Adjusting to the NFL can be difficult for rookies, but each season, a few stand out almost immediately. Here are five who stood out in Week 12.

Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders (fifth round)

In Cleveland's 24-10 road win against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sanders (pick No. 144) became the 42nd QB to start for the Browns since the team's reboot in 1999. Unlike many of those other passers, the former Colorado Buffaloes star won in his first start — the first win in a first start for a Cleveland QB since Eric Zeier in 1995 (via ESPN Insights).

His performance impressed Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski, who on Monday named Sanders the starter for Cleveland's Week 13 home game against the San Francisco 49ers (7-4).

Sanders is confident he'll become the guy for Cleveland.

"So a lot of

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