ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- He's just an NFL rookie, but Detroit Lions tight end Eric Ebron has already caught the attention of the fashion world.

His immediate emergence as a NFL fashion plate has also led him to this: He's in a competition with some much more established players around the league in GQ's Style Wars, pitting him against fellow players Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, Larry Fitzgerald, Arian Foster, Eric Decker, Michael Crabtree, Randall Cobb and Victor Cruz.

"They are flashy guys, you know," Ebron said. "Those guys have a lot more money than I do. I’m going up against some great competition. Hopefully my few dollars in my pocket can pull it out. These guys are serious now."

Ebron first was noticed for his style at the draft in May. The former North Carolina tight end said he's always cared about how he has dressed, something that comes down from the elder generations of his family.

Now he's in a competition for it as well.

"Something I kind of grew into with family and things like that," Ebron said. "My dad’s always worked in clothing stores, things like that, so it’s something I kind of grew up with."

Fans will be able to vote for six weeks on the most stylish player. The winner will receive $10,000 to give to his favorite charity.

“Thanks in large part to the influence of GQ, professional athletes have become the white-hot center of the fashion world,” said Chris Mitchell, vice president and publisher of GQ, in a statement.

Ebron's outgoing style, though, doesn't translate onto the field -- where dancing is typically what catches the attention of others. He said Thursday if and when he does score touchdowns, he won't end up busting moves, unlike his teammate, Joseph Fauria.

That, Ebron said, is definitively not his style. At all.

"I don’t dance. I don’t dance," Ebron said. "I just give it to the ref and I’m out. I’ll be back. I don’t dance."

He instead saves his attention-grabbing for the plays he makes on the field and how he dresses off of it.