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PFF NFL Rookie Rankings: 10 highest-graded rookies through Week 10
Posted on 11/17/20 at 9:35 am
Posted on 11/17/20 at 9:35 am
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We present to you the 10 highest-graded rookies in the NFL through Week 10 of the 2020 NFL season.
1. WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON, MINNESOTA VIKINGS
1st among rookies, 2nd among all NFL WRs
Not only is Jefferson the highest-graded rookie after Week 10’s edition of Monday Night Football, but he put together a performance that firmly has him in the No. 2 spot in PFF grade at the position. He trails only Davante Adams and is three grading points above third place on the list.
We were looking forward to seeing the rookie-versus-rookie matchup between Jefferson and Chicago Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson, and it’s safe to say that the wide receiver was the one to win that battle. Jefferson caught 4-of-5 targets for 87 yards when working against Johnson on Monday night.
Jefferson may still trail Adams in PFF grade, but this week he did overtake him in our yards per route run metric. The 22nd overall pick has now come away with 3.23 yards per route run this year, leading the NFL and on pace to shatter the previous rookie record in the PFF era (2.80).
2. OL MICHAEL ONWENU, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
3. WR BRANDON AIYUK, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
4. T TRISTAN WIRFS, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
5. RB ANTONIO GIBSON, WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM
6. G DAMIEN LEWIS, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
Lewis put up a 92.9 PFF grade against the Bills in Week 9, the best performance of his rookie season by far. Unfortunately, he took a big step backward in Week 10, struggling in all facets and finishing the game with an overall grade of 60.8.
He struggled as both a pass-protector and run-blocker against the Rams, earning grades below 60.0 in each of those facets. On 53 pass-block snaps, Lewis allowed five pressures and lost an additional one on top of that. And the crazy thing is that none of these losses came against Aaron Donald — he had 13 matchups with Donald in pass protection and actually kept him in check.
7. QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS
It wasn’t as bad as his Week 5 performance against Baltimore, but Burrow’s Week 10 outing against Pittsburgh was still fairly poor. It was the second-lowest-graded game of his nine starts at 55.8 and the only time this season where Burrow was wildly inaccurate. According to PFF's ball-charting process, just 39% of his passes were deemed accurate, the second-worst rate of Week 10. Overall, Burrow had 1.5 times as many negatively graded throws as positively graded ones.
Sure, the weather may have played a factor in this to a certain extent, but you can’t blame the poor performance from start to finish on that alone. Considering what we have seen from the first overall pick up until this point, though, a bounceback is likely to be coming sooner rather than later.
8. WR CHASE CLAYPOOL, PITTSBURGH STEELERS
9. RB JAMES ROBINSON, JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
10. WR TEE HIGGINS, CINCINNATI BENGALS
NFL Rookie Rankings: 10 highest-graded rookies through Week 10
Posted on 11/17/20 at 9:36 am to paperwasp
SPLSU is well represented on that list. Justin Jefferson has been a great addition for Minnesota.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 10:30 am to Tuscaloosa
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Justin Jefferson has been a great addition for Minnesota
Yeah, hard to argue against a guy who’s rated second-highest at his position.
Pretty impressive for a rookie.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 10:39 am to paperwasp
Minnesota’s offense is one Kirk Cousins away from being deadly
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:51 pm to paperwasp
I bet you everyone is wondering where Clyde Edwards Helaire is and I'll be the first to tell you that him being out of the top ten is exactly where he should be. He's good but not great, and he's behind a good offensive line and has open lanes because of Mahomes' passing threat; yet he's still lacks vision because there are big plays he's leaving on the table.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 12:51 pm to paperwasp
Jefferson is awesome. Love his game.
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:42 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Very Smooth and great hands
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:50 pm to paperwasp
Jefferson.....he be pretty good.
Don’t even think he was ranked by 247 coming out of HS
Don’t even think he was ranked by 247 coming out of HS
Posted on 11/17/20 at 1:58 pm to paperwasp
If the Lions will quit pretending that Peterson is more productive, DeAndre Swift will quickly be on this list. He finally got his first start this week and he was dynamite.
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