It’s never a good feeling when you wake up to three missed calls from your boss. Just ask Jared Verse. The Los Angeles Rams’ standout edge rusher panicked this week when he took a nap after practice and woke up to three calls from Sean McVay.

Jared Verse made the Pro Bowl on Thursday, an engagement the Los Angeles Rams rookie outside linebacker hopes to avoid with a lengthy playoff run.

Jared Verse has had a standout rookie campaign, and the Rams edge rusher was recognized for his efforts by being voted into the Pro Bowl Games.

The NFC West champion Rams placed only one player on the Pro Bowl roster — rookie linebacker Jared Verse. Verse was surprised by the news. Very surprised by it. “I thought I was getting fired," Verse told reporters on Thursday.

The first-round draft pick, who has not been shy about his lofty career goals, has 4½ sacks and 75 total quarterback pressures while improving against the run and in coverage through 16 games.

Jared Verse is having a remarkable rookie season and he’s being recognized for it in a big way. The NFL announced AFC and NFC rosters for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games and Verse was selected as one of three outside linebackers on the NFC side.