Willis, Davis and Lee make NFC Pro Bowl roster
Dec 29, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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The 2010 AFC and NFC Pro Bowl rosters were officially announced today. The San Francisco 49ers will be sending three players to the annual game. Those players are linebacker Patrick Willis, tight end Vernon Davis and punter Andy Lee. All three players will be starters.
This will be Willis' third straight Pro Bowl appearance and Lee's second in three years.
The 2010 Pro Bowl will be played on Sunday, January 31, 2010 and televised live on ESPN at 4:30 p.m. PT from Dolphin Stadium in South Florida, also the site of Super Bowl XLIV a week later on Sunday, February 7.
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