The Denver Broncos‘ 2025 draft class is making waves before the season even starts. NFL.com’s Gennaro Filice recently named three of the newly drafted Broncos to his way-too-early All-Rookie team for 2025.

On offense, Filice named running back RJ Harvey as his second All-Rookie RB behind No. 6 overall pick and AFC West rival, Ashton Jeanty.

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“Harvey weighs 205 pounds, but his thighs appear to account for at least 100 of them,” Filice wrote on NFL.com. “This helps explain the 5-foot-8 back’s exceptional lateral agility and burst, traits that have many comparing him to last year’s top rookie rusher, Bucky Irving. Running behind a premium offensive line and for an elite play-caller, Harvey has the opportunity to be a fantasy league winner in Year 1. Denver has a crowded running back room, especially after the free-agent signing of J.K. Dobbins, but that’s nothing new for Sean Payton. The savvy schemer consistently finds ways to get the ball to his best players, and I think Harvey could be one of those on an offense I’m extremely high on.”

On the defensive side of the ball, Filice named Denver’s first overall selection in the 2025 NFL draft, Jahdae Barron (20th overall) to his All-Rookie team as a nickel defensive back.

“Denver’s first-round selection of Barron took many by surprise, but defensive coordinator Vance Joseph called it a ‘no-brainer’ move for the franchise. ‘He’s a very mature, smart football player. My cousin (former Texas secondary coach Terry Joseph) actually coached him for three years in college, so I watched him play for a long time,’ Joseph said last week. ‘His ball skills, his combine workout — entire process was really buttoned up, you know, so he was a can’t-miss prospect for us.’

“Helming a defense that emerged as one of the league’s best last year, Joseph has plenty to be excited about this offseason. After adding linebacker Dre Greenlaw and safety Talanoa Hufanga in free agency, the Broncos spent their top pick on a multifaceted cover man who should slot right in as the unit’s starting nickel. NFL Network draft guru Daniel Jeremiah comps Barron to one of the most versatile and impactful defensive backs in the game today: Detroit’s Brian Branch.

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The Broncos had one more player appear on the All-Rookie team: punter Jeremy Crawshaw, who was the only punter selected in April’s draft. “So, you’re telling me the only punter drafted this past April is A) from the positional hotbed of Australia and B) now in the positional paradise of Denver,” wrote Filice. “Lock it in! Crawshaw’s going to send balls into orbit in the mile-high air — I know Broncos special teams coordinator Darren Rizzi agrees. ‘He is as talented as a punting prospect that I’ve ever had,’ Rizzi said last week.”

If these three players perform as well as Filice projects, Denver will have a successful season indeed.

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This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Denver Broncos: NFL.com has 3 players on way-too-early All-Rookie Team