2024-25 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Odds Tracker: Jared Verse Takes Home Award
By Matt McEwan
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- Who were the top contenders for the 2024-25 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award & how did odds change?
- Jared Verse won NFL DROY in the 2024-25 NFL season
- Looking for the latest NFL DROY odds?
The 2024-25 NFL season saw Jared Verse take home the Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. However, Verse was not the favorite when odds opened, and he was overtaken in the odds late in the season as well. You can see how the 2024 DROY odds changed throughout the season with notes on why below.
Top 2024-25 NFL DROY Contenders
Even before knowing where any of these incoming rookie defenders would be playing for the 2024-25 NFL season, sportsbooks released odds on who would win the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Former Alabama edge rusher Dallas Turner, who was projected to be the first defensive player selected in the 2024 NFL Draft odds, opened as the favorite. Though Turner was not the first defensive player selected, as Laiatu Latu was the first defender off the board, the new Vikings edge-rusher remained the NFL DROY favorite after the draft, seeing his odds improve drastically after the first round, and was still the favorite after Week 1.
That changed after Week 2, though, as Rams edge-rusher Jared Verse became the new DROY favorite. Verse held that title until after Week 15 games, when Quinyon Mitchell became the new favorite. That only lasted one week, though, as Verse was back to being the favorite following Week 16.
Jared Verse was the favorite to win the NFL DROY award at closing with -1000 odds. Based on those odds, Verse had a 90.9% chance to win the award.
After Verse in the closing odds, we had Quinyon Mitchell (+900), Chop Robinson (+4000), Braden Fiske (+5000), and Cooper DeJean (+10000) rounding out the top five contenders to win NFL DROY for the 2024-25 NFL season.
And some more notes on the 2024 DROY odds movement:
- [December 23] Quinyon Mitchell’s reign as the NFL DROY favorite only lasted one week, as his odds worsened from +110 to +400 after the Commanders receivers beat him often in Week 16. Jared Verse took back over as the favorite entering Week 17.
- [December 17] The combo of the Eagles defense continuing to play well, and Jared Verse not recording a sack in five straight games resulted in Quinyon Mitchell becoming the new DROY favorite following Week 15.
- [November 26] It was a little odd seeing Rams DL Braden Fiske’s DROY odds improve from +2550 to +900 after they gave up 314 rushing yards and 37 points in Week 12. But Fiske did record a sack in the game, which marked his second straight game with at least a sack, and a total of five sacks over his past four games (from Weeks 9-12). Following Week 12, the Rams had two of the top three contenders for NFL DROY, with Jared Verse still being the favorite at this point.
- [November 19] After a great game against the Commanders in Week 11, Quinyon Mitchell’s DROY odds improved from +1880 to +250, which were second-best on the board at this time.
- [November 5] Jared Verse became an odds-on favorite to win NFL DROY after Week 9, where he recorded another sack and was consistently providing pressure on the QB. Verse was the favorite prior to this, but he saw his odds improve from +100 to -150.
- [October 15] With Kamari Lassiter’s scapula injury expected to sideline him a few more weeks, after he already missed Week 6, his DROY odds have faded from +683 to +1833.
- [September 24] Laiatu Latu moved from +925 to +542, the second-best odds, after recording his first career sack in Week 3 against the Bears.
- [September 17] Jared Verse took over as the NFL DROY favorite after a Week 2 performance that included seven tackles, three of which were for losses, and a forced fumble. Byron Murphy also turned in a solid performance in Week 2, moving from +1200 odds to +700, which were third-best at this time. Kamari Lassiter saw major movement as well, going from +5000 to +1425 after recording his first career interception against the Bears.
- [September 10] Laiatu Latu was not able to hold onto the title of NFL DROY favorite for very long, as Dallas Turner has taken back over after recording three tackles and a sack in Minnesota’s dominant win over the Giants.
- [September 3] With Jared Verse preparing for a major role in the Rams defense, he saw his DROY odds improve from +1050 to +800 ahead of Week 1. We also saw Laiatu Latu overtake Dallas Turner as the favorite to win the award.
- [April 25] Though the NFL DROY odds did not see as drastic movement as the OROY did after the first round of the NFL Draft, there were some notable changes. Dallas Turner, who was already the favorite prior to the draft, saw his odds improve from as long as +850 to as short as +400, making him a pretty heavy favorite. Fellow pass-rusher Chop Robinson’s odds went from +2000 to as short as +1300 after being drafted by the Dolphins. Unless one of the other top contenders really falls in the draft, I don’t think we’ll see any other major moves coming from the rest of the draft.
- [April 19] DraftKings was the first to open NFL DROY odds for the 2024-25 season, and they listed Dallas Turner as their favorite. Turner’s +700 odds were slightly better than Laiatu Latu’s +750 odds, which were the second-best at opening. Quinyon Mitchell, who is projected to be the first cornerback selected in the draft, had the best opening odds among non-edge rushers.
Top 2024 DROY Contenders at Each Position
Top 2024 DROY Contenders by Draft Round
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With nearly a decade working in the industry, Matt is a seasoned sports betting veteran. He got his start with SBD in 2016 and worked his way up the ladder to become the Editor-in-Chief. Along the way he has done everything from reviewing sportsbooks to creating proprietary sports betting tools.
