Aidan Hutchinson was the second defensive player taken in the 2022 NFL draft, but he has better odds to be the top rookie than the defender taken above him.
The Lions EDGE has opened as a co-favorite for the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year at Tipico Sportsbook. Hutchinson and No. 5 overall pick Kayvon Thibodeaux of the New York Giants are each +450 to win the award. The No. 1 pick, DL Travon Walker of the Jaguars, is next in line at +600.
No Lions player has captured the Defensive Rookie of the Year award since Ndamukong Suh in 2010. The only other Detroit players to win the award were Al “Bubba” Baker in 1978 and Lem Barney in 1967, the first year the league gave out the honor.
