The City of Brotherly Love will be well represented in the Aloha State come February.

The NFC East-champion Philadelphia Eagles placed an NFL-high nine players on the National Football Conference All-Star team that will face the American Football Conference All-Stars in the 2005 Pro Bowl on Sunday, February 13 in Honolulu, Hawaii (7:30 P.M. ET, ESPN), the NFL announced today.

The Pro Bowl starting lineups will be announced during the NFL Wild Card playoff games on Saturday, January 8 on ABC-TV.

Fifteen NFC players will participate in their first Pro Bowl, including New York Giants running back TIKI BARBER – who joins his brother, RONDE, a cornerback and two-time All-Star for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – on the NFC squad. The Barbers are the seventh set of NFL brothers to be named to the Pro Bowl and third in the same season (BRUCE and CLAY MATTHEWS, 1989-90; and SHANNON and STERLING SHARPE, 1993-95). They are also the first set of twins to be chosen for the game.

The NFC South champion Atlanta Falcons and playoff-bound Green Bay Packers will each send four players to the Pro Bowl, including Falcons quarterback MICHAEL VICK, a two-time selection who is bidding to become the first quarterback in NFL history with 1,000 rushing yards in a season. The Dallas Cowboys also will send four players to Hawaii.

Quarterback DONOVAN MC NABB leads the way for the Eagles’ contingent. McNabb, a five-time All-Star, has led Philadelphia to a 13-1 record and homefield advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Wide receiver TERRELL OWENS’ successful first season in Philadelphia has resulted in his fifth All-Star selection while tackle TRA THOMAS makes his third trip to Hawaii.

The Eagles have allowed an NFL-low 202 points in 2004, and four of their defensive players have earned All-Star recognition, including three in the defensive backfield. Cornerback LITO SHEPPARD, the team leader with five interceptions, and strong safety MICHAEL LEWIS will make their first Pro Bowl appearances, while free safety BRIAN DAWKINS makes his fourth. Inside linebacker JEREMIAH TROTTER is an All-Star for the third time.

Eagles special teamer IKE REESE is a first-time All-Star while kicker DAVID AKERS makes his third All-Star appearance.

Akers (Berlin, 1999) is one of five NFL Europe League veterans headed to the Pro Bowl – Dallas interior lineman LA’ROI GLOVER (Barcelona, 1997), Green Bay guard MARCO RIVERA (Scotland, 1997), New England kicker ADAM VINATIERI (Amsterdam, 1996) and Kansas City guard BRIAN WATERS (Berlin, 2000).

The 42-man NFC squad is comprised of 21 offensive and 17 defensive players plus four specialists. A 43rd "need" player will be chosen by the NFC head coach and must be a cornerback, defensive end, linebacker, or long snapper.

The NFL is the only professional sports league that combines voting by fans, coaches and players in determining its all-star teams. The consensus vote of each group counts one-third towards the total. Each team submits two ballots – those of the coach and the players with no one permitted to vote for a player on his own team.

This year, a record 61 million votes were cast on NFL.com, in stadiums and via wireless text message in voting presented by Ameriquest Mortgage Company.

Joining McNabb and Vick at quarterback is Minnesota’s DAUNTE CULPEPPER, a three-time All-Star. Culpepper is the NFC’s leading passer (110.1) and needs one touchdown pass to surpass RANDALL CUNNINGHAM (34, 1998) for the franchise record.

At running back, Seattle’s SHAUN ALEXANDER and Green Bay’s AHMAN GREEN will join Barber. Alexander makes his second consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl while Green, who topped 1,000 yards rushing last week (1,086) for the fifth consecutive season -- tying JIM TAYLOR for the franchise record -- is a four-time All-Star. Teammate WILLIAM HENDERSON, a ten-year veteran who helps pave the way for Green at fullback, heads to the Pro Bowl for the first time.

Another Packer making his first trip to Hawaii is wide receiver JAVON WALKER. Walker ranks second in the conference with 81 receptions and 1,210 yards. New Orleans Saints standout JOE HORN, the NFL leader with 1,248 receiving yards on an NFC-high 85 receptions, is a four-time All-Star, while one of the NFL’s hottest receivers, Carolina’s MUHSIN MUHAMMAD, makes his second Pro Bowl appearance. Muhammad has scored 10 touchdowns in his last eight games and ties for third in the NFL with 12 this season. Owens rounds out the NFC receiving corps.

