2016 Pro Bowl Balloting-Update 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/25/15
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS QB TOM BRADY LEADS PRO BOWL VOTING BY FANS ON NFL.COM
-- All-Stars to be announced on Pro Bowl Selection Show on NFL Network on Tuesday, December 22 --
-- Stars will be realigned during Pro Bowl Draft Show live on ESPN2 on January 27 --
New England Patriots quarterback TOM BRADY, with 342,471 votes, leads all players in balloting for the 2016 Pro Bowl, NFL.com announced today.
Carolina Panthers quarterback CAM NEWTON (298,754 votes) ranks second overall, while Cincinnati Bengals quarterback ANDY DALTON (277,104 votes), Green Bay Packers quarterback AARON RODGERS (254,253 votes) and Atlanta Falcons running back DEVONTA FREEMAN (244,448 votes) round out the top five on NFL.com.
Fan voting for the 2016 Pro Bowl will continue online and on web-enabled mobile phones at www.NFL.com/probowl/ballot until Tuesday, December 15. The Pro Bowl players will be announced on Tuesday, December 22 live on NFL Network.
Players will later be assigned to teams through the Pro Bowl Draft, which will air on ESPN2 on Wednesday, January 27.
The 2016 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 31, 2016 and televised live on ESPN from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tickets to the 2016 Pro Bowl are on sale through ProBowl.com. Fans may also purchase individual game tickets through Ticketmaster by calling 1-800-745-3000. Tickets start as low as $30.
Special group ticket packages, including access to gameday and Pro Bowl practice experiences, are also available directly through the NFL. Fans can visit ProBowl.com or call 1-844-4PB-TKTS for more information.
The 2016 Pro Bowl will continue using the revised game format that debuted with the 2014 Pro Bowl, with NFL Legends captains having final say over Pro Bowl Draft decisions. The Pro Bowl will remain “unconferenced,” with several key playing rules changed. Players will be selected without regard to conference in voting by fans, coaches and players and later assigned to Pro Bowl teams via a fantasy football-style draft.
Four leading vote getters – comprised of two offensive and two defensive player captains – will be joined by two NFL.com fantasy football champions to draft players.
The fantasy football champion will have Hall of Fame help. Two Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receivers – MICHAEL IRVIN and JERRY RICE – will serve as NFL Legends captains for the 2016 Pro Bowl.
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 eligible for the Pro Bowl Draft.
NFL players and coaches will cast their votes on Friday, December 18. 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.
NFL ALL-STAR TOP-TEN VOTE-GETTERS
POS. NAME TEAM VOTES QB Tom Brady New England 342,471 QB Cam Newton Carolina 298,754 QB Andy Dalton Cincinnati 277,104 QB Aaron Rodgers Green Bay 254,253 RB Devonta Freeman Atlanta 244,448 TE Rob Gronkowski New England 243,451 QB Carson Palmer Arizona 220,026 WR Odell Beckham, Jr. New York Giants 212,741 WR Antonio Brown Pittsburgh 209,306 RB Todd Gurley St. Louis 204,309
NFL LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION
POS. NAME, TEAM VOTES POS. NAME, TEAM VOTES QB Tom Brady, New England 342,471 DE J.J. Watt, Houston 165,879 QB Cam Newton, Carolina 298,754 DE Chandler Jones, New England 124,769 RB Devonta Freeman, Atlanta 244,448 DT Geno Atkins, Cincinnati 136,894 RB Todd Gurley, St. Louis 204,309 DT Kawann Short, Carolina 124,778 FB Mike Tolbert, Carolina 152,886 OLB Thomas Davis, Carolina 119,527 FB Marcel Reece, Oakland 152,281 OLB Jamie Collins, New England 91,949 WR Odell Beckham, Jr., New York Giants 212,741 ILB Luke Kuechly, Carolina 123,586 WR Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh 209,306 ILB Clay Matthews, Green Bay 91,920 TE Rob Gronkowski, New England 243,451 CB Josh Norman, Carolina 155,223 TE Greg Olsen, Carolina 182,905 CB Darrelle Revis, New York Jets 123,808 T Michael Oher, Carolina 68,553 SS Charles Woodson, Oakland 107,841 T Sebastian Vollmer, New England 67,509 SS Kam Chancellor, Seattle 54,530 G Trai Turner, Carolina 115,895 FS Kurt Coleman, Carolina 83,236 G Andrew Norwell, Carolina 110,625 FS Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona 69,119 C Ryan Kalil, Carolina 104,705 P Sam Koch, Baltimore 45,618 C David Andrews, New England 74,478 P Ryan Allen, New England 40,291 K Stephen Gostkowski, New England 109,778 ST Joe Webb, Carolina 57,362 K Justin Tucker, Baltimore 54,072 ST Matthew Slater, New England 53,061 RS Tyler Lockett, Seattle 53,539 RS Danny Amendola, New England 42,833
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