Alabama alumni Brian Branch of the Detroit Lions, Minkah Fitzpatrick of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Marlon Humphrey of the Baltimore Ravens posted interceptions during the flag-football contest at the NFL’s Pro Bowl Games on Sunday.

Those three players are defensive backs. Jahmyr Gibbs is a running back for Detroit, but he also joined the Crimson Tide list of interceptors on Sunday by picking off a conversion pass while playing defense. Fitzpatrick intercepted a conversion pass, too.

Fitzpatrick returned his interception that counted in the stats 35 yards for a touchdown for the final points of the Pro Bowl Games. But the pick-six with 1:15 to play still left the AFC short as the NFC posted a 56-50 flag-football victory.

Coupled with the results of 10 off-the-field events, the NFC captured a 76-63 victory in the Pro Bowl Games. Since the NFL replaced the Pro Bowl game with the Pro Bowl Games, the NFC has won annually, making it three in a row on Sunday.

Nine players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field during the Pro Bowl Games flag-football contest:

•  Detroit Lions strong safety Brian Branch (Alabama) had three tackles (flags pulled) and one interception for the NFC. Branch intercepted Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow at the NFC 4-yard line on the final play of the first quarter, and on the next snap, the NFC scored on a 46-yard touchdown pass. (The flag-football game was played on a 50-yard field.)

• Houston Texans wide receiver Nico Collins (Clay-Chalkville) had two receptions for 13 yards and one touchdown for the AFC. Collins caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson as the AFC cut the NFC’s lead to 44-32 with 9:51 to play.

• Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama), a starter for the AFC, tied for the team lead with five tackles and returned an interception thrown by Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba 35 yards for a touchdown with 1:15 remaining.

• Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (Alabama) started for the NFC and had a 10-yard run and an 18-yard reception.

• Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey (Hoover, Alabama), a starter for the AFC, made three tackles and intercepted Minnesota Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold at the AFC 17-yard line in the second quarter.
• Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs (Alabama) caught a conversion pass from Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield for the NFC. Only three of the 17 conversion passes in the game succeeded.
• Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (Alabama), a started for the AFC, did not record any stats.
• Green Bay Packers free safety Xavier McKinney (Alabama), a starter for the NFC, had one tackle and broke up one pass.  
• Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II (Alabama), a starter for the AFC, made one tackle.

The NFC entered Sunday with a 14-7 lead from the six Pro Bowl Games events held Thursday night.

Humphrey helped the AFC get some of those points back on Sunday when he was on the winning team for Punt Perfect. He and Jacksonville Jaguars punter Logan Cooke won the event in sudden-death overtime against San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszcyzk and Detroit Lions punter Jack Fox. The four tried to punt footballs into giant buckets, and Humphrey made six in each round of regulation play – totaling only one fewer than Cooke and Fox.

The only other player from an Alabama high school or college to participate outside of the flag-football game on Sunday was New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (Wenonah, Alabama), who served as the anchor in the second tug-of-war match for the AFC. The NFC won that match to capture the best-of-three competition in two.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.