2008 NFL Pro Bowl Rosters Announced; 31 First-Time Selections

The 2009 NFL Pro Bowl rosters are out! This will mark the first year that two brothers (Eli and Payton Manning) play in the same pro-bowl! Overall there were 31 first-time selections. 17 from AFC teams and 14 from the NFC with four teams were left out on the selections this year though: The Bengals, Lions, Jags and Rams! The Jets had the most selections with seven while the Chargers dropped from nine and 11 the previous two years to only two selections this year. The following are the rosters for the AFC and NFC Teams for this year NFL Pro Bowl are listed below with the starters annotated with the * symbol:

AFC Offense

Position Name Team

WR Andre Johnson* Houston

WR Brandon Marshall* Denver

WR Reggie Wayne Indianapolis

WR Wes Welker New England

OT Jason Peters* Buffalo

OT Joe Thomas* Cleveland

OT Michael Roos Tennessee

OG Kris Dielman* San Diego

OG Alan Faneca New York

OG Brian Waters Kansas City

C Kevin Mawae* Tennessee

C Nick Mangold New York

TE Tony Gonzalez* Kansas City

TE Antonio Gates San Diego

QB Peyton Manning* Indianapolis

QB Jay Cutler Denver

QB Brett Favre New York

RB Thomas Jones* New York

RB Ronnie Brown Miami

RB Chris Johnson Tennessee

FB Le'Ron McClain* Baltimore

AFC Defense

Position Name Team

DE Dwight Freeney* Indianapolis

DE Mario Williams* Houston

DE Robert Mathis Indianapolis

DT Albert Haynesworth* Tennessee

DT Kris Jenkins* New York

DT Shaun Rogers Cleveland

OLB James Harrison* Pittsburgh

OLB Joey Porter* Miami

OLB Terrell Suggs Baltimore

ILB Ray Lewis* Baltimore

ILB James Farrior Pittsburgh

CB Nnamdi Asomugha* Oakland

CB Cortland Finnegan* Tennessee

CB Darrelle Revis New York

FS Ed Reed* Baltimore

SS Troy Polamalu* Pittsburgh

SS Chris Hope Tennessee

AFC Special Teams

PositionNameTeam

Punter Shane Lechler Oakland

Kicker Stephen Gostkowski New England

Kick returner Leon Washington New York

Special Teams Brendon Ayanbadejo Baltimore

NFC Offense

PositionNameTeam

WR Anquan Boldin* Arizona

WR Larry Fitzgerald* Arizona

WR Steve Smith Carolina

WR Roddy White Atlanta

OT Jordan Gross* Carolina

OT Walter Jones* Seattle

OT Chris Samuels Washington

OG Steve Hutchinson* Minnesota

OG Chris Snee* New York

OG Leonard Davis Dallas

C Andre Gurode* Dallas

C Shaun O'Hara New York

TE Jason Witten* Dallas

TE Chris Cooley Washington

QB Kurt Warner* Arizona

QB Drew Brees New Orleans

QB Eli Manning New York

RB Adrian Peterson* Minnesota

RB Clinton Portis Washington

RB Michael Turner Atlanta

FB Mike Sellers* Washington

NFC Defense

PositionNameTeam

DE Julius Peppers* Carolina

DE Justin Tuck* New York

DE Jared Allen Minnesota

DT Jay Ratliff* Dallas

DT Kevin Williams* Minnesota

DT Pat Williams Minnesota

OLB Lance Briggs* Chicago

OLB DeMarcus Ware* Dallas

OLB Derrick Brooks Tampa Bay

ILB Patrick Willis* San Francisco

ILB Jon Beason Carolina

CB Antoine Winfield* Minnesota

CB Charles Woodson* Green Bay

CB Asante Samuel Philadelphia

FS Nick Collins* Green Bay

FS Brian Dawkins Philadelphia

SS Adrian Wilson* Arizona

NFC Special Teams

Position Name Team

Punter Jeff Feagles New York

Kicker John Carney New York

Kick returner Clifton Smith Tampa Bay

Special Teams Sean Morey Arizona