SumerSports 2025 Pro Bowl Roster

At 12:01 PM EST on Sunday December 8, I sent what I believed to be a simple text to a newly created group chat titled “SumerSports Pro Bowl Voters.” I included five members: Lindsay Rhodes, Sean Clement, Sam Bruchhaus, Shawn Syed, and frequent member of the Stats & Scheme podcast, Tej Seth. I laid out the rules for Pro Bowl voting, the process for individuals to submit their ballot, and stepped away from my phone. 

What followed taught us about the 2024 season, the Pro Bowl process, but perhaps most importantly, taught us a bit about ourselves. Missed deadlines made way to demands for a recount and questions about the meaning of football positions. Here is an exhausting, but not exhaustive, list of things sent in the group chat with light edits for publication: 

• “Can I opt out?” 
• “Did you watch any games this season?” 
• “I am going to block your number” 
• “These results are awful” 
• “Is paying for votes allowed?” 
• [Redacted] has left the group. 
• [Redacted] has been removed from the group. 

If you are upset with the results, chances are that each of our voters agree with you. There were multiple instances where votes for a player did not result in securing a roster spot or following the NFL’s voting meant a conference did not have a player at a specific position. Also, some players who initially received votes were not actually eligible. Through trials, tribulations, and one excel document locked away for the rest of time, here is the 2025 SumerSports Pro Bowl roster. 

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• Quarterback
• Running Back
• Fullback
• Wide Receiver
• Tight End
• Offensive Tackle
• Guard
• Center
• Defensive End
• Defensive Tackle
• Outside Linebacker
• Inside Linebacker
• Cornerback
• Safety

Quarterback 

After last weekend’s performance, Josh Allen is the favorite to win the NFL MVP race at the end of the season. Besides leading one of the NFL’s most efficient offenses in terms of EPA/Play, he is leading in FTN’s Highlight Throw Rate, he’s second in EPA/Dropback, and is fifth in rushing yards for a QB. It can be argued that Jayden Daniels isn’t one of the two best quarterbacks in the NFL right now, and I’m sure more than one voting member would agree, but when it comes to NFC quarterbacks, there isn’t much better. Daniels ranks in the 95th percentile in our AI Passing Grade, he’s sixth in EPA/Dropback and he is second in rushing yards by a quarterback. He is one of the main reasons the Commanders were able to turn it around so quickly and he will likely lead them to a playoff berth.  

Lamar Jackson was my vote for AFC starter. He’s ranks in the 100th percentile in our AI Passing Grade. He’s having an incredible season and he would be my pick to for MVP. However, the Pro Bowl isn’t always about awarding the best, it’s about rewarding the most popular. Joe Burrow is playing with some extra swagger this season, even for Joe Schiesty himself as mentioned in Sam Bruchhaus’ brilliant article comparing quarterbacks to Taylor Swift Eras. Besides ranking in the 92nd percentile of our Accuracy metric, he’s added running to his game. He had a 47-yard touchdown run against the Giants that I had the misfortune of having a sideline seat for.  

The comeback stories of Jared Goff and Sam Darnold are unbelievable. Both were unwanted by the teams that drafted them and were considered busts by many in the media. Now both quarterbacks have their teams on the verge of the playoffs, and with Goff, possibly on the verge of the Super Bowl. Sam Darnold ranks in the 97th percentile in both our AI Passing Grade and Accuracy metric. Jared Goff ranks in the 97th percentile in our Passing Production Over Expectation metric.  

Running Back 

“Can we give some of the NFC running backs to the AFC?” is a real message I got from Lindsay Rhodes when we were conducting this exercise, and I can understand why. Outside of Derrick Henry, all of the best backs are in the NFC. That’s probably the biggest issue with how the Pro Bowl is selected. Good players like Bijan Robinson, Alvin Kamara, Josh Jacobs and David Montgomery won’t make the Pro Bowl just because they play in the wrong conference.  

