The NFL on Thursday announced Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner and center Ryan Kelly were named 2025 Pro Bowl alternates.
Buckner, who earned Pro Bowl nods in 2018, 2021 and 2023, enters Week 18 with 6 1/2 sacks, eight tackles for a loss and 13 quarterback hits in 11 games. Buckner's 84.0 Pro Football Focus overall defense grade ranks sixth among defensive tackles.
Kelly, a four-time Pro Bowler (2019-2021, 2023), enters the Colts' regular season finale with a 72.4 Pro Football Focus pass blocking grade, fourth-highest among centers with at least 500 snaps. Only two centers – Kansas City's Creed Humphrey and Denver's Luke Wattenberg – have allowed fewer pressures than Kelly's nine over his 523 snaps this season.
Buckner and Kelly will hope to join three teammates in Orlando for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games on Feb. 1: Linebacker Zaire Franklin, left guard Quenton Nelson and running back Jonathan Taylor.
