Chiefs’ Marcus Peters is pro football writers’ defensive rookie of the year

Add another honor to Marcus Peters’ collection.

On Tuesday, the Pro Football Writers of America chose Peters as its 2015 NFL defensive rookie of the year. The award is chosen by accredited writers who cover the NFL daily.

Peters earlier became the first Chiefs rookie to be selected to the Pro Bowl since safety Eric Berry made it in 2010. Peters, who was selected 18th overall in the 2015 NFL draft, tied for the league lead in interceptions with eight, led the league in interception yards with 280 and also led the league in passes defended with 26.

Peters, who was also the NFL’s defensive rookie of the month for December, finished with 60 tackles and had an interception in the Chiefs’ 30-0 wild-card playoff win over the Houston Texans — their first postseason victory in 22 years.

Mitch Morse also made the football writers’ all-rookie team at center. Morse, the Chiefs’ second-round pick, made a successful conversion from tackle, where he played his last two seasons at Missouri. The 6-foot-6, 305-pounder started 15 games this season but missed the Chiefs’ two playoff games because of a concussion.

It was the second known concussion Morse has had this year, as he also missed the Chiefs’ 34-20 win over the Oakland Raiders on Dec. 6 with one.

Pro football writers all-rookie team

Rookie of the year: RB Todd Gurley, St. Louis

Offensive rookie of the year: Gurley

Defensive rookie of the year: CB Marcus Peters, Chiefs

First-team offense

QB – Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay

RB – Todd Gurley, St. Louis; Thomas Rawls, Seattle

WR – Amari Cooper, Oakland; Stefon Diggs, Minnesota

TE – Will Tye, N.Y. Giants

C – Mitch Morse, Chiefs

G – Ali Marpet, Tampa Bay; Brandon Scherff, Washington

T – Rob Havenstein, St. Louis; Donovan Smith, Tampa Bay

First-team defense

DL – Malcom Brown, New England; Eddie Goldman, Chicago; Danielle Hunter, Minnesota; Leonard Williams, N.Y. Jets

LB – Kwon Alexander, Tampa Bay; Stephone Anthony, New Orleans; Eric Kendricks, Minnesota

CB – Ronald Darby, Buffalo; Marcus Peters, Chiefs

S – Adrian Amos, Chicago; Landon Collins, N.Y. Giants

Special teams

PK – Josh Lambo, San Diego

P – Matt Darr, Miami

KR – Tyler Lockett, Seattle

PR – Lockett

ST – Lockett

This story was originally published January 20, 2016 at 2:12 PM with the headline "Chiefs’ Marcus Peters is pro football writers’ defensive rookie of the year."