Top 25 NFL players 25 or under, plus QBs who bounced back from poor rookie seasons

Welcome to Tuesday, June 25. It’s an important day in history, as on this day in 1951, CBS broadcasted the first color television program, and in 1984, Prince released his album “Purple Rain.” Those events pale in comparison to what occurs today, as Jordan Dajani writes his first newsletter for CBS Sports.

Our fearless leader, John Breech, is still celebrating the birth of his child, which apparently is more important than writing this newsletter. Some people struggle with priorities, but that just opens the door for me to do what Tom Brady did to Drew Bledsoe. 

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1. Top 25 players 25 or younger

It’s “List Szn,” and no one else in the world does it better than our guy Cody Benjamin. This dude sent Breech his top 100 baby names knowing he wasn’t ever going to look at it. This week, Dr. Benjamin ranked the top 25 NFL players under 25 years old. Now, there are some rules to understand with this project:

What is the actual cutoff? Players are eligible if they are 25 or younger when the 2024 season officially begins Sept. 5.Is anyone else excluded? This year’s rookies. Our focus is on players who have already played in the NFL.What goes into the ranking? Past performance, future projection and, to a lesser degree, positional value. At the end of the day, it’s a hodgepodge of where guys stand right now and where we think they’re headed.

Here are a couple of notable names that made the cut:

25. RB Jahmyr Gibbs, Detroit Lions: The surprise first-round draft pick made just three official starts while splitting the backfield as a rookie, and even still, the slippery Alabama product…

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Author : Jordan Dajani

Publish date : 2024-06-25 17:00:36

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