Just like last week, three Steelers lead the AFC in Pro Bowl balloting at their respective positions, according to a Pro Bowl results press release the NFL released on Wednesday as fan voting ended on Monday, December 20. Steelers linebacker James Harrison is the leading outside linebacker with 411,600 votes, safety Troy Polamalu leads at strong safety with 530,155 votes, and reserve linebacker Keyaron Fox is the leading special teams vote-getter with 121,057. In addition, rookie center Maurkice Pouncey has the third-highest vote total among NFL rookies, with 246,443. He trailed only the Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh and Rams quarterback Sam Bradford.
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady finished with nearly 1.9 million votes and was the leading vote getter. The four next-highest vote totals all belong to quarterbacks, with the Eagles Michael Vick at No. 2, followed by the Colts Peyton Manning, Chargers Philip Rivers and Saints Drew Brees. See results below.
Fan voting ended this past Monday, and nearly 100 million votes were cast. There was a record 98.59 million votes cast on NFL.com, on wireless phones and on Facebook. Fans cast 89.52 million votes on NFL.com, 8.50 million votes on their wireless phones and 570,000 votes on Facebook. Players and coaches will cast votes today and tomorrow, and the NFL will announce the rosters on Tuesday at 7:00 PM on the NFL Network.
| NFL ALL-STAR TOP-TEN VOTE-GETTERS | ||
| Pos. | Name, Team | Votes |
| QB | Tom Brady, Patriots | 1,877,079 |
| QB | Michael Vick, Eagles | 1,522,437 |
| QB | Peyton Manning, Colts | 1,130,399 |
| QB | Philip Rivers, Chargers | 1,039,618 |
| QB | Drew Brees, Saints | 971,731 |
| RB | Adrian Peterson, Vikings | 948,410 |
| QB | Aaron Rodgers, Packers | 900,544 |
| RB | Arian Foster, Texans | 710,166 |
| RB | Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars | 707,913 |
| QB | Matt Ryan, Falcons | 704,817 |
| NFL ALL-STAR TOP FIVE ROOKIE VOTE-GETTERS | ||
| Pos. | Name, Team | Votes |
| DT | Ndamukong Suh, Lions | 405,597 |
| QB | Sam Bradford, Rams | 305,721 |
| C | Maurkice Pouncey, Steelers | 246,443 |
| TE | Rob Gronkowski, Patriots | 205,948 |
| RB | Jahvid Best, Lions | 168,707 |
| AFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION | |||||
| Pos. | Name, Team | Votes | Pos. | Name, Team | Votes |
| QB | Tom Brady, Patriots | 1,877,079 | DE | Dwight Freeney, Colts | 501,021 |
| RB | Arian Foster, Texans | 710,166 | DT | Haloti Ngata, Ravens | 341,496 |
| FB | Vonta Leach, Houston Texans | 273,723 | OLB | James Harrison, Steelers | 411,600 |
| WR | Andre Johnson, Texans | 606,818 | ILB | Ray Lewis, Ravens | 412,827 |
| TE | Antonio Gates, Chargers | 588,245 | CB | Nnamdi Asomugha, Raiders | 326,658 |
| T | Andrew Whitworth, Bengals | 372,295 | SS | Troy Polamalu, Steelers | 530,155 |
| G | Eric Steinbach, Browns | 329,714 | FS | Ed Reed, Ravens | 312,885 |
| C | Jeff Saturday, Colts | 328,673 | P | Sam Koch, Ravens | 182,868 |
| K | Josh Scobee, Jaguars | 208,794 | ST | Keyaron Fox, Steelers | 121,057 |
| KR | Joshua Cribbs, Browns | 186,828 | |||
| NFC LEADING VOTE-GETTERS BY POSITION | |||||
| Pos. | Name, Team | Votes | Pos. | Name, Team | Votes |
| QB | Michael Vick, Eagles | 1,522,437 | DE | Julius Peppers, Bears | 418,380 |
| RB | Adrian Peterson, Vikings | 948,410 | DT | Ndamukong Suh, Lions | 405,597 |
| FB | Heath Evans, Saints | 207,936 | OLB | Clay Matthews, Packers | 466,501 |
| WR | Roddy White, Falcons | 595,001 | ILB | Brian Urlacher, Bears | 314,584 |
| TE | Tony Gonzalez, Falcons | 458,527 | CB | Charles Woodson, Packers | 394,330 |
| T | Chad Clifton, Packers | 173,797 | SS | LaRon Landry, Redskins | 208,112 |
| G | Josh Sitton, Packers | 214,013 | FS | Antrel Rolle, Giants | 158,478 |
| C | Shaun O\’Hara, Giants | 232,551 | P | Ben Graham, Cardinals | 196,658 |
| K | David Akers, Eagles | 228,353 | ST | Heath Farwell, Vikings | 162,553 |
| KR | Devin Hester, Bears | 239,641 | |||
