Mid-Season 2021 All Rookie Team
By Joel Kipper
By nature if you are at this website I would consider you to be a Draftnik at heart. Likewise the NFL Draft has held a strange fascination to this writer for decades now. And I too, am making lists of prospects for the 2022 NFL Draft based on my observations watching College Football games each week. I also watch NFL games on Sundays (and other days as available) and one thing I always watch for is the progress of players I ranked and mocked in the previous cycle. So based on that watching, and a few conversations with other select Draftniks, I present my mid-season choices to an NFL All-Rookie team.
QB MAC JONES Patriots
RB NAJEE HARRIS Steelers
RB ELIJAH MITCHELL 49’ers
RB/FB RHAMONDRE STEVENSON Patriots
WR JaMARR CHASE Bengals
WR JAYLEN WADDLE Dolphins
REC KYLE PITTS Falcons
TE PAT FREIERMUTH Steelers
OT RASHAWN SLATER Chargers
OT SAMUEL COSMI WFT
OG BEN CLEVELAND Ravens
OG ALIJAH VERA-TUCKER Jets
OC KENDRICK GREEN Steelers
DE JAELEN PHILLIPS Dolphins
DE GREGORY ROUSSEAU Bills
DT CHRISTIAN BARMORE Patriots
DT OSA ODIGHIZUWA Cowboys
ILB MICAH PARSONS Cowboys
ILB NICK BOLTON Chiefs
ER/OB JOE TRYON Bucs
ER/OB ODAFE OWEH Ravens
CB PATRICK SURTAIN Broncos
CB ASANTE SAMUEL Chargers
NB ERIC STOKES Packers
S TREVON MOEHRIG Raiders
S JEVON HOLLAND Dolphins
Just a quick mention that as always happens in sports, unfortunately, is several players have been prevented from making a true impact yet because they are hurt. Between those guys, and a few more who emerge in the second half of the season, I expect some name changes when I do this again at the end of the regular season.