The NFL Pro Bowl is today, and this year’s football all-star game features a surprise: former Indianapolis Colts and now Denver Broncos QB Peyton Manning and former Stanford Cardinal and current rookie Colts QB Andrew Luck both on the roster.
It’s the first time in NFL History two quarterbacks that played for the same team within one year were playing in the Pro Bowl the next year. But it’s not the first time a rookie QB has played in the Pro Bowl; Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton played in the 2012 Pro Bowl Game, and star rookies Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson of the Redskins and Seahawks are in the 2013 Pro Bowl, too.
In fact, with Luck, Griffin III and Russell Wilson that’s a record number of NFL rookie QBs in the Pro Bowl.
Aside from Manning and Luck, who have quickly established a great working relationship, according to NFL.com, the NFL Pro Bowl Roster will have a number of greats. Some of the names are..
NFC QBs
x-Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay
x-Matt Ryan, Atlanta
y-Drew Brees, New Orleans
y-Eli Manning, N.Y. Giants
x-Robert Griffin III, Washington
y-Russell Wilson, Seattle
AFC Running Backs:
*Arian Foster, Houston
Jamaal Charles, Kansas City
z-Ray Rice, Baltimore
y-C.J. Spiller, Buffalo
NFC Running Backs:
*-Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
Marshawn Lynch, Seattle
y-Doug Martin, Tampa Bay
z-Frank Gore, San Francisco
AFC Wide Receivers:
*-A.J. Green, Cincinnati
*-Andre Johnson, Houston
Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis
x-Wes Welker, New England
y-Demaryius Thomas, Denver
NFC Wide Receivers:
x-Calvin Johnson, Detroit
x-Brandon Marshall, Chicago
*-Julio Jones, Atlanta
*-Victor Cruz, N.Y. Giants
y-Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona
y-Vincent Jackson, Tampa Bay
Note: Rosters by position
*-denotes starter
x-denotes out because of injury
y-denotes replacement for injured or Super Bowl player
z-will not play; Super Bowl participant
For the rest of the NFL Pro Bowl Roster visit NFL.com here:
http://www.nfl.com/probowl/story/0ap1000000117432/article/2013-pro-bowl-rosters-afc-nfc