DALLAS COWBOYS ROOKIE RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT
LEADS PRO BOWL VOTING BY FANS
-- All-Stars to be announced on Pro Bowl
Selection Show on
NFL Network on Tuesday, December 20 --
Dallas
Cowboys rookie running back EZEKIEL
ELLIOTT, with 681,361 votes, leads all players in balloting for the 2017
Pro Bowl, NFL.com announced today.
Dallas rookie
quarterback DAK PRESCOTT (607,621
votes) ranks second overall, while New England Patriots quarterback TOM BRADY (519,210 votes), Pittsburgh Steelers
wide receiver
ANTONIO BROWN (508,913 votes) and Oakland Raiders
quarterback DEREK CARR (500,770
votes) round out the top five.
Fan voting for the 2017
Pro Bowl will continue online and on web-enabled mobile phones at www.NFL.com/probowlvote until Tuesday,
December 13. Fans may also vote for who they want to see on the 2017 Pro Bowl roster via
social media by using #ProBowlVote and the player’s first and last name on
Twitter and Instagram. On Facebook, fans may comment on any official Pro Bowl
Vote post by the NFL or a club. See official rules on how to vote at www.NFL.com/probowlvoterules.com.
The Pro Bowl players are determined by the consensus
votes of fans, players and coaches. Each group’s vote counts one-third toward
determining the 88 All-Star players who will be selected to the Pro Bowl. NFL
players and coaches will cast their votes on Friday, December 16. The NFL is
the only sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to
determine its all-star teams. It was the first professional sports league to
offer online all-star voting in 1995.
The Pro Bowl players
will be announced on Tuesday, December 20 in a
live primetime special on NFL Network.
The game will be played on Sunday, January 29,
2017 and simulcast live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes from Camping World Stadium in
Orlando, Florida. Fans may visit NFL.com/ProBowlOnSale
to purchase game tickets.
The 2017 Pro Bowl will feature a return to the
traditional AFC vs. NFC format following three years using a revised,
"unconferenced" structure.
NFL ALL-STAR TOP-TEN VOTE-GETTERS
POS. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES |
RB | Ezekiel
Elliott, Dallas | 681,361 |
QB | Dak
Prescott, Dallas | 607,621 |
QB | Tom
Brady, New England | 519,210 |
WR | Antonio
Brown, Pittsburgh | 508,913 |
QB | Derek
Carr, Oakland | 500,770 |
QB | Matt
Ryan, Atlanta | 455,264 |
WR | Julio
Jones, Atlanta | 438,112 |
WR | Odell
Beckham, Jr., New York Giants | 429,728 |
RB | David
Johnson, Arizona | 405,436 |
QB | Drew
Brees, New Orleans | 403,802 |
AFC & NFC LEADING
VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION
POS. | CONF. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES | POS. | CONF. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES |
QB | AFC | Tom
Brady, New England | 519,210 | DE | AFC | Khalil
Mack, Oakland | 279,466 |
QB | NFC | Dak
Prescott, Dallas | 607,621 | DE | NFC | Cliff
Avril, Seattle | 244,999 |
RB | AFC | DeMarco
Murray, Tennessee | 365,207 | DT | AFC | Ndamukong
Suh, Miami | 184,749 |
RB | NFC | Ezekiel
Elliott, Dallas | 681,361 | DT | NFC | Aaron
Donald, Los Angeles | 178,222 |
FB | AFC | Jamize
Olawale, Oakland | 169,509 | OLB | AFC | Von
Miller, Denver | 238,755 |
FB | NFC | John
Kuhn, New Orleans | 198,442 | OLB | NFC | Sean
Lee, Dallas | 166,579 |
WR | AFC | Antonio
Brown, Pittsburgh | 508,913 | ILB | AFC | Zach
Brown, Buffalo | 106,464 |
WR | NFC | Julio
Jones, Atlanta | 438,112 | ILB | NFC | Luke
Kuechly, Carolina | 230,068 |
TE | AFC | Martellus
Bennett, New England | 185,749 | CB | AFC | Marcus
Peters, Kansas City | 208,577 |
TE | NFC | Greg
Olsen, Carolina | 325,659 | CB | NFC | Richard
Sherman, Seattle | 245,637 |
T | AFC | Donald
Penn, Oakland | 118,863 | SS | AFC | Eric
Berry, Kansas City | 104,844 |
T | NFC | Tyron
Smith, Dallas | 252,590 | SS | NFC | Kam
Chancellor, Seattle | 145,163 |
G | AFC | Kelechi
Osemele, Oakland | 118,666 | FS | AFC | Reggie
Nelson, Oakland | 82,819 |
G | NFC | Josh
Sitton, Chicago | 233,416 | FS | NFC | Earl
Thomas, Seattle | 144,891 |
C | AFC | Maurkice
Pouncey, Pittsburgh | 128,053 | P | AFC | Marquette
King, Oakland | 138,640 |
C | NFC | Travis
Frederick, Dallas | 249,976 | P | NFC | Chris
Jones, Dallas | 70,331 |
K | AFC | Justin
Tucker, Baltimore | 128,682 | ST | AFC | Lorenzo
Alexander, Buffalo | 68,677 |
K | NFC | Dan
Bailey, Dallas | 130,954 | ST | NFC | Cordarrelle
Patterson, Minnesota | 102,116 |
RS | AFC | Antonio
Brown, Pittsburgh | 90,568 | | | | |
RS | NFC | Tyler
Lockett, Seattle | 83,720 | | | | |
*Totals
reflect players currently on active rosters only |
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Contact:
Jake Gellerman
National Football League
212-450-2404
Jacob.Gellerman@NFL.com
