NFL Top 100 Players of 2018

Season of television series

NFL Top 100 Players of 2018

Season 2018

Tom Brady, the #1 ranked player

Release
Original network| NFL Network
Original release| April 30 (2018-04-30) –
June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)
Season chronology

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2019

The NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 was the eighth season in the series. It ended with reigning NFL MVP Tom Brady being ranked #1, making him the only player to be voted #1 three times,[1] already being the only player to be voted first more than once. For the second time in the list's history, the Super Bowl MVP (Nick Foles) failed to rank.[2]

## Episode list

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Episode
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1 | April 30 | 100–91
2 | April 30 | 90–81
3 | May 7 | 80–71
4  | May 7  | 70–61
5  | May 14  | 60–51
6  | May 14  | 50–41
7  | May 21  | 40–31
8  | May 21  | 30–21
9  | May 27  | 20–11
10  | June 25  | 10–6
11  | June 25  | 5–1
| June 25  | 110–101[3]

## The list

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Rank | Player | Position | 2017 team | 2018 team | Rank change | Reference | Year accomplishments

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1  | Tom Brady | Quarterback | New England Patriots |  0  | 1 |

* 13th Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd First-team All-Pro selection
* AP MVP
* Passing yards leader

2  | Antonio Brown | Wide receiver | Pittsburgh Steelers |  2  | 2 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* 4th First-team All-Pro selection
* First player to ever record 100+ receptions, 1200+ receiving yards and 5+ receiving touchdowns in 5 consecutive seasons.

3  | Carson Wentz | Quarterback | Philadelphia Eagles | NR  | 3 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st Second-team All-Pro selection
* Bert Bell Award
* Super Bowl champion (1st time)

4  | Julio Jones | Wide receiver | Atlanta Falcons |  1  | 4 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* 1st Second-team All-Pro selection
* 1 of 2 players to ever record 1400+ receiving yards in 4 consecutive seasons (Marvin Harrison)
* 1 of 3 players with 1400+ receiving yards, but with <90 catches (Jerry Rice, Randy Moss)

5  | Le'Veon Bell | Running back | Pittsburgh Steelers |  4  | 5 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd First-team All-Pro selection
* Most average scrimmage yards per game since 2013 (129.0)
* Most scrimmage yards by a Steeler in his first 5 seasons (7,996 yards)

6  | Todd Gurley | Running back | Los Angeles Rams | NR  | 6 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro selection
* AP OPOY
* Rushing touchdowns leader
* All-purpose-yards leader in 2017
* Highest percentage of team offensive yards in 2017 (5976 of 20983 yards, or 35.8%)
* 4th NFL RB to record 2000+ scrimmage yards and 15+ total touchdowns in a season (Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk, Steven Jackson)

7  | Aaron Donald | Defensive tackle | Los Angeles Rams |  8  | 7 |

* 4th Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd First-team All-Pro selection
* AP DPOY
* Leads all DT's with 11 sacks and 27 quarterback hits in 2017
* Only player with 25+ quarterback hits, 10+ sacks and 5 Forced fumbles in 2017

8  | Drew Brees | Quarterback | New Orleans Saints |  8  | 8 |

* 11th Pro Bowl selection
* 4-time Pass completion percentage leader (72.0%, surpassed his own record set last season)
* No. 2 Passing yard leader (71,938 yards, behind Peyton Manning, needs 1,496 yards to surpass him.)

9  | Von Miller | Linebacker | Denver Broncos |  7  | 9 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd Second-team All-Pro selection
* Most sacks since 2011 (83.5), 4th most all time in 7 seasons (Reggie White, DeMarcus Ware, Derrick Thomas)

10  | Aaron Rodgers | Quarterback | Green Bay Packers |  4  | 10 |

* Highest ever career Passer rating (103.8) and Touchdown-Interception Ratio (313-79)

11  | Russell Wilson | Quarterback | Seattle Seahawks |  13  | 11 |

* 4th Pro Bowl selection
* NFL passing touchdowns leader (34, his career high)
* Most wins by QB in first 6 seasons (65)
* Led all QB's with 134.1 Passer rating in 4th quarter in 2017

12  | Luke Kuechly | Linebacker | Carolina Panthers |  8  | 12 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* 4th First-team All-Pro selection, first defensive player to do so since 2013
* Art Rooney Award winner
* 100+ tackles in all 6 season in NFL
* Most tackles in NFL since 2012 with 818

