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NEW ORLEANS QB LEADS VOTING BY FANS

– Rosters to be announced Live on NFL Network’s Pro Bowl Special on Tuesday, December 18 at 8:00 PM ET –

New Orleans Saints DREW BREES, with 487,400 votes, leads all players in balloting for the presented by Verizon.

Kansas City quarterback (459,325 votes) ranks second overall, while (402,238 votes), Pittsburgh running back JAMES CONNER (384,643 votes) and rookie running back (363,609 votes) round out the top five.

Fan voting for the 2019 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon will continue online and on web-enabled mobile phones at NFL.com/ProBowlVote until Thursday, December 13.

During the final two weeks of 2019 Pro Bowl voting – November 29-December 13 – fans will also be able to vote directly on Twitter. To cast such a vote, fans should tweet the first and last name of the player, the player’s official Twitter handle, or a hashtag including the player’s first and last name. All three of these methods must include the hashtag: #ProBowlVote. Voting via Twitter is in addition to the online ballot at NFL.com/ProBowlVote, which will be available throughout the entire voting period.

The 2019 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon, which kicks off at 3:00 PM ET, will be televised live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, Disney XD and simulcast on ABC – the second time the game will be available on both broadcast and cable networks, and the first time that the game is being televised on Disney XD.

Tickets to the game are on sale at NFL.com/ProBowlOnSale. New this year, tickets will also grant fans special benefits on gameday, including AFC & NFC seating sections, player red carpet viewing, special kid zone activities and postgame fireworks.

Players for the game 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 14.

Pro Bowl rosters will be announced on Tuesday, December 18 live on NFL Network’s Pro Bowl special “NFL Total Access: Pro Bowl Players Revealed” at 8:00 PM ET. The NFL is the only sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to determine its All-Star teams. It was also the first professional sports league to offer online all-star voting in 1995.

NFL PRO BOWL TOP-10 VOTE-GETTERS

POS. NAME TEAM VOTES QB Drew Brees New Orleans 487,400 QB Patrick Mahomes Kansas City 459,325 RB Todd Gurley Los Angeles Rams 402,238 RB James Conner Pittsburgh 384,643 RB Saquon Barkley New York Giants 363,609 WR Pittsburgh 353,169 QB Los Angeles Rams 337,765 RB New Orleans 312,083 RB Kareem Hunt Kansas City 293,209 TE Kansas City 283,104

AFC & NFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION

POS. CONF. NAME, TEAM VOTES POS. CONF. NAME, TEAM VOTES QB AFC Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City 459,325 DE AFC J.J. Watt, Houston 212,514 QB NFC Drew Brees, New Orleans 487,400 DE NFC , Minnesota 149,946 RB AFC James Conner, Pittsburgh 384,643 DT AFC , Cincinnati 132,284 RB NFC Todd Gurley, LA Rams 402,238 DT NFC , LA Rams 201,789 FB AFC Roosevelt Nix, Pittsburgh 92,592 OLB AFC T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh 167,030 FB NFC , San Francisco 229,543 OLB NFC , Chicago 178,678 WR AFC Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh 353,169 ILB AFC Jon Bostic, Pittsburgh 59,201 WR NFC Odell Beckham, Jr., NY Giants 278,490 ILB NFC , Carolina 132,323 TE AFC Travis Kelce, Kansas City 283,104 CB AFC , Cleveland 147,901 TE NFC , Philadelphia 266,553 CB NFC , Arizona 125,114 T AFC Alejandro Villanueva, Pittsburgh 125,152 SS AFC , NY Jets 92,765 T NFC , New Orleans 128,234 SS NFC Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Washington 75,331 G AFC David DeCastro, Pittsburgh 157,292 FS AFC , LA Chargers 57,858 G NFC , Dallas 114,083 FS NFC Harrison Smith, Minnesota 57,938 C AFC , Pittsburgh 145,261 P AFC , Cleveland 66,746 C NFC , New Orleans 125,249 P NFC Michael Dickson, Seattle 51,852 K AFC Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh 47,581 ST AFC Roosevelt Nix, Pittsburgh 63,995 K NFC Graham Gano, Carolina 59,923 ST NFC Justin Hardee, New Orleans 45,658 RS AFC , Kansas City 91,964 RS NFC , Chicago 54,362 *Totals reflect players currently on active rosters through Tuesday, November 20 at 3:00 PM ET

For the third consecutive year, Pro Bowl Week festivities will take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort and across the Orlando area, bringing free experiences and activities to fans as well as an extraordinary number of events focused on commemorating all levels of football – from youth to high school to the NFL's best. Some of the Pro Bowl Week events include: Pro Bowl Practices, Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, NFL FLAG Championships Powered By USA Football and Play Football Celebrity Flag Game.

More information about these and all of the events taking place during Pro Bowl Week is available at ProBowl.com.

Contacts: Jake Gellerman 212-450-2404 [email protected]

Sam Drexler National Football League 212-450-2495 [email protected]