Denver Broncos star cornerback Pat Surtain is the clear favorite to win the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year award after wrapping up the best regular season of all the league’s defensive players.
So it’s no surprise that Surtain was named a first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press on Friday. But this is a surprise: somebody didn’t vote for PS2, at least not as a first-choice cornerback.
The AP polls a national panel of 50 media members who elect an All-Pro team each season. Of those 50 media members, only 49 voted for Surtain as a first-team All-Pro, according to the AP‘s published voting data.
Whoever did not vote for Surtain as a first-team cornerback did vote for him for the second-team squad, but it’s still shocking that PS2 wasn’t a unanimous selection.
#Broncos cornerback Pat Surtain II got 148 points in the voting for AP All-Pro. So he got 49 first-place votes worth three points each and one second place vote worth one point.
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) January 10, 2025
Update: Ben Volin of the Boston Globe did not vote for Surtain:
Here are the AP All Pro teams https://t.co/bkMaLs07KO
And here is how I voted. Joe Cardona got robbed. Led all long-snappers with 3 solo tackles and was the only one to force a fumble pic.twitter.com/DlrWaGotA5— Ben Volin (@BenVolin) January 10, 2025
Surtain was one of five Broncos players who earned All-Pro honors this season. Five other Denver players also received votes: left tackle Garett Bolles (nine votes), fullback Michael Burton (six), safety Brandon Jones (five), long snapper Mitchell Fraboni (four) and wide receiver Courtland Sutton (one).
