{"id":8865,"date":"2025-01-02T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8865"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:17:55","slug":"mckinney-leads-3-packers-chosen-for-pro-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=8865","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: M\u0188Kinney leads 3 Packers \u0188hosen for Pro Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<h1 class=\"subheadline | font-weight-light col\">7 more players are named as alternates<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/AQAQPKDI2FDYRCGRF3LMLB3SNM.jpg?auth=84e6a897ba5fc945674d15cfefa37572a7714cf996619b0fbd9d8c447f425ee3&amp;width=800&amp;height=450&amp;smart=true\" alt=\"Green Bay Packers safety Xavier McKinney (29) attempts to intercept a pass during the second...\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The NFL named three Green Bay Packers to the Pro Bowl roster, and another 7 were chosen as alternates.<\/p>\n<p>Safety Xavier McKinney was named as a starter. Defensive lineman Rashan Gary and running back Josh Jacobs will join him in the lineup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to Xavier McKinney, Rashan Gary, and Josh Jacobs for making the 2025 Pro Bowl!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Green Bay Packers (@packers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/packers\/status\/1874818206633759130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McKinney is a starter in his first Pro Bowl selection, and he\u2019s the first Packers safety to make the roster since Ha Ha Clinton-Dix in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Packers, McKinney\u2019s 7 games with an interception this season are the most since Charles Woodson in 2009, and his 7 interceptions are the most by a Packers player since Woodson in 2011. McKinney ranks #2 in the NFL this season in both interceptions and takeaways (8).<\/p>\n<p>This is also Gary\u2019s first Pro Bowl selection. He\u2019s #8 on the Packers&#8217; all-time sack list with 38. He leads the Pack this year with 6.5 sacks and 14 quarterback hits.<\/p>\n<p>Jacobs was named to the Pro Bowl in 2020 and 2022, but this is his first wearing a Packers helmet. He ranks #5 in the NFL with 1,258 rushing yards this season &#8212; the most of any Packers player in their first year with the franchise and just the fifth Packers player in history to pass the 1,200-yard mark. His 15 touchdowns this season is the most for any Packers player in their first season, and he\u2019s tied for #2 this season in rushing touchdowns (14).<\/p>\n<p>Alternates:<\/p>\n<p>Guard Elgton Jenkins was named first alternate. Other alternates are (alphabetically):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jaire Alexander, cornerback<\/li>\n<li>Kenny Clark, defensive lineman<\/li>\n<li>Tucker Kraft, tight end<\/li>\n<li>Jordan Love, quarterback<\/li>\n<li>Josh Myers, center<\/li>\n<li>Kelsean Nixon, cornerback, as kick return specialist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The NFL\u2019s All-Star Game is Sunday, February 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFL named three Green Bay Packers to the Pro Bowl roster, and another 7 were chosen as alternates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-bay-packers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: M\u0188Kinney leads 3 Packers \u0188hosen for Pro Bowl - 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