With Cody Parkey's addition to the Pro Bowl roster on Monday, nine Eagles have been selected to the NFL's all-star game ...
Cody Parkey's biggest kick was his game-winner against his former team, the Indianapolis Colts in Week 2
Cody Parkey set an NFL rookie record with 150 points, also the most by any kicker in Eagles history. Parkey finished second in the NFL in scoring, first in the NFC.
Cody Parkey becomes the ninth Eagle selected to go to the Pro Bowl. It's the most by any NFC team and the highest total by the Eagles since following the 2009 season
WR Jeremy Maclin will make his first Pro Bowl appearance
Maclin is replacing Denver wide reciever Demaryius Thomas on the Pro Bowl roster
Maclin posted his first 1,000-yard season as an Eagle and won the team's Ed Block Courage Award in 2014
This is Jon Dorenbos' second Pro Bowl appearance
Dorenbos was also named a member of Pro Football Focus' All-Pro Special Teams group
Dorenbos snapped all season longg for Cody Parkey, who set an NFL rookie record with 150 points in 2014
This will be Evan Mathis' second straight Pro Bowl appearance
After missing seven games with a knee injury, Mathis quickly rebounded back to Pro-Bowl form
Mathis joins offensive linemates Jason Peters and Jason Kelce on this year's Pro Bowl roster
This is Connor Barwin's first All-Pro selection
Barwin ranks fourth in the NFL and first in the NFC with 14.5 sacks
Barwin has also recorded 80 tackles and two forced fumbles on the season
This is also the first Pro Bowl appearance for Jason Kelce
Kelce played just two games in 2012 due to a knee injury, but has since rebounded in Pro Bowl style
Kelce signed a new seven-year contract wth the Eagles last offseason
This is the third Pro Bowl selection for LeSean McCoy
McCoy set the Eagles franchise rushing record in 2014, passing Wilbert Montgomery
McCoy currently has 6,693 rushing yards in 89 career games
This is Jason Peters' sixth All-Pro selection
Peters signed a new contract with the Eagles following the 20131 season that will keep him in Philadelphia through 2018
Peters has been the steady presence on an offensive line plagued by injuries in 2014
This is Darren Sproles' first All-Pro selection
Sproles has won three NFC Player of the Week Awarads in 2014 (two for special teams, one for offense)
Sproles has set a career best this season with 481 punt return yards
Linebacker Connor Barwin has had a career year, leading the Eagles with 14.5 sacks and asserting himself as a leader of the Eagles' ferocious front seven.
On Tuesday, Barwin's success was rewarded with the first Pro Bowl selection of his career.
"I think it's a huge honor," Barwin said Tuesday. "It's special because of the recognition from your peers, the coaches and the fans."
Barwin gave a big amount of the credit for his success this year to his teammates.
"I'm just fortunate to play in the defense that I play in and to play with the guys I play with," Barwin explained. "That is what allowed me to have the success that I had this year."
Here is more about Barwin and a unique story from his childhood ...
With nearly 70,000 fans cheering the Eagles on to victory, Lincoln Financial Field can get loud. Oh, I'm sorry, LOUD! Decibel levels reach triple digits making it hard at times to have a conversation with the person you're standing next to. The players on the field thrive off of the emotion as they wave their arms in the air the way a conductor leads an orchestra. There are times when players state that they are so focused they can hear nothing. Maybe that's true. But at one point in time that was certainly the case for linebacker Connor Barwin. He was born deaf.
"I never really talked about it because I felt like I was very lucky," said Barwin after a recent training session at the NovaCare Complex. "There are a lot of people who are born deaf who are still deaf. I can say I was born deaf, they put tubes in my ears and I got my hearing back. I had to go through a lot of major surgeries, but I was a kid. I didn't know any better. It really was never a problem, at least the way I look at it. I didn't want to talk about it because to talk to people who didn't get their hearing back, I always felt that I wasn't much of an example. I was very lucky."
The discovery of Barwin's hearing loss was even more fortunate. The youngest of four boys, Connor went with his mother, Margaret Bailey, to see a specialist. But 2-year-old Connor wasn't the reason for the visit. It was his brother, Sean, who had a severe ear ache. During the visit, the doctor picked up on the behavior of young Connor, who talked in a loud voice and grabbed at his mother's face. Those are telltale signs of deafness. Click here to read the rest of this feature.
