2013 NFL Pro Bowl rosters announced

More surprising are the relatively low number of Pro Bowlers from some of college football’s most prestigious programs. Alabama, Notre Dame, Florida, USC, Stanford, Ohio State, Michigan, Virginia Tech, and Clemson each have only one Pro Bowler. Big XII champion Kansas State has none, as do Arkansas, Auburn, and Oregon State.

The SEC has the most Pro Bowlers as a conference, placing 26 on the Pro Bowl roster. The ACC came in second with 19. The Big Ten, Pac-12, and Big XII lagged far behind. The SEC benefited most from conference realignment, adding five Pro Bowlers through its acquisition of Texas A&M and Missouri. The Big Ten’s addition of Nebraska brought just two Pro Bowl players, while Colorado and Utah added just one for the Pac-12.

As a rookie, Wilson completed 64.1% of his passes for 3,118 yards, while throwing for 26 touchdowns (tying a rookie record) and throwing just 10 interceptions. Wilson added 489 yards rushing -- averaging 5.2 yards per carry -- while adding four rushing touchdowns.

Needless to say, Wilson’s season was nothing shy of superb, and an invitation to the Pro Bowl is certainly well deserved for the former Wisconsin Badger.

The Pro Bowl will be played in Hawaii on Sunday and can be seen nationally on NBC.

Incognito played all 16 games for the Dolphins at left guard this season, and helped plow the way for a Dolphins rushing attack that gained over 112 yards per game. He earned a reputation for being a bit of a hot head early in his career, but Incognito was not flagged for a single personal foul this past season, and was only flagged six times in 16 games for the Dolphins.

The Pro Bowl will be held on Sunday and can be seen nationally on NBC.

Johnson set a single-season record with 1,964 yards receiving this past season but was bothered by nagging injuries for much of the year. Ultimately he decided to rest instead of playing in Honolulu.

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Full AFC Pro Bowl Roster (via NFL.com):

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Pro Bowl rosters for both the AFC and NFC are now set, and it comes as no surprise that three of the conference’s best players have been rewarded for their excellent 2012 campaigns.

The trio of NFC North stars were all named starters for the NFC.

Between replacements for the Super Bowl teams and injury replacements, it is possible that Philadelphia could still end up with a Pro Bowler when it is all said and done, but for the moment they are without a Pro Bowl selection for the first time since the 1998 season in which they finished 3-13.

While the NFL decides what to do with the Pro Bowl, several ideas have been floated around. One is to move a college all-star game onto the NFL schedule as a possible kick-off to the NFL Draft season.

Following the 2012 Pro Bowl, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the players need to fix the Pro Bowl on their own or the league could alter the game or eliminate it all together. The NFL is concerned that the poor performance of players during the Pro Bowl could cause some marketing problems. NFL executive Eric Grubman is wary of the fact the all-stars don’t play at their best in a game like this:

The 2013 NFL Pro Bowl teams will be announced at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday. Television coverage of the selections is available on NFL Network’s NFL Total Access Pro Bowl Selection Show, and is available online through the Watch NFL Network service on NFL.com.

The Pro Bowl will again be played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Jan. 27, the Sunday before the Super Bowl. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the game is being played the week before the league’s championship game. This excludes any players who are on Super Bowl teams, so while selections may be made Wednesday, they will not be finalized until the week before the game.