49ers lead the way with nine Pro Bowlers

The NFL announced on Thursday the AFC and NFC rosters for the 2024 Pro Bowl Games.

The San Francisco 49ers led all teams with nine Pro Bowl selections while the Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys each had seven players chosen. Five additional teams – the Browns (five), Lions (five), Chiefs (five), Dolphins(six) and Eagles (six) – each placed at least five players on the Pro Bowl roster.

Representing the AFC quarterbacks are former NFL Most Valuable Players Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens (third Pro Bowl selection) and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs (sixth-consecutive selection) as well as first-time selection Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins. In the NFC, the league’s top-two leaders in touchdown passes entering Week 18 – Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys (third selection) and Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers (first selection) – are joined by 15-year NFL veteran Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams (third selection).

Purdy and Tagovailoa are both designated as the starting quarterbacks on the initial roster, marking the first time that both starting quarterbacks on the initial Pro Bowl roster were first-time selections since the 2000 Pro Bowl following the 1999 season (Pro Football Hall of Famers Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner).

Other highlights of the 2023 Pro Bowl rosters:

San Francisco’s Trent Williams was selected to his 11th Pro Bowl, the most among players chosen for the initial roster, becoming the eighth offensive lineman ever with at least 11 career Pro Bowl selections.

Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Aaron Donald was selected to his 10th career Pro Bowl and is the only defensive lineman since 1970 to make the Pro Bowl in each of his first 10 seasons. He also joins Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (13) and Bruce Smith (11) as the only defensive linemen since 1970 with 10 Pro Bowl selections.

Miami’s Tyreek Hill was selected to his eighth Pro Bowl, becoming the first wide receiver ever to make the Pro Bowl in each of his first eight career seasons.

Indianapolis guard Quenton Nelson became the fourth offensive lineman to be selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first six career seasons, joining Zack Martin (who was selected to his ninth Pro Bowl this year), Pro Football Hall of Famer Joe Thomas and Richmond Webb.

Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase and Dallas’ Micah Parsons each earned their third-consecutive Pro Bowl selections since entering the NFL in 2021 while the New York Jets’ Sauce Gardner was selected to his second-straight Pro Bowl since being chosen No. 4 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Baltimore’s Justin Tucker was selected to his seventh career Pro Bowl, tying Pro Football Hall of Famer Morten Andersen for the most Pro Bowl selections by a kicker.

Kansas City’s Travis Kelce was chosen to his ninth Pro Bowl, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez (14) and Jason Witten (11) for the most Pro Bowl selections among tight ends all-time.

Twenty-eight of the players selected to the Pro Bowl today are first-time all-stars, including rookies Sam LaPorta (Detroit), Marvin Mims (Denver), Puka Nacua (Los Angeles Rams) and Devon Witherspoon (Seattle).

Player selections were determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches, with each group’s vote counting as one-third toward determining the all-star players who will be selected to this year’s Pro Bowl Games.

For the first time in three years, the National Football League will return to Orlando to celebrate the league’s best players at the 2024 Pro Bowl Games.

As in past years, the Pro Bowl Games provides fans with an unmatched opportunity to vote for their favorite players to compete in a multi-day AFC versus NFC competition, featuring Pro Bowl Skills and culminating in an action-packed flag football game, led by head coaches Peyton and Eli Manning.

2024 PRO BOWL GAMES PLAYERS BY POSITION

 (*First-time Pro Bowl selection; Bold/Italic: Starter)

AFC

OFFENSE (21)

 

QUARTERBACKS (3)

TIGHT ENDS (2)

Lamar Jackson, Baltimore

Travis Kelce, Kansas City

Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City

*

David Njoku, Cleveland

*

Tua Tagovailoa, Miami

TACKLES (3)

WIDE RECEIVERS (4)

Terron Armstead, Miami

Keenan Allen, Los Angeles Chargers

Dion Dawkins, Buffalo

Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati

Laremy Tunsil, Houston

Amari Cooper, Cleveland

Tyreek Hill, Miami

GUARDS (3)

Joel Bitonio, Cleveland

RUNNING BACKS (3)

Quenton Nelson, Indianapolis

*

James Cook, Buffalo

Joe Thuney, Kansas City

Derrick Henry, Tennessee

*

Raheem Mostert, Miami

CENTERS (2)

Creed Humphrey, Kansas City

FULLBACK (1)

*

Tyler Linderbaum, Baltimore

*

Alec Ingold, Miami

 ​

DEFENSE (18)

DEFENSIVE ENDS (3)

 

INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2)

Maxx Crosby, Las Vegas

*

Patrick Queen, Baltimore

Myles Garrett, Cleveland

Roquan Smith, Baltimore

Trey Hendrickson, Cincinnati

CORNERBACKS (4)

INTERIOR LINEMEN (3)

Sauce Gardner, New York Jets

Chris Jones, Kansas City

Jalen Ramsey, Miami

*

Justin Madubuike, Baltimore

Pat Surtain II, Denver

Quinnen Williams, New York Jets

Denzel Ward, Cleveland

OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3)

FREE SAFETIES (2)

Josh Allen, Jacksonville

Minkah Fitzpatrick, Pittsburgh

Khalil Mack, Los Angeles Chargers

Justin Simmons, Denver

T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh

 

 

STRONG SAFETY (1)

 

*

Kyle Hamilton, Baltimore

SPECIALISTS (5)

 

PUNTER (1)

 

RETURN SPECIALIST (1)

AJ Cole, Las Vegas

*

Marvin Mims, Denver

 

 

 

PLACEKICKER (1)

 

SPECIAL TEAMER (1)

Justin Tucker, Baltimore

*

Miles Killebrew, Pittsburgh

 

LONG SNAPPER (1)

*

Ross Matiscik, Jacksonville

NFC

OFFENSE (21)

 

QUARTERBACKS (3)

TIGHT ENDS (2)

Dak Prescott, Dallas

George Kittle, San Francisco

*

Brock Purdy, San Francisco

*

Sam LaPorta, Detroit

Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams

 

 

TACKLES (3)

WIDE RECEIVERS (4)

Lane Johnson, Philadelphia

A.J. Brown, Philadelphia

 

Penei Sewell, Detroit

Mike Evans, Tampa Bay

 

Trent Williams, San Francisco

CeeDee Lamb, Dallas

 

*

Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams

 

GUARDS (3)

 

Landon Dickerson, Philadelphia

RUNNING BACKS (3)

 

Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta

Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco

 

Zack Martin, Dallas

*

D’Andre Swift, Philadelphia

 

*

Kyren Williams, Los Angeles Rams

 

CENTERS (2)

 

Jason Kelce, Philadelphia

 

FULLBACK (1)

 

Frank Ragnow, Detroit

 

Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco

 

DEFENSE (18)

DEFENSIVE ENDS (3)

INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2)

Nick Bosa, San Francisco

Bobby Wagner, Seattle

*

Aidan Hutchinson, Detroit

Fred Warner, San Francisco

*

Montez Sweat, Chicago

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