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Geno Smith, 3 Seahawks Named to 2024 Pro Bowl Games

With several players dropping out of the festivities in Orlando due to injury, Seattle had three alternates added to the Pro Bowl roster to participate in events this week.

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After having three players initially voted into the Pro Bowl, the Seahawks will send six to Orlando with quarterback Geno Smith, receiver DK Metcalf, and special teamer Nick Bellore added to the roster as alternates.

As announced on the Seahawks official website on Tuesday morning, Smith, Metcalf, and Bellore will replace Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans, Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, and Lions special teamer Jalen Reeves-Maybin, who all dropped out of the event due to injuries. They will join linebacker Bobby Wagner, safety Julian Love, and rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon, giving the team their most Pro Bowl selections since having seven in 2020.

With his inclusion to the roster, Smith will join Russell Wilson and Dave Krieg as the third quarterback in franchise history to earn back-to-back Pro Bowl selections. Starting 15 games, he threw for 3,624 yards with 20 touchdowns and only nine interceptions, orchestrating a league-best five game-winning drives and becoming the first player in NFL history to throw seven go-ahead touchdown passes in the fourth quarter in a single season.

On the receiving end of many of Smith's completions, Metcalf led the Seahawks with 1,114 receiving yards and eight touchdown receptions, averaging a career-high 16.9 yards per catch. Effective moving the chains and finishing in the red zone, he turned 52 out of his receptions into first downs and finished tied for second with five touchdowns inside the opposing 10-yard line. This will be the former Ole Miss star's second career Pro Bowl selection.

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As for Bellore, the savvy veteran special teams ace will also add a second Pro Bowl selection to his resume. Still one of the NFL's best flying downfield to make plays in kick and punt coverage, he finished with nine combined tackles while logging a team-high 364 special teams snaps overall.

The 2024 Pro Bowl games will take place at Camping World Stadium in Orlando this week leading up to the Super Bowl with the skills competition televised on Thursday, February 1 from 4 to 5:30 PM PT and a flag football game played on Sunday, February 4 at noon PT. Both events will be televised on ESPN and the flag football game will also air on ABC.

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Corbin K. Smith
CORBIN K. SMITH

Graduating from Manchester College in 2012, Smith began his professional career as a high school Economics teacher in Indianapolis and launched his own NFL website covering the Seahawks as a hobby. After teaching and coaching high school football for five years, he transitioned to a full-time sports reporter in 2017, writing for USA Today's Seahawks Wire while continuing to produce the Legion of 12 podcast. He joined the Arena Group in August 2018 and also currently hosts the daily Locked On Seahawks podcast with Rob Rang and Nick Lee. Away from his coverage of the Seahawks and the NFL, Smith dabbles in standup comedy, is a heavy metal enthusiast and previously performed as lead vocalist for a metal band, and enjoys distance running and weight lifting. A habitual commuter, he resides with his wife Natalia in Colorado and spends extensive time reporting from his second residence in the Pacific Northwest.

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