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Pro Bowl rosters have officially been selected by Michael Irvin, Jerry Rice

Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice filled out their rosters during Wednesday night's draft.

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In a desperate effort to spice up arguably the most useless All-Star Game in professional sports –– which is quite the dubious feat, by the way –– the NFL decided two years ago to name two Hall of Famers as Pro Bowl captains. This season, wide receivers Michael Irvin and Jerry Rice selected their rosters in front of a primetime audience Wednesday on ESPN.

After one year in Arizona, the Pro Bowl makes its return to Hawaii this season. The 2016 Pro Bowl will air Jan. 31 at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN from Aloha Stadium, which is where it's traditionally been held. The only issue is, it doesn't seem as if anybody wants to go.

This year's invitation to the Pro Bowl is the most declined in history, with 133 players being selected for the game. Most notably, all seven New England Patriots who were selected have backed out. Even Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy turned down his invitation, citing an illness.

But 86 players will take the field Sunday for Teams Irvin and Rice. Here's what those rosters look like:

Team Irvin:

QB: Russell Wilson (1st pick), Jameis Winston, Teddy Bridgewater

RB: Devonta Freeman (captain), Todd Gurley, Latavius Murray

WR: Julio Jones, A.J. Green, DeAndre Hopkins, Allen Robinson

TE: Delanie Walker, Tyler Eifert

DL: Ezekiel Ansah, Michael Bennett, Carlos Dunlap, Geno Atkins (captain)

LB: Anthony Barr, Lavonte David, Sean Lee

DB: Richard Sherman, Desmond Trufant, Reshad Jones, Adam Jones, Malcolm Jenkins, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Harrison Smith

Coach: Winston Moss (Packers associate head coach)

Pre-Draft Selections:

FB: Patrick DiMarco

OT: Branden Albert, Tyron Smith, Andrew Whitworth

G: David DeCastro, Zack Martin, Marshal Yanda

C: Travis Frederick, Alex Mack

DT: Calais Campbell, Jurrell Casey

LB: NaVorro Bowman, Derrick Johnson

K: Dan Bailey

P: Sam Koch

KR: Darren Sproles

PR: Justin Bethel

Team Rice

QB: Eli Manning (1st pick), Derek Carr, Tyrod Taylor

RB: Adrian Peterson, Doug Martin, Chris Ivory

WR: Odell Beckham Jr. (captain), Jarvis Landry, Amari Cooper, T.Y. Hilton

TE: Travis Kelce, Gary Barnidge

DL: Aaron Donald (captain), Khalil Mack, Everson Griffen, Cameron Jordan

LB: Tamba Hali, Julius Peppers, Elvis Dumervil

DB: Marcus Peters, Vontae Davis, Brent Grimes, Eric Berry, Jason Verrett, Mike Adams, Charles Woodson

Coach: Andy Reid

Pre-Draft Selections:

FB: John Kuhn

OT: Kyle Long, Joe Staley, Joe Thomas

G: Richie Incognito, Logan Mankins, Josh Sitton

C: Nick Mangold, Eric Wood

DT: Fletcher Cox, Gerald McCoy

LB: Clay Matthews, Bobby Wagner

K: Josh Brown

P: Johnny Hekker

KR: Tyler Lockett

ST: Cedric Peerman