The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
12.21.2020 | Football
Former Football letterwinners Quandre Diggs (2011-14) and Justin Tucker (2008-11) were selected to the NFL Pro Bowl on Monday.
AUSTIN, Texas – Former Texas Football letterwinners Quandre Diggs (2011-14) and Justin Tucker (2008-11) were selected to the 2021 NFL Pro Bowl on Monday. Diggs, a defensive back, currently plays for the Seattle Seahawks, while Tucker, a kicker, is with the Baltimore Ravens. Both were selected as starters for their respective conferences.
Diggs' selection marks the first of his career, while it is Tucker's fourth selection since 2017. Texas has had at least one player selected to compete in the NFL Pro Bowl in the last 20 seasons, the longest streak in school history. In total, the Longhorns have had 44 different Pro Bowlers representing 24 different teams who have made a total of 110 appearances.
At Texas, Diggs, an Angleton, Texas native, was a four-year starter who ended his career tied for ninth on the UT all-time interceptions list (11) with Mossy Cade (1981-83) and William Graham (1979-81). His 37 career pass breakups also tied for ninth with Cade on the school's all-time list. Diggs was a three-time All-Big 12 selection (2011, 2013-14) and started 48 of his final 49 games. He did not miss a game in his career on the Forty Acres. Diggs played in 52 total games (49 starts) during his time at Texas and was a candidate for the Chuck Bednarik, Bronko Nagurski and Jim Thorpe awards throughout his collegiate career. He is currently in his seventh NFL season, and second with the Seattle Seahawks. This season, he has registered 52 total tackles, five pass breakups and four interceptions in 14 starts.
Tucker, an Austin native, played in all 52 games during his four seasons at UT. He made 40-of-48 (83.3%) field goal attempts and was 71-for-71 on PAT attempts to log 191 career points. His .833 field goal percentage is tied for the second-best mark in school history. A 2011 second-team All-Big 12 selection, Tucker's career highlight came during his senior season when he made the game-winning 40-yard field goal as time expired at Texas A&M, the sixth game-winning last-second field goal in school history at the time. Tucker was an undrafted free agent who signed with the Ravens in 2012. He is currently the most accurate kicker in NFL history (90.6%) and has made 23-of-26 field goals (88.5%) and 44-of-45 PATs (97.8%) so far this season for Baltimore.
The 2021 Pro Bowl Game was originally scheduled to be played Jan. 31 in Las Vegas, but was canceled due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Instead, the NFL is working with EA Sports to create a weeklong series of matchups featuring celebrities, NFL legends, current players and streamers playing the official Pro Bowl rosters on Madden NFL 21. The week culminates in a virtual Pro Bowl game with 2021 Pro Bowl players within Madden, which will be available for fans to watch across a variety of platforms.
