Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Micah Parsons is having one of the best seasons for a first-year NFL player of all time. He made the Pro Bowl, is a virtual lock to be the league's Defensive Rookie of the Year, and has been a big part of his team already clinching the NFC East division. Along the way to getting here, Parsons has had a season that is not only great by rookie standards but is also great historically. According to NFL on CBS, Micah is the only NFL player over the past nine seasons–rookie or veteran–to accomplish this feat:

Those numbers speak for themselves and they have also translated to stops for his defense and wins for his team. Dallas allows the seventh-least points per game in the NFL (20.5.) That is a far cry from a year ago when the Cowboys finished 27th in points per game allowed in  (27.6.)

While some of that credit can go to the emergence of cornerback Trevon Diggs as a ball-hawking corner and Dan Quinn's re-emergence as one of the league's superior defensive minds; most of the respect has to go to the guy that is doing something that has not been done in almost a decade–Parsons.

To go along with the sack and tackle numbers, Parsons also has three forced fumbles, three pass deflections, and 18 tackles for a loss (second in the NFL to the San Francisco 49ers' Nick Bosa.) Those are All-Pro numbers, so if Parsons can keep it up for another two games, the Pro Bowl and Defensive Rookie of the Year might not be his only accolades on the year.