1972 NFL Pro Bowlers

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Super Bowl Champion: Miami Dolphins

AP MVP: Larry Brown

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Franco Harris

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Willie Buchanon

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Larry Brown

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Joe Greene

Passing Leader: Joe Namath, 2816 Yds

Rushing Leader: O.J. Simpson, 1251 Yds

Receiving Leader: Harold Jackson, 1048 Yds

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Pro Bowlers

% indicates player did not play, + indicates player was a replacement selection

Pro Bowlers Table
Pos	Player	Conf	Tm	Age	Yrs	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Sk	Int	All-pro teams
LDE	Claude Humphrey	NFC	ATL	28	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
FS	Bill Bradley	NFC	PHI	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	9	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RLB	Chris Hanburger	NFC	WAS	31	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	4	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RB	Larry Brown	NFC	WAS	25	3	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	285	1216	8	32	473	4	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
LLB	Dave Wilcox	NFC	SFO	30	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
LDT	Joe Greene	AFC	PIT	26	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RG	Larry Little	AFC	MIA	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RT	Rayfield Wright	NFC	DAL	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
LCB	Jimmy Johnson	NFC	SFO	34	11	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
K	Chester Marcol	NFC	GNB	23	Rook	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
WR	Gene Washington	NFC	SFO	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	918	12	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RCB	Willie Brown	AFC	OAK	32	9	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
C	Forrest Blue	NFC	SFO	27	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
QB	Joe Namath	AFC	NYJ	29	7	13	13	162	324	2816	19	21	6	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RDE	Jack Gregory	NFC	NYG	28	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
TE	Ted Kwalick	NFC	SFO	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	0	40	751	9	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 1st Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RB	O.J. Simpson	AFC	BUF	25	3	14	14	5	8	113	1	0	292	1251	6	27	198	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
SS	Dick Anderson	AFC	MIA	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
MLB	Dick Butkus	NFC	CHI	30	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
LDT	Mike Reid	AFC	CIN	25	2	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
LG	John Niland	NFC	DAL	28	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
FS	Jake Scott	AFC	MIA	27	2	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RDT	Bob Lilly	NFC	DAL	33	11	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
FB	Larry Csonka	AFC	MIA	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	213	1117	6	5	48	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
P	Jerrel Wilson	AFC	KAN	31	9	14	0	1	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., FW: 1st Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RT	Ron Yary	NFC	MIN	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
MLB	Willie Lanier	AFC	KAN	27	5	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	PFW: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., NEA: 2nd Tm, PFW: 1st Tm
RDE	Bill Stanfill	AFC	MIA	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 1st Tm
WR	Paul Warfield	AFC	MIA	30	8	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	23	0	29	606	3	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
LG	Gene Upshaw	AFC	OAK	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 1st Tm
RDT	Alan Page	NFC	MIN	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
RLB	Andy Russell	AFC	PIT	31	9	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
WR	Harold Jackson	NFC	PHI	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	76	0	62	1048	4	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
RT	Winston Hill	AFC	NYJ	31	9	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
LG	Tom Mack	NFC	RAM	29	6	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
FB	John Brockington	NFC	GNB	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	274	1027	8	19	243	1	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., NEA: 2nd Tm
FS	Paul Krause	NFC	MIN	30	8	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm
WR	Otis Taylor	AFC	KAN	30	7	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	0	57	821	6	0.0	0	UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., FW: 1st Tm
TE	Raymond Chester	AFC	OAK	24	2	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	34	576	8	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf.
K	Roy Gerela	AFC	PIT	24	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
LLB	Ted Hendricks	AFC	BAL	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	2	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
C	Len Hauss	NFC	WAS	30	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 1st Tm
RT	George Kunz	NFC	ATL	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., NEA: 1st Tm
C	Jim Otto	AFC	OAK	34	12	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm
LCB	Lem Barney	NFC	DET	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf.
LCB	Robert James	AFC	BUF	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf.
RB	Franco Harris	AFC	PIT	22	Rook	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	188	1055	10	21	180	1	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
MLB	Nick Buoniconti	AFC	MIA	32	10	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm
QB	Billy Kilmer	NFC	WAS	33	11	12	10	120	225	1648	19	11	3	-3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RDE	Elvin Bethea	AFC	HOU	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
P	Dave Chapple	NFC	RAM	25	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	SN: 1st Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm
RDE	Dwight White	AFC	PIT	23	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	UPI: 1st Tm All-Conf.
LLB	Bobby Bell	AFC	KAN	32	9	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	3	SN: 1st Tm All-Conf.
RCB	Mel Renfro	NFC	DAL	31	8	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm, FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
SS	Ken Houston	AFC	HOU	28	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm, NEA: 2nd Tm
QB	Daryle Lamonica	AFC	OAK	31	9	14	13	149	281	1998	18	12	10	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm
RT	Rocky Freitas	NFC	DET	27	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., AP: 2nd Tm
LDE	Deacon Jones	AFC	SDG	34	11	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., NEA: 2nd Tm
RB	Ron Johnson	NFC	NYG	25	3	14	14	0	1	0	0	0	298	1182	9	45	451	5	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf., FW: 2nd Tm
RDE	Coy Bacon	NFC	RAM	30	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0	FW: 2nd Tm
LDT	Merlin Olsen	NFC	RAM	32	10	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
WR	Gary Garrison	AFC	SDG	28	6	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	-6	0	52	744	7	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
SS	Cornell Green	NFC	DAL	32	10	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	2	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RG	Woody Peoples	NFC	SFO	29	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
LT	Art Shell	AFC	OAK	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
WR	Charley Taylor	NFC	WAS	31	8	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	39	0	49	673	7	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
WR	John Gilliam	NFC	MIN	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	14	0	47	1035	7	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RDT	Paul Smith	AFC	DEN	27	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RDT	Robert Brown	NFC	GNB	33	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RLB	Fred Carr	NFC	GNB	26	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
RCB	Emmitt Thomas	AFC	KAN	29	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
TE	Rich Caster	AFC	NYJ	24	2	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	39	833	10	0.0	0	UPI: 2nd Tm All-Conf.
TE	Jim Mitchell	NFC	ATL	25	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	0	28	470	4	0.0	0	NEA: 2nd Tm
WR	J.D. Hill	AFC	BUF	24	1	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	11	0	52	754	5	0.0	0
MLB	Tommy Nobis	NFC	ATL	29	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3
SS	Ron Smith	NFC	CHI	29	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
RB	Calvin Hill	NFC	DAL	25	3	14	14	1	3	55	1	0	245	1036	6	43	364	3	0.0	0
WR	Chip Myers	AFC	CIN	27	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	792	3	0.0	0
C	Bill Curry	AFC	BAL	30	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
DB	Bruce Laird	AFC	BAL	22	Rook	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1
RG	Walt Sweeney	AFC	SDG	31	9	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
QB	John Hadl	AFC	SDG	32	10	14	14	190	370	2449	15	26	22	99	1	1	4	0	0.0	0
FB	Walt Garrison	NFC	DAL	28	6	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	167	784	7	37	390	3	0.0	0
FB	Marv Hubbard	AFC	OAK	26	3	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	219	1100	4	22	103	0	0.0	0
MLB	Henry Davis	AFC	PIT	30	4	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2
QB	Norm Snead	NFC	NYG	33	11	14	13	196	325	2307	17	12	10	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
RT	Norm Evans	AFC	MIA	30	7	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
RB	Mercury Morris	AFC	MIA	25	3	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	190	1000	12	15	168	0	0.0	0

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