Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson received 1,180,777 fan votes and has certainly earned his way into this year’s NFC Pro Bowl squad. Johnson received the fourth most votes of any NFL player and was tops amongst wide receivers.
Johnson’s fan vote however doesn’t guarantee him a spot in the Pro Bowl.
The fan vote accounts for 1/3 of the total vote with the coaches and players making up the other 2/3rds. But if the coaches and players both agree with the fans, Megatron will be making his third career Pro Bowl appearance.
In terms of other Lions players, defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (516,952 votes) narrowly finished behind San Francisco defensive tackle Justin Smith (525,578 votes) according to Anwar S. Richardson of Mlive.com.
Here is how some other Lions fared in the fan voting…
QB – Matthew Stafford (4th) – 530,019 votes
OT – Jeff Backus (3rd) – 214,602 votes
C – Dominic Raiola (5th) – 151,168 votes
K – Jason Hanson (5th) – 67,287 votes
Both AFC and NFC teams will be announced on December 27 at 7:00PM ET on the NFL Total Access 2012 Pro Bowl Selection Show on the NFL Network.
The 2012 Pro Bowl will be played on January 29, 2012 and televised live on NBC at 7:00PM ET from Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Ref: Mlive.com, NFL.com, BiographyZone.com (image)