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Atlantic Coast Conference Leads All With 20 2010 NFL Pro Bowl Selections


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GREENSBORO, NC (theACC.com)--For the second straight year, the Atlantic Coast Conference leads all conferences by a wide margin in the number of former football standouts selected from its current schools to play in the National Football League's Pro Bowl, which will be held this Sunday at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Current ACC schools saw 20 of their former standouts selected to play in this year's Pro Bowl. The Big Ten was second with 13, the Southeastern Conference and the Pac-10 were tied for third with 12 selection each, followed by the Big 12 (10) and the Big East (9).

Many of those playing in the Pro Bowl will be performing in their collegiate hometown of Miami, as no fewer than nine former Miami Hurricane players have been selected to this year's Pro Bowl team, far and away the most of any single school. Michigan was next with five followed by Texas with four selections.

NC State had the second-highest amount of selections among ACC schools with three followed by Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia with two picks each and Florida State and Clemson, who each had one former player honored.

Tabbed to play in this year's Pro Bowl Game from Miami were wide receivers Andre Johnson (Houston) and Reggie Wayne (Indianapolis), running back Frank Gore (San Francisco) offensive tackle Bryant McKinnie (Minnesota), defensive lineman Vince Wilfork (New England), linebackers Ray Lewis (Baltimore) and Jonathan Vilma (New Orleans) and defensive backs Ed Reed (Baltimore) and Brandon Meriweather (New England).

Joining them from NC State were quarterback Philip Rivers (San Diego), who will miss the game with an injury, defensive end Mario Williams (Houston) and safety Adrian Wilson (Arizona). Maryland is represented by former tight end Vernon Davis (San Francisco) and long snapper Jon Condo, North Carolina has defensive end Julius Peppers (Carolina) and center Jeff Saturday (Indianapolis), while Virginia has quarterback Matt Schaub (Houston) and offensive tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson (New York Jets). Completing the ACC selections are former Clemson defensive back Brian Dawkins (Denver) and former Florida State defensive lineman Darnell Dockett (Arizona).

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