Jalen Carter and Saquon Barkley have been named to the NFLPA’s third annual all-pro team, announced Wednesday morning.
There is no official NFL all-star team. The Associated Press has been picking an all-pro team since 1940 and that’s generally recognized as the team of record. This year’s AP all-pro team will be announced as part of NFL Honors on Feb. 6.
But in 2022 the NFL Players Association began selecting its own all-pro team selected by players, and that’s what was announced Wednesday.
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Carter, the ninth player taken in last year’s draft, had a monster season, with 4 ½ sacks, 16 quarterback hits, 12 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, six pass breakups and 42 tackles for the NFL’s No. 1 defense. He drew constant double teams, limiting his own production but opening up opportunities for the other linemen and linebackers.
Unlike the AP, which has a first team and second team, the NFLPA only releases a first team, and the other interior lineman was six-time Pro Bowler Chris Jones of the Chiefs.
Barkley, who made his third Pro Bowl this year in his first season with the Eagles, was a no-brainer after recording the eighth-highest rushing total in NFL history with 2,005 yards despite not playing Sunday in the season finale against the Giants, his former team.
Barkley’s 5.8 rushing average was also 8th-highest in history. He’s one of only three players in NFL history to rush for 1,500 yards with a 5.8 average and at least 13 touchdowns. The others are Jim Brown in 1958 and Derrick Henry this year.
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Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce and Darius Slay represented the Eagles on the initial 2022 NFLPA all-pro team and Johnson and Kelce were on last year’s team.
Johnson lost out to the Lions’ Penei Sewell this year at right tackle.
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