One of my favorite parts of the NFL is watching which draft picks make immediate contributions to their team and emerge as potential future stars of the league. On Tuesday, the NFL announced the six finalists for the 2022 Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year award.
This list consists of three offensive rookies and three defenders from the 2022 class, hailing from four teams, as the New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks have two players apiece, one on each side of the ball.
Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year Finalists:
NYJ cornerback Sauce Gardner wasn’t just an excellent rookie but an elite all-around defender.