Saquon Barkley and Derrick Henry have both had incredible first seasons with their new teams. Barkley is in the top three of MVP voting one season after rushing for less than four yards per carry. Both Barkley and Henry rank above the 96th percentile in our Rush Yards Expected metric and are currently first and second in rushing yards this season.  

Chuba Hubbard and Jahmyr Gibbs both just broke the 1000-yard marker this past weekend. Gibbs has the second most rushes of 10+ yards in the league thus far and Hubbard is in the top 10 for successful run percentage according to FTN. Joe Mixon is tied for fourth in rushing touchdowns with 11 and James Cook ranks in the 87th percentile of our Elusiveness metric. 

Fullback

The fullback position – where you separate the football guys from the nerds. Tej Seth and Lindsay Rhodes didn’t even vote for a fullback, unless “who cares” is a fullback I’ve never heard of. But thankfully Sam Bruchhaus, Shawn Syed and former army Blackhawk helicopter pilot, Sean Clement, are here to make sure the fullback position gets the respect it deserves. Multiple fullbacks received votes, but Juszczyk and Ingold’s versatility and station within their offense helped give them the nod. 

Wide Receiver 

Justin Jefferson and Ja’Marr Chase are the only two receivers over the 1100-yard mark at the time of writing this and both just came off 130+ yard games this weekend. Chase ranks in the 100th percentile in our Receiving Yards Over Expect metric and Justin Jefferson ranks in the 95th percentile of our AI Receiving Grade.  

AJ Brown missed some time this year due to a hamstring injury, so his traditional counting stats aren’t the most impressive. He’s 15th in receiving yards by a wide receiver with 836 on the year. However, he’s in the 98th percentile or better in both our AI Receiving Grade and Receiving Yards After Catch Over Expected metric. Nico Collins is in the same boat; he missed five games with a hamstring injury, and he only has 832 receiving yards. But just like AJ Brown, he’s in the 98th percentile of our AI Receiving Grade. 

There are three things Amon-Ra St. Brown and Puka Nacua have in common. They both had relative athletic scores below a 7.2 coming into the draft, they were both drafted in day three of the NFL draft and both rank in the 93rd percentile or better in our AI Receiving Grade metric, Nacua ranking in the 100th percentile. Garrett Wilson ranks in the 90th percentile of out Route Running metric and is 8th in receiving yards by a wide receiver with 877 yards. Tyreek Hill has had a down season but he’s still getting open at an impressive rate. He’s currently seventh in FTN’s Open Separation Rate. 

Tight End 

Four of the top five receiving yards leaders amongst tight ends were voted in by our group of analysts. Brock Bowers might be having the best season we’ve ever seen by a rookie tight end. He is currently leading all tight-ends in receiving yards with 933 and ranks in the 97th percentile in our AI Receiving Grade. George Kittle is third in receiving yards with 800 and is the 100th percentile of our AI Receiving Grade.  

Four weeks ago, the commissioner of my hometown dynasty football league required the team trying to tank to play a full lineup. So, with that owners tight-end out on injury, the commissioner suggested picking up Jonnu Smith.  In the four weeks span since the tanking general manger, Nicholas Crovello, picked up Smith, he’s been second in EPA, second in receiving yards and tied for first in receiving touchdowns.  So, am I saying the reason Jonnu Smith is having this late season resurgence is due to karma on a tanking fantasy football general manager? Probably not. Is it because in that four week span the Dolphins only played one team with a winning record? That’s probably more believable. Either way, Jonnu Smith has rocketed up the board for tight-ends and is fifth in receiving yards with 692 and ranks in the 98th percentile of our AI Receiving Grade. 

Trey McBride has done a solid job building on his breakout season from 2023. He’s currently second in receiving yards with 851 and ranks in the 95th percentile or better in both our Route Running metric and AI Receiving Grade. 

