Saw yesterday on NFL network that Andrew Whitworth will be going to the Pro-Bowl. He will be replacing Ryan Clady from the Denver Broncos. Congrats to Whitworth, a great lineman, and former tiger.
Two LSU buddies back on the same team in the Pro Bowl...both were First Team All-SEC at LSU and both started for the '03 National Championship team... Bengals left tackle Andrew Whitworth - started all four seasons at LSU: 02, 03, 04, 05...drafted 2nd R in 2006 Draft Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams - started three seasons at LSU: 03, 04, 05....drafted 5th R in 2006 Draft Whitworth wasn't expected to become a Pro Bowler as a left tackle...In the 2006 draft, Whitworth went in the second round because most of the NFL thought he couldn't play left tackle. And Williams wasn't expected to be a Pro Bowler at any position, not after going in the fifth round to Buffalo that same year. It's Whitworth's 1st Pro Bowl and Williams' 2nd Pro Bowl and it may have been his third if not for the blown Achilles. "Man he's what football is all about," Whitworth says about Williams. "He's undersized. ... A short, powerful man that plays extremely hard. And tough. ... The ultimate competitor." in return, Williams says this about Whitworth: "That's something to look up to." At LSU, the two were roommates and best friends "We were Northern Louisiana boys and we stuck together," says Whitworth "There's not much we don't know about each other," Williams says. Whitworth says, "we live 20 minutes apart during the offseason and we'll play golf and have lunch. We pick right up where we left off." Whitworth is from West Monroe (pop. about 13,000) and Williams is from Ruston (about 22,000). Just 32 miles and 31 minutes apart on I-20 They were born 18 months apart. Whitworth, 31, married a Miss Louisiana from Ruston that Williams, 29, knew growing up. Whitworth hosted Williams for his visit to LSU since he got to Baton Rouge a year earlier. "We're big supporters of each other and we've been competitors, too, and that's as much respect you can have for someone," says Whitworth In high school, Whitworth went to West Monroe, Williams to rival Ruston High "Our (high) schools don't like each other very much," Whitworth explains. Whitworth played basketball for West Monroe, and Williams would taunt him from the sideline: Whitworth says Williams "was...the ringleader in the stands, screaming at me and booing me and all that good stuff." Williams says: "He'd take the ball out-of-bounds and we'd tug his shorts, just mess with him. In this one game he fouled out and we're just crushing him all the way back to the bench, yelling at him. He's got a red T-shirt underneath his basketball jersey. He pulls his basketball jersey up and his T-shirt says, 'Rebel Football: Taking Care of Business.' And it has all those years they won state championships. Talk about hitting to the bone. Ooh." And Williams played baseball for Ruston, and Whitworth would come taunt him from the stands: Whitworth says, "I returned the favor, yelling and screaming at him." Williams says, "I played first base and he'd get his buddies and they'd park their trucks on the first-base line and just give it to me the whole game." http://www.bengals.com/news/article-1/Hitting-close-to-home/e0b9d2fa-3768-42ab-8f8f-fc67725382c5
LSU players invited to the 2013 Pro Bowl: --OT Andrew Whitworth (LSU starter: 02, 03, 04, 05) --DT Kyle Williams (LSU starter: 03, 04, 05) --SS LaRon Landry (LSU starter: 03, 04, 05, 06) --CB Patrick Peterson (LSU starter: 08, 09, 10) other schools that had 2 or more players invited to the 2013 Pro Bowl: Miami WR Andre Johnson WR Reggie Wayne RB Frank Gore C Chris Myers DT Vince Wilfork FS Ed Reed Georgia WR A.J. Green DT Geno Atkins OLB Justin Houston CB Champ Bailey CB Tim Jennings K Blair Walsh Tennessee QB Peyton Manning RB Arian Foster TE Jason Witten ILB Jerod Mayo SS Eric Berry P Dustin Colquitt Texas RB Jamaal Charles DT Henry Melton ILB Derrick Johnson FS Earl Thomas K Phil Dawson Cal QB Aaron Rodgers RB Marshawn Lynch TE Tony Gonzalez FS Thomas DeCoud ST Lorenzo Alexander Wisconsin QB Russell Wilson OT Joe Thomas TE Owen Daniels DE J.J. Watt Oklahoma RB Adrian Peterson TE Jermaine Gresham OT Trent Williams DT Gerald McCoy Penn State DE Cameron Wake OLB Tamba Hali ILB NaVorro Bowman Missouri DT Justin Smith OLB Aldon Smith SS William Moore Oregon C Max Unger DE Haloti Ngata FS Jairus Byrd Purdue QB Drew Brees OLB Ryan Kerrigan OLB Anthony Spencer Texas A&M OLB Von Miller LS Don Muhlbach Ole Miss QB Eli Manning ILB Patrick Willis Southern Cal OT Matt Kalil OLB Clay Matthews Washington FB Marcel Reece FS Dashon Goldson Nebraska OG Richie Incognito DT Ndamukong Suh Iowa OG Marshal Yanda OLB Chad Greenway Boise St RB Doug Martin OT Ryan Clady Florida State CB Antonio Cromartie KR Leon Washington Georgia Tech WR Calvin Johnson WR Demaryius Thomas North Carolina C Jeff Saturday DE Julius Peppers Virginia QB Matt Schaub TE Heath Miller Boston College QB Matt Ryan OG Chris Snee UCF WR Brandon Marshall OG Josh Sitton
Ah good catch, i just looked at the official Pro Bowl roster, but.... Pittsburgh Steelers FS Ryan Clark (thigh) was invited to the 2013 Pro Bowl but declined the invitation because of a deep thigh bruise he suffered in Week 17.
