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Best Players who are Going to Shine this NFL Season 2020

Author: Priyanka Saxena on Aug 31,2020

Millions of fans across the world wait for their favorite game football. It’s an incredible celebration, and a team effort, which makes it an awe-inspiring experience. However, there are a few players who second to none in the team so are there in the NFL 2020 regular season. Let’s dive into finding the top NFL players. Here we go:

Khalil Mack

Team: Chicago Bears

Khalil Mack, the outside linebacker was drafted in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders. The 29-year-old has played at the University at Buffalo. Mack was the first player in the history of the NFL to have been selected for the All-Pro at two different positions — linebacker & defensive end — in the same season 2015.

The OLB was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2018 where he signed a US$141 million extension for six years. With this, he broke another record by becoming the most highly paid defensive player in the history of the NFL at that time. This man is considered as one of the star defensive players of the NFL. Mack is going to be one of the best players in the NFL season 2020.

DeAndre Hopkins, WR.

Team: Arizona Cardinals

DeAndre Hopkins, the wide receiver, was drafted in the first round of 2013 by the Houston Texans. The 29-year-old star player played at Clemson and is a four-time Pro Bowler. Apart from that Hopkins has also been named to four All-Pro teams.

In 2020, March 2020 NFL Draft, the Texans traded Hopkins to the Arizona Cardinals. However, Hopkins as of now has not played for down with the Cardinals, but among the wide receivers in Houston, he already is an All-Pro in each of the last three seasons, and also in the last five seasons, he had over 1,100 yards (ca. 1 km) receiving.

Julio Jones, WR.

Team: Atlanta Falcons

Julio Jones, the wide receiver, in 2009 led Crimson Tide (while playing for college football at Alabama) to an undefeated 14–0 season. In 2010, he also helped Alabama Crimson Tide football to win the BCS National Championship Game. In the 2011 NFL Draft, Jones was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons sixth overall. The 31-year-old was three times named second-team All-Pro in 2017, 2018 & 2019. Since he has been inducted into the league, Jones has been a player to have amassed more receivers than any other player.

In 2018, Jones by reaching 10,000 career receiving yards became the fastest NFL player. With a career average of 96.2 receiving yards per game, for Jones, it became the highest in the history of the NFL. This sports star with a perfect combination of the speed (40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds), leaping ability, size (6 ft 3 in and 220 lbs) & catching ability — undoubtedly deserves a mention in this list.

Lamar Jackson, QB.

Team: Baltimore Ravens

The Ravens quarterback, Lamar Jackson is another top-notch player of the NFL 2020 season. Jackson became the fourth African-American quarterback to have been named the NFL Most Valuable Player and the second player to have received a unanimous selection for the award. Playing college football, Jackson won the Walter Camp Award, the Heisman Trophy & Maxwell Award. In the first round of the NFL Draft 2018, Jackson was drafted by the Raven with the 32nd overall pick.

While he started playing the rookie season as a backup but because of the starter Joe Flacco injury, Jackson became the youngest quarterback. As a starter, he led his team to the league with 36 touchdown passes and set the highest rushing yards by a quarterback in the 2019 season. Johnson became the youngest ever quarterback to have started a playoff game and also led the team to win the AFC North division title. With all that the name has to be in the list of top NFL season 2020 players.

Tre'Davious White, CB.

Team: Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills, cornerback, Tre'Davious White is also one of the top players of the NFL season 2020. Bills have played college football at LSU and were also in 2016 a consensus All-American as a senior. Later in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft, he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills. Was selected as the third-best cornerback by the NFL and was ranked the fifth-best cornerback and the seventh-best cornerback by NFL analyst Bucky Brooks and NFL analyst Mike Mayock respectively. White having been named Pro Bowler and an All-Pro after he led the NFL by playing shutdown cornerback for the Bills and with six interceptions — in 2019 had a breakout third season.