Broncos cornerback and 2024 Defensive Player of the Year, the consensus best corner in football.
Pat Surtain II won 2024 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, the first cornerback to win the award since Charles Woodson in 2009. The 2025 season delivered another All-Pro nod and 4 interceptions. He's the centerpiece of Denver's defense and the gold standard at his position.
Path to the league
Alabama All-American whose father Patrick Sr. was a longtime NFL corner. Broncos took him ninth overall in 2021. Made the Pro Bowl in his second year and has been an All-Pro every year since.
Career highlights
2024 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. 3x Pro Bowl. 3x First-team All-Pro (2023-2025). 15+ career interceptions. Highest passer rating allowed in coverage among CBs (under 58 in 2024). $96M extension (2024).
2025 season recap
4 INTs, 64 tackles, 15 pass breakups. Denver went 12-5 and won the AFC West for the first time since 2015. Surtain shut down the No. 1 receiver every week, including Ja'Marr Chase and DK Metcalf in back-to-back games. Made his third straight first-team All-Pro.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Pat Surtain II
- Pro Football Reference: Pat Surtain II
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
14 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | broncos | 14 | 47 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2024 | broncos | 16 | 45 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 2023 | broncos | 17 | 69 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2022 | broncos | 17 | 60 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | broncos | 16 | 58 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Cornerback
- Group
- defense
- College
- Alabama
- Hometown
- Plantation, FL, USA
- Age
- 26
- Status
- active