Offensive Tackle 

Would it even be a Pro Bowl list if Lane Johnson wasn’t included? Since 2016, he’s been named to the Pro Bowl five times. Johnson might be 34 years-old but he’s still playing like he’s in the prime of his career. He ranks in the 95th percentile in our AI Pass Blocking grade. The fact that Penei Sewell has been sacked more times than he’s allowed as a pass blocker is good enough to get him on the roster. Offensive Coordinator Ben Johnson is using Sewell in some very interesting ways and is allowing this dominant lineman to have fun in a usually thankless position.  

Laremy Tunsil is having a quiet but dominate season in 2024. He ranks in the 93rd percentile or better in both our AI Pass Blocking and Run Blocking grades. The only other tackle to do that is Denver’s Garett Bolles. As mentioned by Lindsay Rhodes on the SumerSports Show, Los Angeles Chargers rookie offensive tackle Joe Alt is getting a ton of votes from fans for the Pro Bowl. But Lindsay doesn’t even think Alt is the best offensive tackle on his own team. That honor goes to Rashawn Slater who ranks in the 97th percentile in our AI Pass Blocking Grade. 

During the SumerSports Show this past week, Lindsay and Sam discussed Saquon Barkley thriving in his new situation in Philadelphia. They credited a lot of that success to the offensive line, and rightfully so. Philadelphia left tackle, Jordan Mailata, ranks in the 100th percentile of our AI Run Blocking grade. 

Guard

What a shocker, another Philadelphia Eagles lineman. I hope Saquon Barkley is putting some serious money aside for the Christmas gift he’s going to have to buy his offensive line. Landon Dickerson ranks in the 97th percentile of our AI Run Block Grade. Atlanta’s Chris Lindstrom is right behind him ranking in 96th percentile.  

Quenton Nelson has been a dominant force since being drafted in 2018. This would be his seventh Pro Bowl, and he deserves the honor. He ranks in the 100th percentile of our AI Run Blocking Grade. Joe Thuney and Quinn Meinerz were close in our voting and both are in the 96th percentile or better in our AI Pass Blocking Grade. 

Old man Kevin Zeitler still has it at 34 years young. He’s ranked in 89th percentile in our AI Pass Block Grade and is an anchor for a Detroit Lions offense that is tied for first in EPA/Rush attempts when running between the tackles according to NFL Pro.  

Center 

Continuing with the incredible run blocking of the Lions interior offensive line, Frank Ragnow ranks in the 97th percentile of our AI Run Block grade. The Creed Humphrey vs. Frank Ragnow debate for who is now the best center in football with the retirement of Jason Kelce is going to be a fun one see play out. I think it’s close, but Humphrey is making a serious case for him being the number one center ranking in the 95th percentile or better in both our AI Run Blocking and AI Pass Blocking grades.  

Tyler Linderbaum’s 85th percentile AI Run Blocking grade has been a big reason why Derrick Henry has had so much success in Baltimore. Henry ranks third in Rush EPA when running inside the tackles according to NFL Pro. Tyler Biadasz is the anchor of an offensive line that has overachieved and been a force in the run game. The Commanders currently rank third in rush yards per game with 156.9 yards. 

Defensive End 

Nick Bosa only has seven sacks on the season but his impact on the game becomes apparent when you dig a bit deeper. According to NFL Pro, he’s top 10 in quick pressures, pressure percentage, and is in the 93rd percentile in both our Pass Rush Finish and Run Pursuit Finish metrics. Like Bosa, Micah Parsons sack number isn’t overly impressive with only 6.5 on the year. However, he’s tied for third in pressure % and is tied for fourth in quick pressures according to NFL Pro. Montez Sweat, while a good player and former Pro Bowler, is the beneficiary here of a poor voting structure. The AFC is loaded with extremely productive and talented pass rushers which ate up a good number of votes. Players like Greg Rousseau, Will Anderson Jr. and Maxx Crosby, who are having arguably better seasons than sweat, didn’t even make the team because they play for the wrong conference. Sweat has 4.5 sacks on the season and currently ranks in the 83rd percentile of our AI Pass Rush grade. 

