The National Football League announced its 2012 Pro Bowl Rosters on Tuesday and the Miami Hurricanes lead all NCAA programs with five players chosen to play in the annual all-star contest on Jan. 29 in Hawai'i.
The Ravens' Ed Reed and Ray Lewis, the Saints' Jimmy Graham, the Patriot's Vince Wilfork and San Francisco's Frank Gore make up five of the 11 players from the Atlantic Coast Conference to earn a trip to the Pro Bowl.
The five selections for Miami are more than all other schools in the state of Florida as UCF, Florida State, USF and Florida each have one selection. Pittsburg was the second-most represented college football program as they saw four players earn nods. Michigan, Ole Miss, Georgia, Cal and USC earned three selections apiece.
Last season, Miami was represented by 10 players that were on the Pro Bowl roster and in 2010, a record 11 Hurricanes earned the honor.
Lewis has been named to the Pro Bowl in 12 of the last 14 seasons, including six straight. Reed has also been named to six straight Pro Bowls, while Wilfork have been in the last three. Gore will be making his third appearance (2007, 2010), while Graham is making his first appearance in just his second professional season.
The Pro Bowl will be played on Jan. 29, 2011 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawai`i and will be broadcast by Fox.
