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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Having his All-Pro dad as a role model Jan. 13, 2025 The hits were brutal — the kind that would draw multi-game suspensions in the modern NFL — and the comments were just as direct. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025 The performance capped another Pro Bowl season and AP first-team All-Pro selection. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025 Surtain — a two-time first-team All-Pro selection — did not allow 50 or more receiving yards in any single game after doing so six times in 2023. Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025 No Giants players made either the AP First or Second All-Pro teams. Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for All-Pro 

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 18 Jan. 2025.

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