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Odell Beckham Jr. (New York Giants) | Le’Veon Bell (Pittsburgh Steelers) | Marcus Mariota (University of Oregon) |
The inaugural list covers the 2014 season, taking into account on-field performance, fantasy league popularity, early demand from current partners and licensees and new faces in strong markets. Players cannot have appeared in previous NFLPI Top 50 Player Sales lists.
Odell Beckham Jr. of the New York Giants leads the roster of these future retail stars followed by Le’Veon Bell (Pittsburgh Steelers), Marcus Mariota (University of Oregon), Antonio Brown (Pittsburgh Steelers) and T.Y. Hilton (Indianapolis Colts).
“NFLPI’s depth of knowledge about NFL players provides our business partners with some valuable sales and marketing insights, and the Rising 50 list is designed to be a unique resource they can use to plan for the upcoming season,” says Ahmad Nassar, president,
The Rising 50 list will be updated once a year.
2014 NFLPI Rising 50 List:
- Odell Beckham Jr.
- Le’Veon Bell
- Marcus Mariota
- Antonio Brown
- T.Y. Hilton
- Jeremy Hill
- Mike Evans
- Jameis Winston
- Randall Cobb
- Kelvin Benjamin
- Emmanuel Sanders
- Alshon Jeffery
- DeAndre Hopkins
- Julius Thomas
- Golden Tate
- C.J. Anderson/Ronnie Hillman/Montee Ball (tie)
- Blake Bortles
- Julian Edelman
- Giovani Bernard
- Andre Ellington
- Amari Cooper
- Brandin Cooks
- Connor Barwin
- Bobby Wagner
- Latavius Murray
- Khalil Mack
- C.J. Mosley
- Travis Kelce
- Melvin Gordon
- Jordan Matthews
- Jarvis Landry
- Tyrann Mathieu
- Tre Mason
- Denard Robinson
- Lamar Miller
- Jadeveon Clowney
- Mark Ingram
- Martavis Bryant
- Eric Decker
- Joique Bell
- Devonta Freeman
- Davante Adams
- Carlos Hyde
- Todd Gurley
- Bishop Sankey
- Kiko Alonso
- Chris Borland
- Brock Osweiler
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