One potential first-time Pro Bowler from each NFC team heading into the 2025 NFL season

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Which NFL players could make the Pro Bowl for the first time in 2025? Kevin Patra spotlights one candidate from each NFC team below. (Click here for the AFC selections.)

Williams flew under the radar as one of the top slot corners in the NFL last season, demonstrating the ability to stick stride for stride with shifty wideouts and generating a -8.6 completion percentage over expected, second among all cornerbacks last season (behind only      Kamari Lassiter      ). As slot corners rise in importance and standing, players like Williams should garner more attention. In 2024, he allowed a completion rate of 55.9% and -5.1 receptions over expected, both tops among all slot corners (minimum of 300 coverage snaps), and his -0.20 EPA per target tied him for sixth. Given the proximity to the run game, Williams needs to improve his tackling and fits, but his coverage skills against agile slot receivers who usually generate easy pitches and catches are already Pro Bowl-worthy.

Another year, another chance for a breakout performance from a Falcons offensive weapon. London went over the 1,000-yard barrier for the first time in his career in 2024, totaling 1,271 yards and nine TDs on 100 catches — all career highs. It’s no coincidence that this was also his first season in which the Falcons stitched together competent QB play for most of the year. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound wideout can take his game to an even higher level, boasting the size and speed to burn any type of coverage. Making London’s prospects even more enticing heading into 2025 is the rapport he showed with       Michael Penix Jr.       when the QB prospect got his turn under center down the stretch last season. London generated 100-plus yards in each of Atlanta’s final two games (106 and 187) on 17 combined catches with two touchdowns. Were those numbers inflated by shootouts against lesser defenses, or a sign of what could be on the horizon for London with Penix tossing him the pigskin for an entire campaign?

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