensive rookie within the NFL this season, Verse has earned an 81.8 PFF pass-rushing grade. He has racked up 59 pressures, together with 20 mixed sacks and quarterback hits.
5. CB Andru Phillips, New York Giants
PFF Grade: 81.9
Top-of-the-line slot defenders within the NFL regardless of being a rookie, Phillips missed this week’s recreation in opposition to the New Orleans Saints. Nonetheless, he has earned a 79.4 PFF protection grade and a 77.8 PFF run-defense grade up to now this season.
6. WR Malik Nabers, New York Giants
PFF Grade: 81.6
Nabers has been spectacular as a rookie regardless of subpar quarterback play. He has averaged 1.91 yards per route run and earned an 82.6 PFF receiving grade, turning 121 targets into 80 receptions for 819 yards and three touchdowns.
7. WR Ladd McConkey, Los Angeles Chargers
PFF Grade: 80.8
McConkey recorded his third 100-yard receiving recreation in his previous six appearances final Sunday in opposition to the Falcons, averaging 4.68 yards per route run because the Chargers’ main receiver on the day. He and Justin Herbert have developed a robust connection early in his profession, and his absence was felt of their loss to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs on Sunday Evening Soccer.
8. CB Tarheeb Nonetheless, Los Angeles Chargers
PFF Grade: 80.5
Nonetheless struggled this week after posting a career-high 94.0 PFF grade final week. He missed two tackles and allowed all 4 passes thrown into his protection to be caught. Nonetheless, he nonetheless holds an 80.7 PFF protection grade for the season.
9. CB Cooper DeJean, Philadelphia Eagles
PFF Grade: 79.4
DeJean earned the second-lowest single-game grade of his profession in Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers, lacking two tackles to tie a season-high. He was focused seven occasions in protection and allowed six receptions for 61 yards.
10. CB Tykee Smith, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
PFF Grade: 78.5
Incomes a career-high 90.9 PFF grade, Smith allowed simply three receptions on 28 protection snaps regardless of being focused seven occasions. He additionally recorded a red-zone interception to finish a promising Las Vegas Raiders drive and now holds a 76.5 PFF protection grade for the season.
11. WR Brian Thomas Jr., Jacksonville Jaguars
PFF Grade: 78.4
Thomas recorded 75 or extra receiving yards for the third straight recreation in Sunday’s win over the Tennessee Titans. He’s averaging 15.8 yards per reception and a pair of.27 yards per route run, with an 80.2 PFF receiving grade by 14 weeks.
12. WR Marvin Harrison Jr., Arizona Cardinals
PFF Grade: 77.5
Harrison has surpassed 65 receiving yards in simply two video games as a rookie, however he has topped 40 yards eight occasions and hasn’t dropped a move since Week 1. He’s averaging 1.68 yards per route run and holds a 77.3 PFF receiving grade.
13. T Joe Alt, Los Angeles Chargers
PFF Grade: 77.4
Alt has earned simply two single-game grades beneath 60.0 and has appeared snug within the NFL from Day 1. He has allowed solely 16 complete pressures on 434 pass-blocking snaps and holds PFF grades above 75.0 in each pass-blocking and run-blocking by 14 weeks.
14. C Zach Frazier, Pittsburgh Steelers
PFF Grade: 76.4
Pittsburgh’s win over the Cleveland Browns marked simply the third time this season that Frazier earned a PFF grade beneath 60.0, as he struggled once more in move safety. Nonetheless, he has excelled as a run blocker, incomes a 79.5 PFF run-blocking grade as a rookie.
15. CB Quinyon Mitchell, Philadelphia Eagles
PFF Grade: 74.8
Mitchell has been constant down the stretch, incomes a PFF protection grade above 60.0 in each recreation since Week 8. In Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers, he allowed fewer than 30 yards in protection for the ninth straight recreation.
