How good has this draft class been for Chris Ballard? The eye test says it has been a game changer, and the accolades that keep rolling in to match the stat lines don’t do anything to dissuade us of that fact. Now, perhaps the biggest and most significant recognition of this team’s great haul has come down. Darius Leonard and Quenton Nelson have both been voted as First-Team All-Pro’s by the Associated Press.
Darius Leonard and Quenton Nelson have been selected First Team All-Pro!
They join HOFers Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers (Chicago, 1965) as the 2nd pair of rookie teammates to ever be selected First Team All-Pro.