Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Pro Bowlers

The Steelers will once again be a large part of the AFC Pro Bowl roster as five Steelers were selected to attend. Of the five selected four were selected to be starters and two of the players will attend their first ever.

Ben Roethlisberger was selected to his second and first since 2008, Maurkice Pouncey was named to his second consecutive and first as a starter and Troy Polamalu will be selected to his sixth all as a starter.

A pair of Steelers were also named to their first pro bowls as Mike Wallace was selected as a starter at receiver and Antonio Brown was selected as a returner.

In addition to the starters the Steelers also had three players named as alternates. James Harrison will be a first alternate while Ryan Clark and LaMarr Woodley were named as second alternates.

This is the eleventh straight year the Steelers have sent multiple players to the pro bowl. The last time multiple players did not represent the team was 2001 when only Jason Gildon was selected to his first pro bowl.

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