NFC Pro Bowl Roster
| 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | ||
| Julio Jones | Odell Beckham | Mike Evans | ||
| Tyron Smith | Larry Fitzgerald | Trent Williams | ||
| Greg Olsen | Aaron Rodgers | Zack Martin | ||
| Everson Griffen | Ezekiel Elliott | Brandon Scherff | ||
| Gerald McCoy | Devonta Freeman | Jordan Reed | ||
| Patrick Peterson | Aaron Donald | Matt Ryan | ||
| HaHa Clinton-Dix | Fletcher Cox | Dak Prescott | ||
| Landon Collins | Janoris Jenkins | Vic Beasley | ||
| Harrison Smith | Ryan Kerrigan | |||
| Luke Kuechly | ||||
| Richard Sherman | ||||
| 2 Star | No Star | |||
| Travis Fredrick | Jason Peters | |||
| Bobby Wagner | T.J. Lang | |||
| David Johnson | ||||
| Mike Tolbert | ||||
| Cliff Avril | ||||
| Michael Bennett | ||||
| Thomas Davis | ||||
| Cordarrelle Patterson | (5 star JuCo) |
AFC Pro Bowl Roster
| 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | ||
| A.J. Green | Amari Cooper | Travis Kelce | ||
| DeMarco Murray | Taylor Lewan | Geno Atkins | ||
| LeSean McCoy | David DeCastro | Jurrell Casey | ||
| JadeveonClowney | Maurkice Pouncey | Brian Orakpo | ||
| Eric Berry | Derek Carr | Marcus Peters | ||
| Tyreek Hill | Ndamukong Suh | |||
| Joe Thomas | Von Miller | |||
| Don’t'a Hightower | ||||
| C.J. Mosley | ||||
| Reggie Nelson | ||||
| 2 Star | No Star | |||
| T.Y. Hilton | Antonio Brown | |||
| Marshal Yanda | Donald Penn | |||
| Kelechi Osemele | Tom Brady | |||
| Delanie Walker | Ben Roethlisberger | |||
| Le'Veon Bell | Kyle Juszcyzyk | |||
| Khalil Mack | Cameron Wake | |||
| Aqib Talib | Lorenzo Alexander | |||
| Casey Hayward | ||||
| Chris Harris | ||||
| Devin McCourty |
I'm not so sure about that 4-star ranking for Aaron Rodgers. He was so lightly recruited that he quietly enrolled and played his first season of college football at Butte Community College. Cal head coach Jeff Tedford accidentally discovered him there. That path doesn't sound like one of a 4-star.
It's been documented more than enough times that very few saw the excellent quarterback that Tom Brady would become in the scrawny little fella that he once was. Still, Michigan gave him a scholarship. Cal wanted him. USC did too. That doesn't sound like a no-star quarterback. If anyone saw Brady's potential back in those days it was Mike Riley. As a USC assistant in the mid-1990s he recruited Brady. As the head coach with the San Diego Chargers in 2000 he wanted to draft that scrawny kid. Brady's no-star ranking probably has less to do with his ability at the time and more to do with the fact that his high school recruiting took place about 20 years ago. The star graders likely hadn't even dreamed up the star system yet.
If I was Baltimore Ravens fullback Kyle Juszcyzyk I'd still be spelling my name wrong.
It's been documented more than enough times that very few saw the excellent quarterback that Tom Brady would become in the scrawny little fella that he once was. Still, Michigan gave him a scholarship. Cal wanted him. USC did too. That doesn't sound like a no-star quarterback. If anyone saw Brady's potential back in those days it was Mike Riley. As a USC assistant in the mid-1990s he recruited Brady. As the head coach with the San Diego Chargers in 2000 he wanted to draft that scrawny kid. Brady's no-star ranking probably has less to do with his ability at the time and more to do with the fact that his high school recruiting took place about 20 years ago. The star graders likely hadn't even dreamed up the star system yet.
If I was Baltimore Ravens fullback Kyle Juszcyzyk I'd still be spelling my name wrong.
It's fun to look back and see what people thought of proven/star NFL players when those players were mere kids in high school. It shows that some players were great from the start and stayed great. It also shows that these star rankings that get so many people hot and bothered often don't mean a thing. More often than not the players that excel in the NFL are the players that want it the most, work the hardest, and end up in the right place at the right time.
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