Fan voting for the 2015 Pro Bowl has now ended and the Pittsburgh Steelers had two players finish in the top-10 vote-getters.
Running back Le’Veon Bell finished in 6th place overall with 702,782 votes while wide receiver Antonio Brown finished in 8th place with 644,093 votes.
Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey finished second at his position behind Travis Frederick of the Dallas Cowboys.
As far as other Steelers players go, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, linebacker Lawrence Timmons and safety Troy Polamalu all finished fifth in voting at their respective positions.
The Pro Bowl players are determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches. Each group’s vote counts one-third toward determining the 86 All-Star players who will be selected in the Pro Bowl Draft. Now that the fan voting portion has been completed, players and coaches will now cast their votes on December 19.
The 2015 Pro Bowl players will be revealed exclusively on NFL Network on Tuesday, December 23 at 8:00 PM ET on the “NFL Total Access: Pro Bowl Players Revealed” show. Players will later be assigned to teams through the Pro Bowl Draft during the week leading up to the game, which will also air on NFL Network.
The 2015 Pro Bowl, which will be “unconferenced” for the second consecutive year, will be played on Sunday, January 25, 2015 and televised live on ESPN at 8:00 PM ET from University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, site of Super Bowl XLIX.
| NFL ALL-STAR TOP-TEN VOTE-GETTERS | ||
|---|---|---|
| POS. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay | 1,015,004 |
| QB | Peyton Manning, Denver | 1,013,739 |
| QB | Tom Brady, New England | 871,189 |
| QB | Andrew Luck, Indianapolis | 843,205 |
| RB | DeMarco Murray, Dallas | 797,929 |
| RB | Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh | 702,782 |
| RB | Marshawn Lynch, Seattle | 657,559 |
| WR | Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh | 644,093 |
| WR | Jordy Nelson, Green Bay | 641,325 |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski, New England | 601,093 |
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NFL LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES | POS. | NAME, TEAM | VOTES |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay | 1,015,004 | DE | J.J. Watt, Houston | 504,856 |
| QB | Peyton Manning, Denver | 1,013,739 | DE | DeMarcus Ware, Denver | 380,659 |
| RB | DeMarco Murray, Dallas | 797,929 | DT | Marcell Dareus, Buffalo | 331,006 |
| RB | Le’Veon Bell, Pittsburgh | 702,782 | DT | Stephen Paea, Chicago | 297,826 |
| FB | John Kuhn, Green Bay | 311,680 | OLB | Von Miller, Denver | 291,065 |
| FB | Marcel Reece, Oakland | 214,803 | OLB | Paul Kruger, Cleveland | 246,652 |
| WR | Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh | 644,093 | ILB | Luke Kuechly, Carolina | 340,870 |
| WR | Jordy Nelson, Green Bay | 641,325 | ILB | Karlos Dansby, Cleveland | 293,773 |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski, New England | 601,093 | CB | Joe Haden, Cleveland | 407,248 |
| TE | Jimmy Graham, New Orleans | 413,366 | CB | Richard Sherman, Seattle | 311,148 |
| T | Joe Thomas, Cleveland | 342,845 | SS | Donte Whitner, Cleveland | 237,199 |
| T | Tyron Smith, Dallas | 242,051 | SS | Kam Chancellor, Seattle | 181,968 |
| G | Joel Bitonio, Cleveland | 274,535 | FS | Tashaun Gipson, Cleveland | 342,596 |
| G | Josh Sitton, Green Bay | 253,250 | FS | Earl Thomas, Seattle | 179,642 |
| C | Travis Frederick, Dallas | 255,112 | P | Sam Koch, Baltimore | 151,658 |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh | 243,189 | P | Spencer Lanning, Cleveland | 146,237 |
| K | Stephen Gostkowski, New England | 210,636 | ST | Johnson Bademosi, Cleveland | 189,206 |
| K | Dan Bailey, Dallas | 164,864 | ST | Jarrett Bush, Green Bay | 120,220 |
| RS | Devin Hester, Atlanta | 182,528 | |||
| RS | Darren Sproles, Philadelphia | 113,566 | |||