All three of these players were very close when it came to the voting. Trey Hendrickson leads the pack with 12.5 sacks, Garrett is right behind at 11 and Danielle Hunter is in third with 10.5. According to NFL Pro, Hunter ranks first in pressure percentage, followed by Garrett then Hendrickson. Continuing the follow the same pattern, Hendrickson leads the league in quick pressures with 34, followed by hunter at 30 then Garrett at 28. In terms of advanced analytics, Trey Hendrickson led the group in our AI Pass Rush grade ranking in the 99th percentile. Myles Garrett was right behind him in the 98th percentile followed by Hunter in the 95th percentile.  

Defensive Tackle 

Jalen Carter has proven to be an explosive player on the inside for the Eagles. He ranks in the 97th percentile in our Burst metric and 90th percentile in both our Pass Rush Get Off and Pass Rush Finish metrics. He currently ranks 10th among all defensive lineman with 10 quick pressures according to NFL Pro. Big Cat Williams had a huge 92-yard interception return for a touchdown when he played his former team, the New York Jets, a couple of weeks ago. That play alone would garner him some consideration for a Pro Bowl spot. Add in his 93rd percentile in both our AI Run Defense and AI Pass Rush grade and he was a lock. 

The battle for best interior defensive lineman comes down to Chris Jones vs. Cameron Heyward now that Aaron Donald has decided to call it a career. Chris Jones has 47 pressures, 22 of them quick pressures and five sacks on the season so far according to NFL Pro. Cam Heyward has less pressures with 37, 12 of them being quick but has more sacks at eight. Heyward ranks in the 100th percentile in our AI Pass Rush grade and Run Defense Pursuit Finish metric. Chris Jones is right behind him in the 99th percentile of our AI Pass Rush grade. 

It’s been a rough year for the Jets, but Quinnen Williams continues to show up for that defense. According to NFL Pro, he has 45 pressures, six sacks and is in the 91st percentile of our AI Pass Rush grade. Kobie Turner is continuing to build off his impressive rookie season. According to NFL Pro, he currently has one more stop than he did last year, and he is very close to his pressure % number from last season. The sacks haven’t been there this season, only having five so far but he’s only nine pressures away from his pressure total in 2023. 

Outside Linebacker 

Why does the NFL still do this? Are we not past the arbitrary outside linebacker vs. defensive end positional group discussion? That’s how you end up with some weird Pro Bowl groupings like we have here. Maybe one day the Pro Bowl and Madden will finally join us in 2017 and move to Edge Rushers, Defensive Lineman and Linebacker designations.  

The duo of new edge rushers, Jonathan Greenard and Andrew Van Ginkel, have made Minnesota a top 3 defense in terms of EPA/Play. The Vikings are currently fourth in sacks and lead in Time to Pressure according to NFL Pro. They are also second in takeaways. Andrew Van Ginkel has two on their 20 interceptions. He currently has 40 pressures, nine sacks and ranks in the 93rd percentile in our Pass Rush Get Off metric. Greenard has 10 sacks, 49 pressures and ranks in the 95th percentile in our Run Pursuit Finish metric.  

TJ Watt continues to be the wrecking ball he always is. He has nine sacks on the season and 41 pressures. Nik Bonitto showed so much promise that the Broncos were okay shipping star pass rusher, Brandley Chubb, off to Miami during Bonitto’s rookie season. Bonitto is having a career season with 11 sacks and ranks in the 90th percentile or better in both our Pass Rush Finish and Pass Rush Get Off metric. 

Jared Verse is part of a young core of defenders in Los Angeles. He only has 4.5 sacks on the season but he’s fifth in the league in quarterback pressures according to NFL Pro. He ranks in the 97th percentile or better in both our Pass Rush Get Off and Pass Rush Finish metrics. Plus, his AI Pass Rush grade is also in the 90th percentile.  