13  | DeAndre Hopkins | Wide receiver | Houston Texans | NR ( 90)  | 13 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro selection
* 2017 NFL receiving touchdowns leader (13, which is also a Texans franchise record)
* Only player with 100+ receptions and 10+ receiving touchdowns in 2017
* No. 103 in the 2017 chart[4]

14  | Calais Campbell | Defensive end | Jacksonville Jaguars |  69  | 14 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro selection
* PFWA NFL Defensive Player of the Year

15  | Rob Gronkowski | Tight end | New England Patriots |  8  | 15 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* 5th First-team All-Pro selection
* 76 receiving TD's since 2010, 1st in the NFL
* 3rd all time in career receiving touchdowns by a tight end
* NFL leader for receiving yards by a tight end in 2017 (1,084)

16  | Khalil Mack | Defensive end | Oakland Raiders | Chicago Bears |  11  | 16 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Named in 2 or more separate Pro Bowls in different positions (Defensive end, Outside Linebacker)
* Traded after the full list was revealed

17  | Jalen Ramsey | Cornerback | Jacksonville Jaguars | NR  | 17 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro selection

18  | Ben Roethlisberger | Quarterback | Pittsburgh Steelers |  4  | 18 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* Most 500+ passing yard games in NFL history (3)

19  | Everson Griffen | Defensive end | Minnesota Vikings |  73  | 19 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st Second-team All-Pro selection

20  | Alvin Kamara | Running back | New Orleans Saints | NR  | 20 |

* 1st Pro Bowl Selection
* Second-team All-Pro (2017)
* AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (2017)
* Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year (2017)
* PFWA All-Rookie Team (2017)
* 1st rookie since Gale Sayers to record 5 rushing and receiving touchdowns with a kickoff return touchdown.
* 1st rookie since Charley Taylor with 700+ rushing and 700+ receiving yards in a season.
* Leads NFL in yards per carry (6.07), 2nd in rushing touchdowns (14)

21  | Bobby Wagner | Linebacker | Seattle Seahawks |  18  | 21 |

* 4th Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd First team All-Pro selection

22  | A. J. Green | Wide receiver | Cincinnati Bengals |  5  | 22 |

* 7th Pro Bowl selection
* 1000 receiving yards in 7 of 8 seasons

23  | Patrick Peterson | Cornerback | Arizona Cardinals |  4  | 23 |

* 7th Pro Bowl selection
* 5 Career Pro Bowl interceptions

24  | Travis Kelce | Tight end | Kansas City Chiefs |  2  | 24 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Second team All-Pro selection
* Led all TE's in catches (83) and yards-after-catches

25  | Cam Newton | Quarterback | Carolina Panthers |  19  | 25 |

* Career-high in rushing yards (754 yards)
* 3rd All-time in rushing yards by a quarterback

26  | Cameron Jordan | Defensive end | New Orleans Saints | NR  | 26 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First team All-Pro selection
* 13 sacks in 2017

27  | Larry Fitzgerald | Wide receiver | Arizona Cardinals |  18  | 27 |

* 11th Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd in Pro Bowl appearances amongst active player on the Top 100 list (Tom Brady, 13)
* Oldest player to record 100-catch and 1000+ receiving yard and 5+ touchdown season, 3rd consecutive season to reach the mark.

28  | Chandler Jones | Defensive end | Arizona Cardinals |  57  | 28 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First team All-Pro selection
* NFL Sacks leader (17) and Tackles-for-losses leader (28)

29  | Matt Ryan | Quarterback | Atlanta Falcons |  19  | 29 |

* Fastest player to reach 40,000 passing yards (151 games)

30  | LeSean McCoy | Running back | Buffalo Bills |  3  | 30 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection, with 5th in a row
* 30th NFL player to rush for 10,000 yards in their career

31 | Matthew Stafford | Quarterback | Detroit Lions |  0  | 31 |

* 31,947 passing yards, 2nd in NFL since 2011 (Drew Brees, 35,179 yards)

32 | Jadeveon Clowney | Defensive end | Houston Texans |  17  | 32 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* Career high in sacks (9.5), quarterback hits, tackles, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries
* 1 of 2 players with 20+ quarterback hits and 20+ tackles for losses (Chandler Jones)
* 2nd with 21 tackles for losses (Chandler Jones, 28)

