Ranking the Top Defensive Rookie of the Year Candidates for 2015

August 5, 2015   ·   Dan Hope   ·   Jump to comments

As there is no clear-cut favorite to win the award, there are many first-year players who have the potential—if they can establish themselves as core defenders on their teams—to be the 2015 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
While last week's rankings of the top Offensive Rookie of the Year candidates is led by some clear front-runners, the Defensive Rookie of the Year race projects to be more wide open. That is in part because a player who would have been among the top candidates, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler Jr.—the only defensive player selected in the top five picks of the 2015 NFL draft—is already out for the season with a torn ACL.
Unlike the offensive trophy, which has only been given to quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers in its 48-year history of being awarded by the Associated Press, the Defensive Rookie of the Year has been given to defensive ends, defensive tackles, linebackers, cornerbacks and safeties.
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