Two years after Sheldon Richardson was named Defensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press, Leonard Williams will be up for the same award Saturday night as the NFL salutes its best players and plays from last season with “NFL Honors.” Both NFL Media’s Charley Casserly and ESPN draft guru Mel Kiper believe Williams was the NFL’s top first-year player in 2015.
Everyone thought the Jets scored big drafting Leonard Williams at No. 6 -- and they did! Jets D-lineman Leonard Williams played a key role in the NFL's second-best run defense,” wrote Casserly on NFL.