{"id":694659,"date":"2026-01-21T21:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694659\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:09:15","slug":"new-york-jets-armand-membou-named-to-pfwa-all-rookie-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/694659\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets&#8217; Armand Membou named to PFWA All-Rookie Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there weren\u2019t many positives in the New York Jets\u2019 disastrous 2025 campaign, which ended with a <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/info\/standings\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3-14 record<\/a>, Armand Membou\u2019s rookie season certainly left fans excited, and it did not go unnoticed on the national stage.<\/p>\n<p>After earning a spot on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47435284\/2025-nfl-all-rookie-team-every-position-carson-schwesinger-cam-ward-tetairoa-mcmillan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ESPN\u2019s All-Rookie team<\/a>, Membou was also named to the PFWA\u2019s (Professional Football Writers of America) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballwriters.org\/2026\/01\/20\/mcmillan-pfwa-rookie-and-offensive-rookie-of-the-year-schwesinger-defensive-rookie-of-the-year-2025-all-rookie-team-named\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">All-Rookie squad<\/a>. He joined New Orleans Saints first-rounder Kelvin Banks Jr. as the two offensive tackles to receive the honor.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">#Jets<\/a> rookie tackle Armand Membou made the PFWA All-Rookie team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Connor Long (@connor_long15) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/connor_long15\/status\/2013673445695832496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The PFWA All-Rookie team is voted on by members of the Pro Football Writers Association, which includes the likes of Jets X-Factor\u2019s Robby Sabo, Nick Faria, and yours truly.<\/p>\n<p>Membou\u2019s stellar 73.8 pass-blocking grade at Pro Football Focus ranked 11th among 34 qualified right tackles (min. 400 snaps) and was the highest among first-year right tackles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got everything that he needs to be great, truly,\u201d Jets center Josh Myers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/news\/notebook-jets-rookie-armand-membou-finish-strong-josh-myers-buy-in-12-29-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">said of Membou<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s got the strength, the athleticism, the smarts. He\u2019s got everything he needs, and he\u2019s going to be a really good football player and definitely a cornerstone of this organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having a strong offensive line is one of the most valuable assets a team can possess in today\u2019s NFL, especially for a team like the Jets that is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/jetsxfactor.com\/2026\/01\/21\/ny-jets-stud-both-sides-ball-latest-mock-draft\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">select a quarterback in April\u2019s NFL draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The early returns point to Armand Membou as a long-term building block for New York, with his standout rookie season giving fans reason to believe their team found a franchise right tackle.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there weren\u2019t many positives in the New York Jets\u2019 disastrous 2025 campaign, which ended with a 3-14&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[798,7,3228,226,1917,255,2321,2097,6,3231,3916,3234],"class_list":{"0":"post-694659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-armand-membou","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-free-content","11":"tag-jets","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-jets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkjets","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-ny-jets-news","18":"tag-ny-jets-players","19":"tag-standard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115935141190164788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694659","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=694659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}