49ers’ Purdy finishes with most Pro Bowl votes
Phoenix-area native and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy ended up with the most votes for the Pro Bowl Games, which take place in Orlando early next month before the Super Bowl.
Purdy, a former Gilbert Perry and Iowa State standout who was the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft but has quickly become one of the NFL’s top signal callers, finished with 451,864 votes. Fan voting ended on Christmas Day and player voting ended on Dec. 29.
Purdy, who just turned 24 years old last week, is an NFL MVP candidate with 4,280 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes and a 69.4 completion percentage this season. He has a career regular season record of 17-4 as a starter after bursting onto the scene late last season in leading San Francisco to the NFC championship game.
His passing yards and touchdowns both rank second in the NFL. Purdy was selected to the NFL All-Rookie team last season and has once been named NFC
Offensive Player of the Week in 2023.
A former Arizona high school player of the year, Purdy had 6A record passing numbers in his senior season at Perry. A few years later, he returned to the area to lead Iowa State to a Fiesta Bowl win over Oregon.
Purdy took the top spot, joined by two 49ers teammates in the top five among vote-getters. Running back Christian McCaffrey was second around 22,000 votes behind Purdy, and tight end George Kittle was fourth.
The 49ers led all NFL teams in total votes received as fans landed 49ers players atop 15 different positions in the final NFC voting. The Cardinals had no player in the top 10 except second-year tight end Trey McBride, who was 10th in the NFL and sixth in the NFC voting.
The AFC and NFC player rosters for The Pro Bowl Games will be announced Wednesday night live on NFL Network’s Pro Bowl special airing at 6 p.m.