New Orleans Quarterback Drew Brees Leads Pro Bowl Voting By Fans

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NEW ORLEANS QB DREW BREES

LEADS PRO BOWL 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 quarterback DREW BREES, with 725,736 votes, leads all players in balloting for the 2019 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon.

Kansas City quarterback PATRICK MAHOMES (679,775 votes) ranks second overall, while Los Angeles Rams running back TODD GURLEY (580,997 votes), Pittsburgh running back JAMES CONNER (540,165 votes) and New York Giants rookie running back SAQUON BARKLEY (539,456 votes) round out the top five.

Six of the top 10 vote getters – Mahomes, Conner, Barkley, Los Angeles Rams quarterback JARED GOFF, New Orleans Saints running back ALVIN KAMARA and Kansas City running back KAREEM HUNT – are currently in their first, second or third NFL season. Additionally, nine first-or-second year players currently lead their conference in votes received at their respective positions.

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.

Starting tomorrow, November 29, and extending through the end of the voting period on 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.

Fans are able to vote as many times as they like through both NFL.com/ProBowlVote or directly on twitter.

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 N​ew Orleans 725,736 QB Patrick Mahomes Kansas City 679,775 RB Todd Gurley Los Angeles Rams 580,997 RB James Conner Pittsburgh 540,165 RB Saquon Barkley New York Giants 539,456 WR Antonio Brown Pittsburgh 510,459 QB Jared Goff Los Angeles Rams 508,372 RB Alvin Kamara New Orleans 452,385 RB Kareem Hunt Kansas City 431,341 TE Travis Kelce Kansas City 422,877

AFC & NFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION

POS. CONF. NAME, TEAM VOTES POS. CONF. NAME, TEAM VOTES QB AFC Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City 679,775 DE AFC J.J. Watt, Houston 311,006 QB NFC Drew Brees, New Orleans 725,736 DE NFC Danielle Hunter, Minnesota 215,553 RB AFC James Conner, Pittsburgh 540,165 DT AFC Geno Atkins, Cincinnati 189,113 RB NFC Todd Gurley, LA Rams 580,997 DT NFC Aaron Donald, LA Rams 298,549 FB AFC Anthony Sherman, Kansas City 133,912 OLB AFC T.J. Watt, Pittsburgh 248,981 FB NFC Kyle Juszczyk, San Francisco 332,238 OLB NFC Khalil Mack, Chicago 288,187 WR AFC Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh 510,459 ILB AFC Jon Bostic, Pittsburgh 86,364 WR NFC Odell Beckham, Jr., NY Giants 402,767 ILB NFC Luke Kuechly, Carolina 194,202 TE AFC Travis Kelce, Kansas City 422,877 CB AFC Denzel Ward, Cleveland 213,201 TE NFC Zach Ertz, Philadelphia 381,780 CB NFC Kyle Fuller, Chicago 204,450 T AFC Alejandro Villanueva, Pittsburgh 180,745 SS AFC Jamal Adams, NY Jets 136,376 T NFC Terron Armstead, New Orleans 191,469 SS NFC Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Washington 108,074 G AFC David DeCastro, Pittsburgh 223,708 FS AFC Derwin James, LA Chargers 82,662 G NFC Zack Martin, Dallas 169,257 FS NFC Eddie Jackson, Chicago 98,037 C AFC Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh 207,615 P AFC Britton Colquitt, Cleveland 99,812 C NFC Max Unger, New Orleans 188,934 P NFC Michael Dickson, Seattle 74,477 K AFC Chris Boswell, Pittsburgh 68,823 ST AFC Roosevelt Nix, Pittsburgh 91,617 K NFC Wil Lutz, New Orleans 94,045 ST NFC Mark Nzeocha, San Francisco 72,391 RS AFC Tyreek Hill, Kansas City 137,632 RS NFC Tarik Cohen, Chicago 104,000 *Totals reflect players currently on active rosters through Tuesday, November 27 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

National Football League

212-450-2404

Jacob.Gellerman@NFL.com

Sam Drexler

National Football League

212-450-2495

Sam.Drexler@NFL.com



