Stardom is a tricky thing in the NFL. Careers are short. Injury lurks perpetually one play away. The players' faces are largely hidden by their protective equipment.
Yet every season, the league manages to produce a new batch of stars -- players who began the year hopeful for success and stardom and whose season launched them into stardom.
It is those players we honor with the traditional playing of "Pomp and Circumstance" and our annual list of those who graduated to stardom in 2018.