33 | Kareem Hunt | Running back | Kansas City Chiefs | NR  | 33 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* PFWA All-Rookie Team
* NFL rushing yards leader
* PFWA Rookie of the Year
* Most total scrimmage yards on debut (246 yards)
* Led all 2017 rookie with 1782 total scrimmage yards, as well as rushing yards (1327), and yards after contact (839)
* 6th rookie to win rushing title in rookie season in Super Bowl Era (Ezekiel Elliott was the previous winner in 2016)

34 | DeMarcus Lawrence | Defensive end | Dallas Cowboys | NR  | 34 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st 2nd-team All-Pro selection
* Tied 2nd with 14.5 sacks in 2017 (Chandler Jones).
* Most sacks in a season by a Cowboy since DeMarcus Ware in 2011

35 | A. J. Bouye | Cornerback | Jacksonville Jaguars | NR  | 35 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st 2nd-team All-Pro selection
* 41.7 Passer rating allowed, best amongst CB's with 50+ targets, with no receiving touchdowns allowed

36 | Adam Thielen | Wide receiver | Minnesota Vikings | NR  | 36 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st 2nd-team All-Pro selection
* 5th in Receiving yards in 2017
* 1 of 3 undrafted playerswith a season with 90+ receptions and 1200+ season in Super-Bowl Era (Wes Welker, Rod Smith)
* 2nd in 3rd down receptions with 33 in 2017 (Keenan Allen, 26)

37 | Joey Bosa | Defensive end | Los Angeles Chargers |  63  | 37 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 2 players with 70+ tackles and 10+ sacks (Khalil Mack)

38 | Jared Goff | Quarterback | Los Angeles Rams | NR  | 38 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* Largest Passer rating increase in NFL between 2016-2017 (+36.9)
* 1 of 5 players in NFL history to have passer rating of 100+ in second season (Kurt Warner, Dan Marino, Carson Wentz, Russell Wilson)

39 | Tyron Smith | Offensive tackle | Dallas Cowboys |  21  | 39 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd straight year as highest-ranked offensive lineman
* 1 of 2 tackles to make the last 5 Pro Bowls (Trent Williams)

40 | Tyreek Hill | Wide receiver | Kansas City Chiefs |  4  | 40 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 4 players with 1100 receiving yards and 7+ TD's (Antonio Brown, DeAndre Hopkins, Marvin Jones.)

41 | Keenan Allen | Wide receiver | Los Angeles Chargers | NR  | 41 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 2017 NFL Comeback Player of the Year
* 1st player to ever record 10+ Receptions, 100+ Receiving yards, 1+ Receiving TD in 3 consecutive games
* 1st in NFL in 3rd down receptions in 2016 (26)

42 | Earl Thomas | Free safety | Seattle Seahawks |  12  | 42 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd 2nd-team All-Pro selection
* Only player with 25+ interceptions and 10+ forced fumbles since entering the NFL in 2010

43 | Mark Ingram II | Running back | New Orleans Saints | NR  | 43 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 230 Carries, 1124 Rushing yards, 12 Rushing Touchdowns, 58 Receptions, 416 Receiving yards

44 | David DeCastro | Guard | Pittsburgh Steelers |  53  | 44 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd 1st-team All-Pro selection
* Allowed career-low 0.5 sacks

45 | Davante Adams | Wide receiver | Green Bay Packers | NR ( 56)  | 45 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 10 Receiving touchdowns in 2017
* Lead NFL in receiving touchdowns since 2016 (22)
* No. 101 in the 2017 chart[4]

46 | Harrison Smith | Free safety | Minnesota Vikings |  28  | 46 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st-team All-Pro
* 78 tackles, 7 Tackles-for-losses, 5 interceptions, 12 passes defensed

47 | Ryan Shazier | Linebacker | Pittsburgh Steelers | NR  | 47 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 89 tackles, 3 Tackles-for-losses, 3 interceptions, 11 passes defensed

48 | Cameron Heyward | Defensive end | Pittsburgh Steelers | NR  | 48 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection (Listed as Interior Linebacker)
* 1st First-Team All-Pro
* 1 of 5 players with 10+ sacks, 15+ Tackles-for-losses and 3 passes defensed

