Cal’s Five Pro Bowl Selections Most By Any School
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Two of the three quarterbacks selected for the Pro Bowl are former Golden Bears.

Cal’s Five Pro Bowl Selections Most By Any School

Rodgers, Mack, Jordan, Allen And Goff Have Combined For 21 All-Time Selections

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BERKELEY – Five former Cal football players – Keenan Allen (Los Angeles Chargers), Jared Goff (Los Angeles Rams), Cameron Jordan (New Orleans), Alex Mack (Atlanta) and Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay) – were honored for their perforamnces during the 2018 regular season Tuesday when they were selected for the NFL Pro Bowl to be played in Orlando at Camping World Stadium on Sunday, January 27, 2019. Kickoff is scheduled for 3 pm ET/Noon PT with ABC/ESPN televising the contest.

The five Cal players chosen have combined to be selected for 21 Pro Bowls with Rodgers leading the group with seven (2009, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18), followed by Mack with six (2010, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18) and Jordan with four (2013, '15, '17, '18). Allen and Goff have both been selected each of the past two campaigns in 2017 and 2018.

Below are notes from the 2018 season on each selection and links to their NFL.com player pages.

Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers (11-3, AFC West – T1st) … #5 AFC Seed/Clinched Playoff Spot

• Has registered team highs of 88 receptions and 1074 yards receiving to go along with six touchdown catches that are second on the club on the season while adding one catch on a successful two-point conversion, nine rushes for 75 yards as well as one kick return for 25 yards, one punt return for zero yards and one onside kick recovery

Jared Goff, QB, Los Angeles Rams (11-2, NFC West – 1st) … #2 NFC Seed/Clinched Division Title And Playoff Berth

• Helped Rams to an 8-0 start that was their best since 1969 squad began 11-0
• Has completed 330-of-511 passes (64.6%) for 4273 yards with 27 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a 98.6 passer rating on the season while adding 40 rushes for 102 yards and one touchdown
• Ranks among NFL leaders in passing yards (4th), average pass length of completions (4th, 6.99), average gain per passing attempt (6th, 8.35), passing attempts (8th), touchdown passes (8th) and average pass length (10th, 8.63)
• Named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for September
• Completed 26-of-33 passes for a career-high 465 yards with a career-high five touchdown passes and no interceptions for a 158.3 passer rating that is the highest mark possible in a 38-31 victory over Minnesota in Week 4 to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors

Cameron Jordan, DE, New Orleans (11-2, NFC South – 1st) … #1 NFC Seed/Clinched Division Title And Playoff Berth

• Has 45 tackles, 12.0 sacks (-67 yards), 17 tackles for loss, 18 quarterbacks hits, five passes defended, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery on the season
• Tied for fourth in the NFL in tackles for loss and tied for eighth in sacks

Alex Mack, C, Atlanta (5-9, NFC South – T3rd) … #11 NFC Seed/Eliminated From Playoffs

• Has started all 14 games and played in 936 of 939 offensive snaps while also recording one fumble recovery and one tackle

Aaron Rodgers, QB, Green Bay (5-8-1, NFC North – 3rd) … #10 NFC Seed/Eliminated From Playoffs

• Has completed 332-of-537 passes (61.8%) for 3974 yards with 23 touchdowns and two interceptions for a 97.2 passer rating while adding 38 rushes for 237 yards
• Established an NFL record when by throwing 402 consecutive passes without an interception before he was picked off at Chicago in Week 15
• Has the best interception percentage (.4%) in the NFL as the league's only regular starting quarterback with his two interceptions three fewer than any other regular starting quarterback in the league
• Also ranks among NFL leaders in passing attempts (5th), passing yards (6th), average pass length (6th, 8.97), average pass length of completions (10th, 6.35) and completions (9th)

 
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