Five KC Chiefs Players Selected to 2024 Pro Bowl Games
The Kansas City Chiefs may not be having the regular season they'd hoped for, but the reigning Super Bowl champions still boast one of the best rosters in the NFL and have a key playoff run ahead of them. That's reflected in the voting for the 2024 Pro Bowl Games, as Kansas City has five players being named AFC Pro Bowlers for the current NFL season. All five players are invited to the games next month. The Chiefs are one of seven clubs with at least five Pro Bowlers.
Headlining the Chiefs' list are Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce (starter). Fan voting results, which count for a third of the full voting process also consisting of players and coaches, were released on Wednesday afternoon. When fan voting concluded on Dec. 25, Kansas City didn't have a single player taking home the top spot at their respective position leaguewide. With that said, Kelce ranked second among tight ends and fifth among all players with 327,263 fan votes and Creed Humphrey (starter) led all centers in the AFC. Those aforementioned three are joined by left guard Joe Thuney and defensive tackle Chris Jones (starter) on the team's list.
Leading the way, this marks the ninth year in a row that Kelce is named a Pro Bowler. For Mahomes, this is No. 6 in a row for him to match his six full seasons as a full-time starter in the NFL. Jones is at five in a row and Humphrey and Thuney are back-to-back Pro Bowlers. Another five Chiefs were named as alternates: cornerback L'Jarius Sneed, guard Trey Smith, running back Isiah Pacheco and linebackers Willie Gay Jr. and Nick Bolton.
Here's more from NFL.com on the voting process, as well as the location of this year's Pro Bowl Games and what to watch for:
Player selections were determined by the consensus votes of fans, players and coaches, with each group's vote counting as one-third toward determining the all-star players who will be selected to this year's Pro Bowl Games. The NFL is the only sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players to determine its Pro Bowl teams. NFL players and coaches voted on Friday, Dec. 29.
For the first time in three years, the National Football League will return to Orlando to celebrate the league's best players at the 2024 Pro Bowl Games presented by Verizon. Just like in past years, the Pro Bowl Games provides fans with an unmatched opportunity to vote for their favorite players to compete in a multi-day AFC versus NFC competition, featuring Pro Bowl Skills and culminating in an action-packed flag football game, led by head coaches Peyton and Eli Manning.
The Sunday flag football game, broadcast on popular networks like ESPN, ABC, Disney XD and more, isn't the only thing to look forward to on television. On Feb. 1, ESPN will show the 2024 Pro Bowl Skills games as players compete against one another in various challenges. Historically, players participating in the Super Bowl have passed on their chances to participate in the Pro Bowl festivities. For the Chiefs, they'll hope that this distinction belongs to them for the second year in a row and their players can accept their honors from afar.
