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#147 Overall, Bradley Chubb, Miami Dolphins, Defensive End, #29 Defensive Lineman/Linebackers: Pass Rushers
2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked. Peak Period 2019-23
Chubb is a two-time Pro Bowl Selection but he begins the season on the IR, having suffered a torn ACL in December.
#145 Overall, Brian Burns, New York Giants, Linebacker, #28 Defensive Lineman/Linebackers: Pass Rushers
2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked. Peak Period: 2019-23
After five seasons with the Carolina Panthers, Brian Burns is now a New York Giants, hopeful of adding a third Pro Bowl. If the Giants do well this year, Burns will play a massive part in that success.
#144 Overall, Josh Hines-Allen, Jacksonville Jaguars, Linebacker, #27 Defensive Lineman/Linebackers: Pass Rushers
2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked. Peak Period: 2019-23
Josh Hines-Allen is coming off his best season, where he was second in Quarterback Sacks (17.5) and had career-bests in Combined Tackles (66), Tackles for Loss (17), and Quarterback Hits (33). This gave him his second Pro Bowl, the first coming in his 2019 rookie campaign.
#115 Overall, Sauce Gardner, New York Jets, #9 Cornerback
2023 Pre-Season Rank Unranked. Peak Period: 2022-23*
We were not going to rank any player who has only played two seasons, but with Sauce Gardner, we are making an exception. The 2022 Defensive Rookie of the Year, is the second coming of Darrelle Revis, and he has already netted two First Team All-Pros. Gardner does not have an island on the field; he has a planet!
*Gardner has only played two seasons.