2011-12 Pro Bowl rosters announced

Adam Hernandez

December 28, 2011

The NFL announced the AFC and NFC squads for the 2011-12 Pro Bowl from Hawaii. Now much like any All-Star roster, the NFL will see it’s fair share of changes due to players becoming unavailable due to their team playing in the Superbowl or holding out due to injury.

Nonetheless here are this year’s starters and alternates for the NFC and AFC.

* Denotes Starters

Position	Player(s)
AFC
Offense
Quarterback	* Tom Brady, New England Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Philip Rivers, San Diego
Running back	* Ray Rice, Baltimore Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville Arian Foster, Houston
Fullback	* Vonta Leach, Baltimore
Wide receiver	* Wes Welker, New England * Mike Wallace, Pittsburgh A.J. Green, Cincinnati Brandon Marshall, Miami
Tight end	* Rob Gronkowski, New England Antonio Gates, San Diego
Tackle	* Joe Thomas, Cleveland * Jake Long, Miami D’Brickashaw Ferguson, N.Y. Jets
Guard	* Logan Mankins, New England * Brian Waters, New England Marshal Yanda, Baltimore
Center	* Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh Nick Mangold, N.Y. Jets
Defense
Position	Player(s)
Defensive end	* Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis * Andre Carter, New England Elvis Dumervil, Denver
Interior linemen	* Haloti Ngata, Baltimore * Vince Wilfork, New England Richard Seymour, Oakland
Outside linebacker	* Terrell Suggs, Baltimore * Von Miller, Denver Tamba Hali, Kansas City
Inside/midde linebacker	* Ray Lewis, Baltimore Derrick Johnson, Kansas City
Cornerback	* Darrelle Revis, N.Y. Jets * Champ Bailey, Denver Johnathan Joseph, Houston
Free safety	* Ed Reed, Baltimore Eric Weddle, San Diego
Strong safety	* Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh
Special teams
Position	Player(s)
Punter	Shane Lechler, Oakland
Placekicker	Sebastian Janikowski, Oakland
Kick returner	Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh
Special teamer	Matthew Slater, New England

Position	Player(s)
NFC
Offense
Quarterback	* Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Drew Brees, New Orleans Eli Manning, N.Y. Giants
Running back	* LeSean McCoy, Philadelphia Matt Forte, Chicago Frank Gore, San Francisco
Fullback	* John Kuhn, Green Bay
Wide receiver	* Calvin Johnson, Detroit * Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona Steve Smith, Carolina Greg Jennings, Green Bay
Tight end	* Jimmy Graham, New Orleans Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta
Tackle	* Jason Peters, Philadelphia * Joe Staley, San Francisco Jermon Bushrod, New Orleans
Guard	* Jahri Evans, New Orleans * Carl Nicks, New Orleans Davin Joseph, Tampa Bay
Center	* Ryan Kalil, Carolina Scott Wells, Green Bay
Defense
Position	Player(s)
Defensive end	* Jared Allen, Minnesota * Jason Babin, Philadelphia Jason Pierre-Paul, N.Y. Giants
Interior linemen	* Justin Smith, San Francisco * Jay Ratliff, Dallas B.J. Raji, Green Bay
Outside linebacker	* DeMarcus Ware, Dallas * Clay Matthews, Green Bay Lance Briggs, Chicago
Inside/midde linebacker	* Patrick Willis, San Francisco Brian Urlacher, Chicago
Cornerback	* Charles Woodson, Green Bay * Carlos Rogers, San Francisco Charles Tillman, Chicago
Free safety	* Earl Thomas, Seattle Dashon Goldson, San Francisco
Strong safety	* Adrian Wilson, Arizona
Special teams
Position	Player(s)
Punter	Andy Lee, San Francisco
Placekicker	David Akers, San Francisco
Kick returner	Patrick Peterson, Arizona
Special teamer	Corey Graham, Chicago

Ref: NFL.com, NFL.com (image)