Last season, Reggie Nelson tied for the NFL lead in interceptions (8). When he left the Bengals to sign with Raiders he joined Ty Law as the only players in the Super Bowl era to lead the NFL in interceptions and then sign with a different team as a free agent in the ensuing offseason. Law led the league with 10 INT in 2005 with the Jets, then signed with the Chiefs in 2006.

If Nelson leads the NFL in interceptions again, he would become the 4th player since 1940 to lead the league in interceptions then play for a different team the next season. The others were Law, Billy Atkins (1961-62) and Bill Dudley (1946-947).

Michael Bennett entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent who played his first 4 seasons with the Buccaneers. In that time, he tallied just 15 sacks and 30 QB Hits. Then in 2013, Bennett went to Seattle and everything changed. Since joining the Seahawks, Bennett recorded 25.5 sacks and 75 QB Hits.

Only two other players in the NFL can boast those numbers (25+ sacks and 75+ QB Hits) over the same span: J.J. Watt (48.5 sacks/146 QB Hits) and Carlos Dunlap (29 sacks/88 QB Hits).

Kawann Short burst on the scene in 2015 by recording an impressive 11 sacks from the defensive tackle position. That tied Aaron Donald and Geno Atkins for most sacks by a defensive tackle last season.

Short's sack total was also the most by a Panthers defensive tackle in franchise history as he surpassed Kris Jenkins (7 in 2002) and became the first Panthers DT with a double-digit sack season.

Last season was another solid year for Clay Matthews as he set a new career-high in tackles (66) and was named to his 6th career Pro Bowl. Matthews already had the honor of becoming the first player in franchise history to make a Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons (2009-12).

However now Matthews has two more Pro Bowl selections than any Packers linebacker and is tied with Reggie White for second-most by a defensive player in team history. Only Hall of Fame safety, Willie Wood, who played from 1960-1971 has more (8).

Blake Bortles had a sensational sophomore campaign as he set the Jaguars single-season passing record (4,428) and joined Mark Brunell as the only Jaguars QBs with 4,000 pass yards in a season.

Bortles also became the youngest QB in NFL history (age 23) with 4,000+ pass yards, 35+ pass TD and 300+ rush yards in a single season. The only other QBs to even achieve those numbers were Steve Young (age 37) and Daunte Culpepper (age 27).

Eric Berry was one of the best stories in the NFL last season. In November of 2014, Berry was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and had to abruptly end his season to get treatment. After months of chemotherapy, Berry was declared cancer-free in June 2015 and rejoined the Chiefs for their Week 1 win over the Texans.

Berry would go on to play an incredible 94.9 percent of the Chiefs defensive snaps, which were the 3rd-most among all Kansas City defensive backs. And after a strong season with 61 tackles and 2 INT, Berry earned First-Team All Pro honors, was selected to his 4th Pro Bowl and named Comeback Player of the Year in a landslide vote.

Thomas Davis is the Panthers all-time leader in career tackles (614). But in 2015, Davis took his game to another level by setting career-high marks in sacks (5.5) and interceptions (4). In fact, Davis was the only player in the NFL with at least 5 sacks and 4 interceptions last season.

Lavonte David is a tackling machine. Since entering the NFL in 2012, he has recorded 576 tackles, 2nd only to All-Pro Luke Kuechly (591). But where David separates himself from all others is his play around the line of scrimmage.

Since 2012, David is the only player in the NFL with at least 500 tackles, 10 sacks and 50 tackles for loss; his numbers are 576-13-68 respectively.

Chris Harris Jr. has established himself as one of the most dependable cornerbacks in the NFL, and was rewarded with consecutive Pro Bowl selections over the last two seasons. Signed by the Broncos as a college free agent in 2011, Harris Jr. is one of just six undrafted cornerbacks in within the Super Bowl Era (since 1966) to make multiple Pro Bowls with his original team.

The others were Hall of Famer Emmitt Thomas, Cornell Green, Frank Minnifield, Everson Walls and Robert James.

In just 6 seasons, Dez Bryant has put up some gaudy numbers including 59 receiving touchdowns, which is the most among active wide receivers. But if you're looking at Bryant on a per game basis his numbers are even more impressive. Bryant's 0.70 touchdown per game average is the 3rd-highest by a wide receiver in a player's first 6 seasons during the Super Bowl era (min. 50 games)

The only others who have a better TD per game average are Jerry Rice (0.86) and Randy Moss (0.80).