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NFL Players Most Likely To Reach 1st Pro Bowl In 2016

By Erik Lambert

Aug 19, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson (31) runs the ball during the first quarter against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 19, 2016; San Diego, CA, USA; Arizona Cardinals running back David Johnson (31) runs the ball during the first quarter against the San Diego Chargers at Qualcomm Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jan 9, 2016; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals running back Jeremy Hill (32) celebrates scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Wild Card playoff football game at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2016; Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Bengals running back Jeremy Hill (32) celebrates scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Wild Card playoff football game at Paul Brown Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports /

Jeremy Hill (Cincinnati Bengals)

Up until now it has been a two-man show for the Cincinnati Bengals at running back. Giovani Bernard has posted over 1,000 yards from scrimmage in each of his three seasons with the team. He’s a highly versatile weapon that figures to get plenty of touches in 2016. So why would anybody care to predict that his backfield mate Jeremy Hill is in line for the Pro Bowl? The simplest reason. He makes the absolute most out of the reduced number of touches he gets.

In 2015 Hill ran the ball just 222 times but for 1,124 yards. That averaged out to a whopping 5.1 per carry. Then last year he had almost exactly the same number of touches (223) but just 794 yards. However, he ended up scoring 11 touchdowns. It feels like he has both sides of the job figured out now. Hill knows how to run for yardage and how to score. If Bernard goes down with injury for any length of time this season, he will make the most of it.

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