Jan. 23, 2026, 11:36 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
We will soon find out the official NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year next week. However, the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) has announced its top rookies and also the 2025 All-Rookie team.<\/p>\n
The PFWA is comprised of media members across the country covering the NFL and its 32 franchises.<\/p>\n
We know that Arizona Cardinals<\/a> rookie cornerback Will Johnson made the All-Rookie team.<\/p>\n Who were the rookies of the year and who all made the team?<\/p>\n PFWA top rookies<\/p>\n The overall rookie of the year was Carolina Panthers<\/a> receiver Tetairoa McMillan. He was also the offensive rookie of the year.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n The defensive rookie of the year was Cleveland Browns<\/a> linebacker Carson Schwesinger.<\/p>\n 2025 PFWA All-Rookie Team<\/p>\n Offense<\/p>\n QB Tyler Shough, New Orleans Saints<\/a>RB TreVeyon Henderson, New England PatriotsRB Ashton Jeanty, Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>WR Emeka Egbuka, Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>WR Tetairoa McMillan, Carolina PanthersTE Tyler Warren, Indianapolis Colts<\/a>C Jonah Monheim, Jacksonvilel JaguarsG Tyler Booker, Dallas CowboysG Grey Zabel, Seattle Seahawks<\/a>T Kelvin Banks Jr., New Orleans SaintsT Armand Membou, New York Jets<\/p>\n Defense<\/p>\n DL Abdul Carter, New York JetsDL Mason Graham, Cleveland BrownsDL James Pearce Jr., Atlanta FalconsDL Deone Walker, Buffalo Bills<\/a>LB Teddye Buchanan, Baltimore Ravens<\/a>LB Jihaad Campbell, Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>LB Carson Schwesinger, Cleveland BrownsCB Will Johnson, Arizona CardinalsCB Jacob Parrish, Tampa Bay BuccaneersS Nick Emmanwori, Seattle SeahawksS Xavier Watts, Atlanta Falcons<\/p>\n Special teams<\/p>\n K Andy Borregales, New England PatriotsP Jeremy Crenshaw, Denver BroncosKR, PR Chimere Dike, Tennessee Titans<\/a>ST Carson Bruener, Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 23, 2026, 11:36 p.m. MT We will soon find out the official NFL Offensive and Defensive Rookies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,95898,96033,96059,95957,95903,95885,95896,96129,95888,95895,95906,96191,95977,96008,95902,95883,96239,95889,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-701068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","16":"tag-sstsncardinals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagbaltimore-ravens","20":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","21":"tag-tagcarolina-panthers","22":"tag-tagcleveland-browns","23":"tag-tagindianapolis-colts","24":"tag-taglas-vegas-raiders","25":"tag-tagnational-sports","26":"tag-tagnew-orleans-saints","27":"tag-tagnfl","28":"tag-tagnfl-hub","29":"tag-tagoverall-positive","30":"tag-tagphiladelphia-eagles","31":"tag-tagseattle-seahawks","32":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","33":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","34":"tag-tagsports-news","35":"tag-tagtampa-bay-buccaneers","36":"tag-tagtennessee-titans","37":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701068","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=701068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}