Leo Chenal is the only real linebacker in the group. Chenal has been sort of an analytics darling since last year. He doesn’t play close to as many snaps as his teammates Drue Tranquill and Nick Bolton, but Chenal ranks in the 100th percentile in our AI Run Defense Grade and 92nd percentile in our AI Coverage grade. 

Inside Linebacker 

Apparently, Fred Warner has been playing most of the season on a broken ankle proving that Warner is better on one leg than most linebackers are on two. Warner has 91 tackles and two interceptions on the season. According to NFL Pro, the 76.7 QB Rating he’s allowing in coverage is the seventh best among linebackers with at least 20 credited targets. 

Daiyan Henley is probably not a name many fans outside of southern California know, unless you are a fan of a Mountain West or Pac-12 team. The former third round pick is having a breakout season and ranks in the 98th percentile of our AI Coverage grade. 

Zack Baun has had a solid season. He ranks in the 93rd percentile of our AI Coverage grade and, according to NFL Pro, leads linebackers in stops with 74 and is second in tackles. Quincy Williams is in the top 10 of stops amongst linebackers and ranks in the 86th percentile of our AI Coverage grade. 

Cornerback

The Eagles have an impressive young secondary led by rookies Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. Quinyon Mitchell primarily plays on the outside for Philadelphia and has only allowed one touchdown into his coverage this season. He ranks in the 91st percentile in our Coverage Closing metric. DeJean has played primarily in the slot for the Eagles, something he didn’t do much back in Iowa. He’s taken to the position well and ranks in the 91st percentile or better in both our AI Coverage grade and AI Run Defense grade. 

After signing his big contract in Chicago, Jaylon Johnson has backed up his price tag with his play on the field. He has two interceptions on the season and the 73.9 QB rating when targeted is the second best of his career.  

Much like Johnson, Pat Surtain II is continuing to show he is worth all the money Denver paid him this offseason. He has three interceptions on the season and ranks in the 99th percentile of our AI Coverage grade. Marlon Humphrey has been a turnover machine this season. He has five interceptions which is as many as he had the last three seasons combined. He ranks in the 94th percentile of our AI Coverage grade. 

Byron Murphy is continuing to be a high interception play at corner. He has the third most in the league this year at six, which brings his total as a Viking to nine over the past two season. After his rookie season was cut short, Christian Gonzalez has returned and picked up exactly where he left off before his injury. He ranks in the 91st percentile of our AI Coverage grade.  

The Chiefs moved Trent McDuffie back to an outside corner after he played in the slot primarily last season. He has become a solid run defender ranking in the 85th percentile in our AI Run Defense grade and is asked to do a ton in Steve Spagnuolo’s defense. Even with injuries on Kansas City’s defense, offenses are hesitant when they look to McDuffie’s side. 

Safety

If you read the SumerSports’ Midseason All-Pro article you wouldn’t be surprised to find both Detroit Lions safeties on this list. Kerby Joseph is tied for the league lead with seven interceptions and ranks in the 97th percentile in our AI Coverage grade. Brian Branch moved from playing primarily in the slot last season to being more of a safety. He’s responded by grabbing four interceptions and ranking in the 100th percentile in our AI Run Defense grade. 

The four-time Pro Bowler and three time All-Pro, Minkah Fitzpatrick, is the beneficiary of the format of the Pro Bowl here. Obviously, Fitzpatrick is a top talent at safety, but he’s having a down year. If this was the All-Pro team, Xavier McKinney and his tied for league leading seven interceptions, would have his spot. Fitzpatrick has been a solid run defender, ranking in the 73rd percentile in our AI Run Defense grade.  

Kyle Hamilton has been a force against the run this season. He has the third most stops in the league according to NFL Pro with 41 and he ranks in the 96th percentile of our AI Run Defense grade. Derwin James continues to be an elite safety ranking in the 92nd percentile or better in both our AI Coverage grade and AI Run Defense grade.