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FUN FACT: Tremaine Edmunds is The THIRD Youngest Defensive Player EVER to Play in the Pro Bowl.*

Hello Fellow Rumblers!

I took it upon myself to research the youngest players ever selected to the NFL pro bowl starting in 1950. Here's what I've found. There have been 22 players selected to the Pro Bowl that were 21 years old and all but FOUR were offensive players. I've listed the 21 year old prodigies below but did not put the year of their pro bowl. If we are getting technical...Tremaine Edmunds is the third youngest defensive player to ever play in the pro bowl and the YOUNGEST NON ROOKIE TO EVER PLAY. Do keep in mind that ProFootballReference does not include alternates in their roster list so this article needs an asterisk by it.

Note: No player younger than 21 (20 or younger) has EVER made the pro bowl.

Offensive 21 Year Old Players Selected to the Pro Bowl (in order of year of selection):

Mike McCormack - RT - NYY

Dicky Moegle - LS - SFO

Jim Brown - FB - CLE

Barry Sanders - RB - DET

Emmitt Smith - RB - DAL

Jerome Bettis - RB - RAM

Marshall Faulk - RB - IND

Randy Moss - WR - MIN

Edgerrin James - RB - IND

Percy Harvin - KR - MIN

Maurkice Pouncey - C - PIT

Patrick Peterson - KR - ARI

Jameis Winston - QB - TB

Todd Gurley - RB - STL

Ezekiel Elliott - RB - DAL

Budda Baker - ST - ARI

Saquon Barkley - RB - NYG

Mecole Hardman - KR - KAN

Defensive 21 Year Old Players Selected for the Pro Bowl (in order of year of selection):

Shawne Merriman - LB - SD - 21 Years 8 Months 18 Days Old

Marshon Lattimore - CB - NO - 21 Years 8 Months 8 Days Old

Denzel Ward - CB - CLE - 21 Years 8 Months 30 Days Old

Tremaine Edmunds - LB - BUF - 21 Years 8 Months 24 Days Old

Summary: Honestly, after looking through 70 years of rosters I did not do age calculations for the offensive players to get him an overall age ranking...but if someone out there wants to do it then have at it! I also didn't list the years they were selected because I got lazy. This is quite an impressive feat and we should all be super proud of this young man. Let's hope this is his first of many trips to Hawai'i.

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