Pro Football picked a player as the best possibility to be Offensive Rookie of the Year. This player was the only option

The Arizona Cardinals only selected one offensive player in the 2025 NFL draft. That was guard Hayden Conner in the sixth round. As such, the Cardinals have no shot at a rookie winning Offensive Rookie of the Year.

But Pro Football Network, putting together a list of the best candidate from every NFL team to win Offensive Rookie of the Year, had to pick someone. As such, the player they named was the best option they could come up for Arizona.

That player is undrafted rookie receiver Bryson Green.

It’s improbable to think that the Arizona Cardinals will produce the Offensive Rookie of the Year. Jonathan Gannon’s side didn’t draft a single skill-position player in the 2025 NFL Draft and only picked up one receiver and one tight end as undrafted free agents.

Bryson Green was the lone wideout picked up and has the potential to be a big-bodied receiver who can add to the Cardinals’ WR rotation. The 6’1”, 207-pound pass catcher had 97 career receptions for 1,422 yards in his four years for the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Wisconsin Badgers, and fits the mold that Arizona has leaned towards in recent seasons.

Putting together a list like this, PFN had to pick someone. Bryson is the best option, as the only other offensive skill player they signed as a rookie free agent was tight end Oscar Cardenas.

Green has guaranteed salary to equal 18 weeks of the practice squad, so the Cardinals bank on him being with the team in 2025, but there is almost no shot he makes the active roster with Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch and Zay Jones filling four of the five or six receiver spots they will carry on the 53-man roster. On top of that, they have Xavier Weaver, who was on their active roster last year as a rookie free agent and 2024 sixth-round pick Tejhaun Palmer. They also signed Quez Watkins and Simi Fehoko this offseason, who have better chances to make the team than Green does.

But is Green the best candidate for the Cardinals? Well, yes. That is the case. It just means they have the smallest possible chance to have this year’s Offensive Rookie of the year,

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