NFL 2024 All-Under-25 Defensive Team: Super Bowl champion Chiefs, rising Lions lead way with two players

The best defensive players in the NFL under 25 years old

If you want to win Super Bowls, you better have young talent. Not only are these players closer to their athletic primes, but they are also usually on their rookie contracts, and their low salary cap number gives teams the ability to use those financial resources elsewhere. 

Below, we will reveal our NFL Defensive All-Under-25 First and Second Teams, using a 4-2-5 format with a slot corner. The only rule is that these players must be under 25 years old entering the 2024 NFL season -- that first full week of September. There are plenty of notable names to discuss here, so let's go ahead and jump in.