49 | Darius Slay | Cornerback | Detroit Lions | NR  | 49 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro
* Interceptions co-leader
* Tied 1st in interception (8 with Kevin Byard), 1st in passes defensed (26)

50 | Deshaun Watson | Quarterback | Houston Texans | NR  | 50 |

* 12th overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft
* Broke Kurt Warners' record of 19 TD's in the first 7 starts since the merger

51 | Case Keenum | Quarterback | Minnesota Vikings | Denver Broncos | NR  | 51 |

* 1st in Passer rating from weeks 10-17 (107.2)
* 1 of 6 QB's with 20+ passing TD's and under 10 interceptions

52 | Jarvis Landry | Wide receiver | Miami Dolphins | Cleveland Browns |  10  | 52 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Receptions leader
* 400 receptions in 4 seasons (NFL record)
* Only player with 5+ receptions in all 16 games in 2017

53 | Aqib Talib | Cornerback | Denver Broncos | Los Angeles Rams |  16  | 53 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* 4th All-time with 10 Interception touchdowns (Rod Woodson with 12)
* 2nd with 34 interceptions since 2008

54 | Ezekiel Elliott | Running back | Dallas Cowboys |  47  | 54 |

* Highest rookie debut in the history of the Top 100 chart in 2017.
* 1 of 3 players to average 20+ carries/game. (Leonard Fournette, Le'Veon Bell)
* 1st with 98.3 yards per game in 2017
* 1st in NFL in rushing yards and rushing TD's since 2016 (2,614, 22)

55 | Xavier Rhodes | Cornerback | Minnesota Vikings |  11  | 55 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 1st First-team All-Pro
* 5th consecutive season with 10+ passes defensed

56 | Philip Rivers | Quarterback | Los Angeles Chargers |  17  | 56 |

* 7th Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 9 QB's in history to have 50,000+ career passing yards[5]
* Longest active starts streak in NFL (192 started)
* 9 of the past 10 seasons with 4000+ yards
* 2nd with 4,515 passing yards (Tom Brady with 4,577 yards)

57 | Trent Williams | Offensive tackle | Washington Redskins |  10  | 57 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* No sacks allowed in 363 pass-blocking snaps in only 10 games played and started in 2017

58 | Leonard Fournette | Running back | Jacksonville Jaguars | NR  | 58 |

* Fastest and 2nd fastest recorded speed by RB on 2 carries (22 mph+ vs. Steelers, 21.76 mph vs. Rams)
* 1 of 3 players to average 20+ carries/game. (Ezekiel Elliott, Le'Veon Bell)
* Tied 2nd with 6 games with 100+ yards including playoffs (Todd Gurley with 7)

59 | Casey Hayward | Cornerback | Los Angeles Chargers |  5  | 59 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd-Team AP All-Pro
* Tied 2nd with 22 Passes defensed (Darius Slay, 26)
* Lowest completion percentage allowed in 2017 (42%)
* Tied 1st in interceptions since 2016 with 11 interceptions (Marcus Peters)
* 1st in passes defensed with 42 since 2016

60 | Derek Carr | Quarterback | Oakland Raiders |  49  | 60 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Franchise record 103 Passing TD's in 4 seasons

61 | Ndamukong Suh | Defensive tackle | Miami Dolphins | Los Angeles Rams |  6 | 61 |

* Most quarterback hits amongst DT's since entering the league in 2010 (147)

62 | Micah Hyde | Safety | Buffalo Bills | NR | 62 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st Second-team All-Pro selection
* Career high in tackles, interceptions and passes defensed (82, 5, 13)
* 1 of 5 current players with 3 straight seasons of 3+ int
* Made playoffs in every season in the NFL (4 with Green Bay Packers, 1 with the Bills)

63 | Geno Atkins | Defensive tackle | Cincinnati Bengals |  5 | 63 |

* 6th Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 2 DT's with 20+ quarterback hits and 9+ sacks (Aaron Donald)
* Most sacks amongst DT's since entering the league in 2010 (61.0).

