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The Kansas City Chiefs landed a single player on the Pro Football Focus midseason All-Pro team and it just so happens to be one of their most impressive rookies.
Creed Humphrey earned recognition as PFF’s first-team center, edging out Philadelphia Eagles C Jason Kelce for the first-team nod. Humphrey is one of just two rookies to appear on the list joining Cincinnati Bengals WR Ja’Marr Chase, who earned a second-team selection. Humphrey is the lone rookie named to the first-team offense. Tyreek Hill is the only other Chiefs player named to the team, earning a second-team selection at the receiver position.
Here’s a look at what PFF’s Sam Monson had to say about Humphrey’s performance so far:
“Lost amid the discourse surrounding a struggling Kansas City offense is how successful their rookie center has been this season. Humphrey has allowed just seven pressures in eight games across 400 pass-blocking snaps. As a run-blocker, he has a 93.8 PFF grade, which is second only to Trent Williams among all offensive linemen.
Humphrey is PFF’s highest-graded rookie center through the first eight weeks of a season since 2006. He hasn’t just graded out well, he’s looked the part on the field too. He has played like the best center in the NFL, rookie and veterans alike. He gets after it in the run game, escorting defenders out of the club on a regular basis. He’s been a stalwart protector of Patrick Mahomes in the middle of the field, rarely looking overmatched against some of the NFL’s best defensive linemen.
If Humphrey continues to play as well as he has, people might have to start considering him as a candidate to win the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. This will especially be the case if the Chiefs can start to string some wins together and turn things around on the offensive side of the ball. An offensive lineman has never won the award, but that could be due to change in the not-so-distant future.
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