ACC schools have 23 selected for the NFL Pro Bowl

ACC had second-highest total of any league

Current Atlantic Coast Conference schools had a total of 23 former standouts chosen for this year’s NFL Pro Bowl game, which will be played Sunday in Honolulu, Hawaii, with a 7 p.m. (ET) kickoff and televised by ESPN.

In all, current ACC schools had 14 players chosen for the original Pro Bowl team and have had nine selected as replacements for those who could not play in the game due to participation in the Super Bowl or injury. In all, 14 NFL standouts from current ACC schools will play in Sunday’s game, either on Team Irvin—selected by former Miami and Dallas Cowboy standout Michael Irvin—or team Rice, chosen by former San Francisco 49er standout Jerry Rice for Sunday’s game.

The former standouts for ACC schools chosen for the Pro Bowl include:

Player                                     School                        Pos.   Current NFL Team             Pro Bowl Team

Branden Albert                   Virginia                       T          Miami Dolphins                   Team Irvin

Gary Barnidge                     Louisville                    TE       Cleveland Browns              Team Rice

Teddy Bridgewater           Louisville                    QB      Minnesota Vikings             Team Irvin

Calais Campbell                   Miami                         DT       Arizona Cardinals               Team Irvin

Kam Chancellor                   Virginia Tech            S          Seattle Seahawks              ————–

Aaron Donald                      Pitt                               DT       St. Louis Rams                     Team Rice

Elvis Dumervil                      Louisville                    OLB    Baltimore Ravens               Team Rice

Larry Fitzgerald                   Pitt                               WR     Arizona Cardinals               ————–

Devonta Freeman             Florida State             RB       Atlanta Falcons                   Team Irvin

DeAndre Hopkins              Clemson                    WR     Houston Texans                 Team Irvin

Calvin Johnson                    Georgia Tech           WR     Detroit Lions                        ————–

Chandler Jones                   Syracuse                    DE       New England Patriots       ————–

Luke Kuechly                       Boston College        LB       Carolina Panthers              Super Bowl

LeSean McCoy                    Pitt                               RB       Buffalo Bills                           —————

Greg Olsen                           Miami                         TE       Carolina Panthers              Super Bowl

Cedric Peerman                  Virginia                       SP       Cincinnati Bengals              Team Rice

Julius Peppers                     North Carolina         LB       Green Bay Packers            Team Rice

Darrelle Revis                      Pitt                               CB       New York Jets                     ————–

Philip Rivers                          NC State                    QB      San Diego Chargers           ————–

Tyrod Taylor                         Virginia Tech            QB      Buffalo Bills                           Team Rice

Russell Wilson                     NC State                    QB      Seattle Seahawks              Team Irvin

Jameis Winston                  Florida State             QB      Tampa Bay Bucs                  Team Irvin

Eric Wood                              Louisville                    C         Buffalo Bills                           Team Rice