Published 11:59 IST, December 17th 2019
Lamar Jackson leads Pro Bowl voting by HUGE margin; Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes follow
Baltimore Ravens' star quarterback Lamar Jackson has been grabbing the headlines in recent weeks. He now leads the Pro Bowl voting with 704,699 votes.
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is in his first full season in NFL. Based on his performances this season, NFL fans would be forgiven to think that he's been in league for years toger. It is, refore, fitting that Lamar Jackson received maximum number of votes in balloting for 2020 Pro Bowl.
Lamar Jackson les Pro Bowl voting; Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes follow
To be fair, Lamar Jackson led Pro Bowl votes by a mile and a half. Baltimore Ravens quarterback received a total of 704,699 votes in polling. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who was second in voting, received 539,768 votes, over 164,000 votes behind Lamar Jackson. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes came in third with 468,838 votes.
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With over 700,000 votes, Lamar Jackson is w officially people's choice for Pro Bowl 2020, and with good reason. When Lamar Jackson won Heisman Trophy in 2016 he still didn't have NFL's vote of confidence as a quarterback prospect. In fact, he was Ravens' 32nd pick in 2018 draft. It's safe to say that 2018 ACC Athlete of Year has come a long way since n. Earlier last week, Lamar Jackson broke his mentor Michael Vick's record for most rushing yards in a single NFL season in only his second season in NFL. His 159 rushing attempts this season are also most by a quarterback in history of NFL. Couple se numbers with fact that he w has a 112.8 passer rating, 66.2 completion percent, and Ravens are on a 10-game winning streak, and it is apparent that Lamar Jackson is, essentially, changing game.
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But eugh waxing lyrical about Lamar Jackson. O.J. Simpson did eugh of that last week after Baltimore Ravens' 42-21 win over New York Jets at M&T Bank Stium last Thursday. Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson, Patrick Mahomes, Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey round up top five from Pro Bowl 2020 balloting. Four of se are currently under of 25, which begs question, is new generation coming of in NFL this season?
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10:23 IST, December 17th 2019