NFL Rookie Power Rankings Prior to Week 1

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Welcome back everyone! Its been a minute, or longer, since my last article right before COVID-19 took over our lives but here we are with football literally less than one hour away. With the season about to kick-off I’d like to start my first article of the 2020 NFL season to surround this interesting and very talented rookie class led by QB Joe Burrow and defensive star Chase Young.

As you will see below, I decided to power rank the top 32 rookies entering the season based on the impact I believe they will make for their teams this season rather than talent level or career outcome. Instead of looking at which rookies I like more or who I believe may have better career’s than others, I wanted to look at this class through the lens of what they may achieve this season alone. Now obviously this list will change throughout the season, but it will be fun to see how these rankings change during the course of a 16 game season and who can stand out from the rest of the group in the end.

Here are my power rankings for my top 32 rookies entering the 2020 NFL season:

1.      CHASE YOUNG  |  EDGE  |  WASHINGTON

2.      JOE BURROW  |  QB  |  BENGALS

3.      ISAIAH SIMMONS  |  LB  |  CARDINALS

4.      JEFF OKUDAH  |  CB  |  LIONS

5.      DERRICK BROWN  |  DL  |  PANTHERS

6.      CJ HENDERSON  |  CB  |  JAGUARS

7.      JEDRICK WILLS  |  OT  |  BROWNS

8.      TRISTAN WIRFS  |  OT  |  BUCCANEERS

9.      JAVON KINLAW  |  DL  |  49ERS

10.   K’LAVON CHAISSON  |  EDGE  |  JAGUARS

11.   KENNETH MURRAY  |  LB  |  CHARGERS

12.   PATRICK QUEEN  |  LB  |  RAVENS

13.   HENRY RUGGS  |  WR  |  RAIDERS

14.   JUSTIN JEFFERSON  |  WR  |  VIKINGS

15.   CLYDE EDWARDS-HELAIRE  |  RB  |  CHIEFS

16.   MEKHI BECTON  |  OT  |  JETS

17.   ANDREW THOMAS  |  OT  |  GIANTS

18.   JEFF GLADNEY  |  CB  |  VIKINGS

19.   JAYLON JOHNSON  |  CB  |  BEARS

20.  JONATHAN TAYLOR  |  RB  |  COLTS

21.   CAM AKERS  |  RB  |  RAMS

22.   AJ TERRELL  |  CB  |  FALCONS

23.   JERRY JEUDY  |  WR  |  BRONCOS

24.   ISAIAH WILSON  |  OT  |  TITANS

25.   MICHAEL PITTMAN  |  WR  |  COLTS

26.   ANTOINE WINFIELD JR  |  S  |  BUCCANEERS

27.   CEEDEE LAMB  |  WR  |  COWBOYS

28.   YETUR GROSS-MATOS  |  EDGE  |  PANTHERS

29.   KYLE DUGGER  |  S  |  PATRIOTS

30.   TREVON DIGGS  |  CB  |  COWBOYS

31.   JEREMY CHINN  |  S  |  PANTHERS

32.   D’ANDRE SWIFT  |  RB  |  LIONS