PFF Rookie of the Year Rankings (Week 14)

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1. Alvin Kamara, RB, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 90.0
PFF Elite Stat: Kamara leads all running backs with a 137.4 elusive rating.

Kamara leads all running backs this season in terms of overall grade and prior to Week 13 he had finished five straight games with a grade of at least 80.0, with four of those being over 85.0. Kamara leads all RBs with a 32.2 missed tackle rate and he ranks second with an average of 4.26 yards after contact per attempt. The third-round pick has been sensational to start his career, hopefully we’ll get to see him healthy out there in Week 15.

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3. Marshon Lattimore, CB, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 90.2
PFF Elite Stat: Opposing quarterbacks have a 45.3 passer rating when targeting Lattimore in coverage this season, the third-lowest surrendered by a corner.

Lattimore ranks fifth among corners in terms of overall grade: Yes, that’s one spot ahead of Tre’Davious White who is obviously one spot ahead of Lattimore on this list. White ranks ahead of Lattimore here because the difference in their grade is razor-thin and White has been on the field for 343 more snaps. Thursday night’s game against the Falcons was Lattimore’s first game-action since an injury knocked him out of New Orleans’ Week 11 contest, and he came out of TNF with his lowest game-grade of the season. The first-round pick finished every game from Week 2-10 with a grade of at least 75.0 (and he was over 80.0 in six of those games), if he can get back to that level for the next three weeks we very well could see the Saints take home both offensive and defensive rookie of the year honors.

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9. Ryan Ramczyk, OT, New Orleans Saints
PFF Grade: 82.4
PFF Elite Stat: Ramczyk ranks 13th out of 80 qualified tackles with a 96.4 pass blocking efficiency rating.

14 weeks into the season and Ramczyk currently sits with the ninth-best overall grade among tackles, with Dion Dawkins (77.5) being the only other rookie tackle to even rank within the top-30. Ramczyk has been solid in pass-protection but where he’s shined is as a run blocker, his 84.0 run blocking grade is sixth-best among the position. The first-rounder has played at least 50 snaps in every game to start his career and he’s finished just three games with a grade below 70.0 (to go with five games with a grade of at least 80.0).

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Honorable Mentions:
Carl Lawson, Edge, Cincinnati Bengals
Christian McCaffrey, RB, Carolina Panthers
Budda Baker, S, Arizona Cardinals
Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Marlon Humphrey, CB, Baltimore Ravens
Leonard Fournette, RB, Jacksonville Jaguars Takkarist McKinley, Edge, Atlanta Falcons
Marcus Williams, S, New Orleans Saints
Cooper Kupp, WR, Los Angeles Rams
Jourdan Lewis, CB, Dallas Cowboys
Adoree’ Jackson, CB, Tennessee Titans

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