64 | Richard Sherman | Cornerback | Seattle Seahawks | San Francisco 49ers |  43 | 64 |

* Most interceptions and passes defensed since entering the league in 2011.
* Lowest completion percentage allowed since 2011 with >300 targets (47.4%)

65 | Stefon Diggs | Wide receiver | Minnesota Vikings | NR | 65 |

* 115.0 Passer rating when targeted by Case Keenum
* Reached 200 receptions in 40 games played in career

66 | Jurrell Casey | Defensive tackle | Tennessee Titans |  20 | 66 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Career-high 19 quarterback hits
* 5 seasons with 5+ sacks

67 | Telvin Smith | Linebacker | Jacksonville Jaguars | NR | 67 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st Second-team All-Pro selection
* Most tackles in the first 4 seasons as a Jaguar (447)
* 1 of 3 players with 100+ tackles and 3 interceptions

68 | Zach Ertz | Tight end | Philadelphia Eagles | NR | 68 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* Super Bowl champion (1st time)
* Tied franchise record with 8 receiving TD's in a season (Brent Celek, 2009) in Super-Bowl era.
* 3 straight seasons with 70+ receptions and 800+ receiving yards

69 | Fletcher Cox | Defensive tackle | Philadelphia Eagles |  31 | 69 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd Second-team All-Pro selection
* Super Bowl champion (1st time)
* 2nd best QB pressure percentage amongst DT's on pass rush snaps

70 | Devonta Freeman | Running back | Atlanta Falcons |  29 | 70 |

* 1 of 2 players with 3,000+ rushing yards and 30+ rushing TD's in the last 3 seasons. (Le'Veon Bell)

71 | Zack Martin | Guard | Dallas Cowboys |  13 | 71 |

* 4th Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd Second-team All-Pro selection
* Started all 64 regular season games and 3 post-season games in 4 seasons
* Allowed least QB pressures by a guard (11)
* Allowed <2 sacks in each of his 4 seasons
* Became highest paid guard in NFL in June, 2018.

72 | Delanie Walker | Tight end | Tennessee Titans |  3 | 72 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* Pro Bowl Offensive MVP
* 3rd amongst TE's with 3585 yards since 2014 (Rob Gronkowski, Travis Kelce), most receptions in a 4 year span

73 | Thomas Davis | Linebacker | Carolina Panthers |  16 | 73 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 3 players with 600+ tackles and 10+ interceptions since 2012 (Luke Kuechly, Lavonte David)

74 | Cameron Wake | Defensive end | Miami Dolphins |  12 | 74 |

* 9 straight seasons with 5+ sacks, on Julius Peppers went 10 straight.
* Led team in sacks (10.5), quarterback hits (27) and tackles for losses (12)

75 | Kam Chancellor | Safety | Seattle Seahawks |  41 | 75 |

* 556 tackles since becoming a starter in 2011 (6th amongst safeties)
* First retired player to ever feature on the Top 100 list (announced retirement after the complete list was revealed).

76 | Melvin Ingram | Defensive end | Los Angeles Chargers | NR | 76 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 4 players with 10+ sacks and 17+ tackles for losses in 2017 (Chandler Jones, Von Miller, Cameron Jordan)

77 | Odell Beckham Jr. | Wide receiver | New York Giants |  69 | 77 |

* 1 of 8 players in NFL history to record 300+ receptions, 4,000+ yards and 30+ TD's in the first 4 seasons
* 2nd in NFL with 38 receiving TD's since 2014 (Antonio Brown)
* 3rd in NFL with 94.1 yards per game since 2014 (Brown, Julio Jones)

78 | Taylor Lewan | Offensive tackle | Tennessee Titans |  6 | 78 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 32 starts, 5 sacks conceded in 2-season span

79 | Marcus Peters | Cornerback | Kansas City Chiefs | Los Angeles Rams |  47 | 79 |

* Tied 3rd in interceptions (5)
* Only player with 5+ in each of the last 3 seasons
* 60.5 Passer rating allowed since 2015, 2nd to A. J. Bouye with 200+ targets

80 | Kevin Byard | Safety | Tennessee Titans | NR | 80 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1st All-Pro selection
* Co-leader in interceptions (8 with Darius Slay)
* 1st player to record 80+ tackles and 8+ interceptions since Champ Bailey in 2006

81 | Michael Thomas | Wide receiver | New Orleans Saints | NR | 81 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* One of 3 WR's with 100+ receptions and 1,200+ yards (Antonio Brown, Keenan Allen)
* Most receptions in first 2 seasons

