{"id":689668,"date":"2026-01-19T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689668\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:00:16","slug":"texans-will-anderson-jr-earns-another-nfl-all-star-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/689668\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans’ Will Anderson Jr. earns another NFL all-star honor"},"content":{"rendered":"

After making The Associated Press NFL All-Pro team<\/a> for the 2025 season, Will Anderson Jr. <\/a>of the Houston Texans has been recognized for his performance by the Pro Football Writers of America.<\/p>\n

Anderson and the Cleveland Browns\u2019 Myles Garrett are the defensive ends on the PFWA\u2019s All-NFL team<\/a> for the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n

Anderson had 54 tackles, 12 sacks, 20 tackles for loss, 23 quarterback hits, three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, including one for a touchdown, during the regular season. In two playoff games, Anderson had 3.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.<\/p>\n

The former Alabama All-American\u2019s season ended in Houston\u2019s 28-16 loss to the New England Patriots<\/a> on Sunday in a Divisional Weekend game.<\/p>\n

FOR MORE OF AL.COM\u2019S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n

Anderson was joined on the PFWA\u2019s All-AFC team by Texans wide receiver Nico Collins<\/a> (Clay-Chalkville) and Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain III <\/a>(Alabama). Surtain is on the PFWA All-AFC team for the fourth season in a row.<\/p>\n

The PFWA All-NFC team included Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Quinnen Williams <\/a>(Alabama).<\/p>\n

The Associated Press picked Will Reichard<\/a> (Hoover, Aalbama) of the Minnesota Vikings for the kicker spot on its All-Pro team, but the PFWA selected the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 Brandon Aubrey as its all-star kicker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After making The Associated Press NFL All-Pro team for the 2025 season, Will Anderson Jr. of the Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2056],"tags":[265,7,221,253,2368,6,222],"class_list":{"0":"post-689668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-texans","8":"tag-american-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-texans","12":"tag-houstontexans","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-texans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115924017410605018","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}