Did anyone else assume Chicago Cubs rookie Kyle Schwarber looked like a seasoned vet smashing home runs during the MLB playoffs?Every year,there are incredible rookie performances across all sports. There are players who display maturity and physical skill well beyond their level of experience, players who take on important roles and rise to the occasion.The following 20 athletes fit that bill. Their talent, or maturity and circumstances forced them to grow up quickly,and they did.
For the sake of keeping things recent, we'll stick with the past year-ish. That means the athlete had to be a rookie in the most recent full season of his or her sport or later (2014-15 or 2015-16 for the NBA, and NFL and NHL,2015 for MLB, etc.).generous rookies have promising skills. Great ones have those plus maturity and the occasion to expend both. It's always tough to compare athletes from different sports, or all of the following impressed titanic-time as rookies,but who had the biggest impact? Or who will? commence Slideshow
Source: bleacherreport.com