82 | Marshon Lattimore | Cornerback | New Orleans Saints | NR | 82 |

* 11th overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft
* 1st Saint to win AP DROY
* Leads all rookies with 5 interceptions and 18 passes defensed
* 3rd lowest Passer rating allowed amongst CB's (45.3)

83 | Linval Joseph | Defensive tackle | Minnesota Vikings | NR ( 21) | 83 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* 2nd amongst DT's with 68 tackles (76 by Damon Harrison)
* No. 104 in the 2017 chart[4]

84 | J. J. Watt | Defensive end | Houston Texans |  49 | 84 |

* 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award

85 | Bruce Irvin | Defensive end | Oakland Raiders | NR | 85 |

* Most Forced Fumbles in a two-season span (10)

86 | Chris Harris Jr. | Cornerback | Denver Broncos |  23 | 86 |

* Tied fewest missed tackles amongst CB's with 40+ tackles (2)
* 68.0 Passer rating when targeted since 2014

87 | Andrew Whitworth | Offensive tackle | Los Angeles Rams | NR | 87 |

* 4th Pro Bowl selection
* 1st-Team AP All-Pro
* Oldest tackle to start 10+ games in 2017 (36)

88 | Yannick Ngakoue | Defensive end | Jacksonville Jaguars | NR | 88 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 2 players with 10+ sacks and 5+ forced fumbles (Aaron Donald)
* Only player with 20+ sacks and 10+ forced fumbles since 2016

89 | Jimmy Graham | Tight end | Seattle Seahawks | Green Bay Packers | NR | 89 |

* 5th Pro Bowl selection
* Tied second with Davante Adams with 10 receiving TD's (DeAndre Hopkins with 13)
* 4th most receiving TD's in history amongst TE's (69)

90 | Jimmy Garoppolo | Quarterback | New England Patriots/San Francisco 49ers | San Francisco 49ers | NR | 90 |

* Fourth most wins by a quarterback to start his NFL career (7, tied with Daunte Culpepper, Dieter Brock, and Daryle Lamonica)[6][7]

91 | David Bakhtiari | Offensive tackle | Green Bay Packers | NR | 91 |

* 2nd-Team AP All-Pro

92 | Landon Collins | Safety | New York Giants |  64 | 92 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* Since 2015, leads all safeties in tackles (332) and 2nd in passes defensed (28)
* 3-time team leader (99)

93 | Mike Daniels | Defensive end | Green Bay Packers |  9 | 93 |

* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* 1 of 4 DT's to record 4+ sacks for 5 straight seasons (Ndamoukong Suh, Gerald McCoy, Jurrell Casey)

94 | Kirk Cousins | Quarterback | Washington Redskins | Minnesota Vikings |  24 | 94 |

* 1st QB in NFL history to change teams after 3 consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards

95 | Lane Johnson | Offensive tackle | Philadelphia Eagles | NR | 95 |

* 1st-Team AP All-Pro
* 1st Pro Bowl selection
* Super Bowl champion (1st time)

96 | Malcolm Jenkins | Safety | Philadelphia Eagles |  6 | 96 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* Super Bowl champion (2nd time)
* 1 of 2 safeties with 5+ tackles for losses, and 8+ passes defensed (Harrison Smith)

97 | Carlos Hyde | Running back | San Francisco 49ers | Cleveland Browns | NR | 97 |

* One of 3 RB's to lead team in carries and receptions (Todd Gurley, LeSean McCoy)
* 3-time team leader in rushing yards (2015–17)

98 | C. J. Mosley | Linebacker | Baltimore Ravens | NR | 98 |

* 3rd Pro Bowl selection
* 3rd 2nd-Team AP All-Pro

99 | Doug Baldwin | Wide receiver | Seattle Seahawks |  11 | 99 |

* 2nd Pro Bowl selection
* Tied fewest in drops with 100+ targets (2 drops of 116 targets)

100 | Ha Ha Clinton-Dix | Safety | Green Bay Packers |  23 | 100 |

* 1 of 2 safeties with 70+tackles, 3+ interceptions and <5 missed tackles
* 1 of 7 safeties with multiple interceptions in 3 straight seasons.

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## References

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1. ^ Shook, Nick (26 June 2018). "Tom Brady repeats as No. 1 player in 'Top 100' rankings". NFL.com. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
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