As William Shakespeare surely would have written, had he covered football: Some NFL players are born stars, some achieve stardom and some have stardom thrust upon them.
There are some NFL careers that seem ticketed for stardom from the outset. There are some for whom stardom is a surprise. Obviously, the vast majority never sniff stardom in the first place, which is one of the things that makes it so special.
With that in mind, we thought we'd take a look at the NFL stardom class of 2018 -- the players who graduated to stardom during the 2017 season.