variants or less commonly all-pro
US
: chosen as one of the best players within a league
used chiefly in the National Football League
an All-Pro wide receiver
All-Pro noun
or less commonly all-pro

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There’s something that might have changed the outcome of the last one, or maybe even the next one: What if a two-time All-Pro cornerback was playing for the other side? Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025 Kudos on firing the assistant coaches as scape goats for the humiliating mistake of letting Xavier Mckinney walk away into an All-Pro season and forcing them to scheme around an unreliable Banks. Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson was an All-Pro selection and led the NFL with 17½ sacks. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025 The question now is will All-Pro wide receiver Cooper Kupp be wearing horns when the curtain rises on the 2025 campaign? Jay Paris, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for All-Pro 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of All-Pro was in 1922

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“All-Pro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/All-Pro. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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