For the fourth time in his career, and his first with the Green Bay Packers, Micah Parsons was named to the All-Pro squad, his third selection to All-Pro first team. After earning first-team honors last season, safety Xavier McKinney made the 2025 All-Pro second team. He has secured a spot in each of his two seasons as a Packer following a four-year stint with the Giants to begin his career.
Packers repped by two defensive studs on All-Pro squads
In addition to All-Pro honors, Parsons is also Green Bay’s sole representative in the Pro Bowl, but he won’t participate in the festivities as he continues the grueling process of recovery and rehab from ACL surgery. McKinney went Pro Bowling in 2024 but was not selected again, despite making the All-Pro team.
Compared to last year, when his eight picks trailed only the Lions’ Kerby Joseph for the league lead, McKinney did not put up the same gaudy interception totals. While he picked off only two passes in ’25, he still had an excellent year, ranking ninth out of 98 qualified safeties with a PFF grade of 80.6.
That’s not quite where he was in ’24 (his 84.7 overall score ranked fourth, with a second-ranked 90.2 grade in coverage), but McKinney clearly remains one of the best at his position. He is a deserving recipient of his All-Pro flowers.
Parsons, meanwhile, missed the final three games after going down in Week 15, but nonetheless made history as the first player in NFL history to record 12-plus sacks in each of his first five seasons. His 92 PFF grade ranked third among 116 edge rushers, while his 79 PFF pressures finished seventh.
He missed out on an All-Pro bid for the first time last year in Dallas, and last won first team honors in 2022. A Pro Bowler every year of his career, the former Defensive Rookie of the Year also finished second in Defensive Player of the Year voting in both 2021 and ’22.
Parsons finished third in ’23, alongside an All-Pro second team selection, and was likely headed for another top three finish this season, had he stayed healthy.
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