FOX Sports names former FSU standout as one NFL team's best player ·

03 Jan 2025, 00:00

Florida State puts out a ton of talent every year into the NFL pool so it was only a matter of time until one of those players became an NFL team's best player. It looks like FOX Sports thinks that the Vikings made their best call in the last five years with safety Xavier Rhodes.

Well Worth It!@FOXSports declared Xavier Rhodes best Vikings draft pick in last 5 yrs.#1on1 #PlanetXay #VKNT pic.twitter.com/kRwn1WfP9i

— VikingNations (@VikingNations) February 12, 2017

And he was the best run defender among cornerbacks in the league this past season according to Pro Football Focus:

Best run defense grades among CBs
Xavier Rhodes, MIN, 86.4
Ronald Darby, BUF, 86.3
Brent Grimes, TB, 83.5
Aqib Talib, DEN, 83.2 pic.twitter.com/AeNOltuhZW

— Pro Football Focus (@PFF) February 12, 2017

Rhodes has seven interceptions, including a pick-6, a forced fumble and 179 tackles over his four-year career. Rhodes was the first of two cornerbacks drafted in the first round of the Jimbo Fisher era with Jalen Ramsey being the other in last year's draft.

[h/t Warchant.com]

FOX Sports names former FSU standout as one NFL team's best player

Florida State puts out a ton of talent every year into the NFL pool so it was only a matter of time until one of those players became an NFL team's best player. It looks like FOX Sportsthinks that the Vikings made their best call in the last five years with safety Xavier Rhodes.

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