Denver Broncos CB Patrick Surtain II receives well deserved honor for his outstanding 2024 season
The annual NFL 101 Awards have named Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II the AFC Defensive Player of the Year. In 16 games played during the 2024 season, Surtain recorded 45 total tackles, four interceptions, 11 passes defensed, one forced fumble, and one touchdown. Here is the excerpt on Surtain from the 101 Awards' press release. […]
The annual NFL 101 Awards have named Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II the AFC Defensive Player of the Year.
In 16 games played during the 2024 season, Surtain recorded 45 total tackles, four interceptions, 11 passes defensed, one forced fumble, and one touchdown. Here is the excerpt on Surtain from the 101 Awards' press release.
"Surtain II was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press for the second time in his career and became just the third Denver Broncos defensive player to earn two first-team All-Pro honors in his first four seasons in the league since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger. According to NextGen Stats, Surtain ranked first among NFL cornerbacks with at least 400 coverage snaps in yards allowed (306), target rate (10.9) and yards allowed per coverage snap (0.6). He tallied four interceptions on the season, tying his career high set during his rookie year in 2021. He recorded a career-best 132 interception return yards to rank first by all NFL cornerbacks in 2024, including a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown, helping the Broncos earn a Wild Card spot in the 2024 playoffs. It marks his first career 101 Award."
The NFL 101 Awards was created by Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt back in 1969 and is the league's longest-running awards program. Surtain is very deserving of the honor as he is consistently able to take away the opposing team's top receiver in each game he plays.
Surtain will be one of the favorites to win AP Defensive Player of the Year, which will be revealed during the NFL Honors just days before Super Bowl LIX. He has been a lockdown cornerback since entering the league in 2021. The Broncos signed Surtain to a four-year, $96 million contract extension with $77.5 million guaranteed just before the start of the season, making him the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history.
