oldest player to win nfl defensive rookie of the year

4 players are tied for the oldest Defensive Rookies of the Year. They were 24 years old. The first three are Jared Verse in 2024, Hugh Douglas in 1995 and Jim Haslett in 1979.

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	NAME	Age	DROY	SEASON	TM	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Jared Verse J. Verse	24	1	2024	LAR	17	36	30	66	4.5	44.5	0	0	0	2	2	0
2	Hugh Douglas H. Douglas	24	1	1995	NYJ	15				10.0		0	0	0		2	0
3	Jim Haslett J. Haslett	24	1	1979	BUF	16						2	15	0		2	0
4	Claude Humphrey C. Humphrey	24	1	1968	ATL	14						0	0	0		3	0
5	Shaquille Leonard S. Leonard	23	1	2018	IND	15	107	47	154	7.0	48	2	38	0	3	2	0
6	Aaron Donald A. Donald	23	1	2014	STL	16	38	10	48	9.0	68	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	Sheldon Richardson S. Richardson	23	1	2013	NYJ	16	42	36	78	3.5	29	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	Ndamukong Suh N. Suh	23	1	2010	DET	16	49	17	66	10.0	47.5	1	20	0	1	1	1
9	Jevon Kearse J. Kearse	23	1	1999	TEN	16				14.5		0	0	0		1	1
10	Peter Boulware P. Boulware	23	1	1997	BAL	16				11.5		0	0	0		0	0
11	Dana Stubblefield D. Stubblefield	23	1	1993	SF	16				10.5		0	0	0		0	0
12	Dale Carter D. Carter	23	1	1992	KC	16				0.0		7	65	1		2	0
13	Erik McMillan E. McMillan	23	1	1988	NYJ	13				0.0		8	168	2		0	0
14	Shane Conlan S. Conlan	23	1	1987	BUF	12				0.5		0	0	0		0	0
15	Duane Bickett D. Bickett	23	1	1985	IND	16				6.0		1	0	0		2	0
16	Chip Banks C. Banks	23	1	1982	CLE	9				5.5		1	14	0		0	0
17	Al Richardson A. Richardson	23	1	1980	ATL	16						7	139	0		3	1
18	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	23	1	1976	NE	14						8	90	0		3	0
19	Joe Greene J. Greene	23	1	1969	PIT	14						0	0	0		0	0
20	Carson Schwesinger C. Schwesinger	22	1	2025	CLE	16	67	89	156	2.5	25	2	16	0	0	0	0
21	Will Anderson Jr. W. Anderson Jr.	22	1	2023	HOU	15	29	16	45	7.0	48	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Micah Parsons M. Parsons	22	1	2021	DAL	16	64	20	84	13.0	119.5	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	Nick Bosa N. Bosa	22	1	2019	SF	16	32	15	47	9.0	77	1	46	0	1	2	0
24	Marcus Peters M. Peters	22	1	2015	KC	16	53	7	60	0.0	0	8	280	2	1	0	0
25	Von Miller V. Miller	22	1	2011	DEN	15	50	14	64	11.5	77	0	0	0	2	0	0

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