Who’s No. 2 Behind Patrick Mahomes on NFL’s “Prime 100 Gamers” Checklist?

4 months ago 2 min read

A two-time Tremendous Bowl champion and league MVP on the age of simply 27, Patrick Mahomes has been voted as the highest participant within the Nationwide Soccer League by his friends and is available in at No. 1 on the NFL’s annual “Prime 100 Gamers” listing.

“What else is there to say about Mahomes? Everyone knows the stats, the information damaged, the MVP awards received,” in line with the listing’s writers. “He took his rising legend to a brand new degree in 2022 by main his Chiefs to a second Tremendous Bowl victory on a sprained ankle, making his No. 1 rating on this listing a deserved accomplishment, although simply one in every of many he added to his résumé final season.”

Projecting as a assured lock for Canton, getting into his seventh 12 months within the NFL with a glowing 64-16 report as a starter within the common season, Mahomes was a simple alternative for the highest spot. It’s no shock that gamers throughout the league acknowledge him because the brightest star in professional soccer.

The identify behind Mahomes on the “Prime 100 Gamers” listing is a little bit of a shock, though maybe it shouldn’t be when you think about the variety of eye-popping performs the NFL’s No. 2 has made in his brief profession.

A Professional Bowler in every of his three seasons and the NFL’s reigning Offensive Participant of the 12 months, Minnesota Vikings vast receiver Justin Jefferson is available in because the second-ranked participant on the Prime 100 Gamers listing. If that rating for the previous star LSU wideout — who received the 2020 Faculty Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship with Joe Burrow throwing him the soccer — appears excessive, keep in mind Jefferson does stuff like this:

Jefferson, who has achieved what he has achieved within the professionals with ho-hum Kirk Cousins as his quarterback, was ranked No. 15 in final 12 months’s version of the listing, so he made a large bounce. (Mahomes, one way or the other, was ranked at No. 7 previous to final season.)

“Jefferson simply retains getting higher and higher in his brief profession,” per the NFL’s submit. “His league-leading marks in 2022 already place him sixth and seventh, respectively, all-time for receiving yards (1,809) and receptions (128) in a single season. With one of many biggest seasons by a WR ever, Jefferson was named Offensive Participant of the 12 months and completed fifth in MVP voting, the best putting for a non-QB this 12 months. And he’s nonetheless simply 24 years previous.”

The complete Prime 10 is under.

1. Patrick Mahomes
2. Justin Jefferson
3. Jalen Hurts
4. Nick Bosa
5. Travis Kelce
6. Joe Burrow
7. Tyreek Hill
8. Josh Allen
9. Micah Parsons
10. Chris Jones