Atlanta Falcons tight end ALGE CRUMPLER has been voted to the Pro Bowl for the second consecutive season. Crumpler has 17 receptions of at least 20 yards this year, tops among NFL tight ends. Joining Crumpler is Dallas’ JASON WITTEN, a first-time All-Star who set franchise records at the position with 73 receptions and 853 yards.

Bears center OLIN KREUTZ, a Hawaii native, makes his fourth consecutive trip home as an All-Star, joined by Minnesota center MATT BIRK, also a four-time choice.

The tackle position will be manned by a trio of Pro Bowl veterans. Joining Thomas is Seattle’s WALTER JONES, a five-time All-Star, and St. Louis’ ORLANDO PACE, a six-time choice.

Perennial All-Star LARRY ALLEN of Dallas anchors the guard position. Allen has earned his ninth Pro Bowl selection, the most among NFC All-Stars. Joining him is Rivera, who is the first Packers offensive lineman with three consecutive Pro Bowl appearances since GALE GILLINGHAM accomplished the feat from 1969-71. Seattle’s STEVE HUTCHINSON heads to his second Pro Bowl.

A trio of first-time All-Stars will man the defensive end positions for the NFC, including Carolina’s JULIUS PEPPERS, one of the NFL’s most exciting players. Peppers, who has scored two defensive touchdowns this season, has helped the Panthers to wins in five of their last six games. Defensive end BERTRAND BERRY of Arizona, who ties for the NFC lead with 12.5 sacks, and Atlanta’s PATRICK KERNEY, the Falcons’ top sacker with 10.0, complete the group.

Dallas’ Glover, along with a pair of impressive Pro Bowl newcomers, Detroit’s SHAUN ROGERS and Minnesota’s KEVIN WILLIAMS, are the NFC’s interior linemen. Williams leads NFL defensive tackles with 10.0 sacks while Rogers is enjoying perhaps the finest season of his four-year career.

Outside linebacker DERRICK BROOKS of Tampa Bay has earned his eighth consecutive All-Star selection, trailing only Allen in NFC seniority. Brooks is joined by Atlanta’s KEITH BROOKING, voted to the game for the fourth year in a row, and Washington’s MARCUS WASHINGTON, a first-time All-Star in his first season with the team.

On the inside, Carolina’s DAN MORGAN will join Philadelphia’s Trotter. Morgan is the first Panthers’ linebacker selected since KEVIN GREENE in 1998.

At cornerback, Detroit’s DRE’ BLY teams with Tampa Bay’s Barber and Philadelphia’s Sheppard. Bly, voted to the team for the second consecutive season, leads the Lions with four interceptions and bids to become the first player to lead the team outright for two years in a row since BOBBY WATKINS in 1984-85.

Philadelphia strong safety Lewis and free safety Dawkins are joined with a rival from the NFC East, Dallas’ free safety ROY WILLIAMS. Williams, an anchor of the Cowboys’ defense in his third season, makes his second consecutive Pro Bowl appearance.

Detroit return specialist EDDIE DRUMMOND has been one of the NFL’s most exciting players this season. The first-time All-Star became only the second player in NFL history (DANTE HALL, Kansas City, 2003) to score on two punt return and two kickoff return touchdowns in the same season. The NFC special teamer is Philadephia’s Reese.

The other NFC specialists are kicker Akers and New Orleans Saints punter MITCH BERGER. Berger will make his second All-Star appearance and first for the Saints. He leads the NFC with a 44.1-yard average and 39.5-yard net average this season.

The National Football Conference defeated the American Conference in a wild 55-52 contest last season, the highest- scoring game in Pro Bowl history. The all-time series is tied 17-17. The 2005 coaching staff will be from the NFC Championship Game runner-up team.

The selected players with the most votes at each position are the designated starters, and will be announced on January 8. Under terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each player on the winning team receives $35,000, while each player on the losing squad earns $17,500.