Thirteen players from Alabama high schools and colleges are set to participate in the Pro Bowl Games on Thursday and Sunday.

For the second year, the all-star participants will not square off in a traditional football game. The NFL eliminated the Pro Bowl game last year and replaced it with a skills competition and a flag-football game.

The competition starts on Thursday night with Precision Passing, Closest to the Pin, High Stakes, Snap Shots and Epic Pro Bowl Dodgeball and concludes on Sunday with Kick Tac Toe, Move the Chains, Gridiron Gauntlet, Madden NFL Head-to-Head, Tug-of-War and the AFC vs. NFC flag-football game.

Pro Bowl Games participants with Alabama football roots include:

· Jacksonville Jaguars outside linebacker Josh Allen (Abbeville)

· Houston Texans defensive end Will Anderson Jr. (Alabama)

· Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Derrick Brown (Auburn)

· Philadelphia Eagles guard Landon Dickerson (Alabama)

· Pittsburgh Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick (Alabama)

· Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs (Alabama)

· Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry (Alabama)

· Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill (West Alabama)

· Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (Philadelphia)

· Indianapolis Colts center Ryan Kelly (Alabama)

· Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II (Alabama)

· Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (Alabama)

· New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams (Wenonah, Alabama)

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Amari Cooper (Alabama) was chosen for the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster but has withdrawn.

On Thursday, the NFL announced the team lineups for the Pro Bowl Games events pitting the AFC against the NFC.

Epic Pro Bowl Dodgeball features seven-player teams representing the AFC offense, AFC defense, NFC offense and NFC defense. Participants include Henry and Hill on the AFC offense, Allen, Fitzpatrick and Surtain on the AFC defense and Gibbs on the NFC offense.

Hurts and Tagovailoa will participate in Precision Passing. All the Pro Bowl Games quarterbacks will compete in a one-minute accuracy competition, with the highest scorer from each conference advancing to a final round of six throws apiece.

Kelly will participate in Snap Shots, along with the other Pro Bowl Games centers and long snappers. They’ll snap footballs at targets during a 45-second accuracy contest. The conference with the highest cumulative score wins the event.

In Move the Chains, two teams of offensive and defensive linemen will work to move 3,000 pounds of weights off a wall, then pull the 2,000-pound wall across the finish line. The five-man AFC team includes Anderson.

Gridiron Gauntlet is a relay race over an obstacle course by four six-man teams. Anderson is on one of the AFC teams, and Williams is on the other. Brown and Dickerson are on one of the NFC teams.

Hill and Cleveland Browns tight end Davis Njoku will play in Madden NFL Head-to-Head against Los Angeles Rams wide receiver and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons using the Pro Bowl rosters for the video game.

Four five-man teams will complete in the Tug-of-War event. Williams is competing for the AFC, with Dickerson and Brown on different NFC teams.

Set to play flag football on Sunday are Allen, Fitzpatrick, Henry, Hill, Kelly, Surtain and Tagovailoa for the AFC and Gibbs and Hurts for the NFC.

The flag-football game has a seven-on-seven format and will be played on a 50-yard field with 10-yard end zones.

The winning conference in each of the skills events receives three points. The score at the end of the skills events will be the starting score for the flag-football game.

Held in Orlando, Florida, the Pro Bowl Games will be televised from 6 to 7:30 p.m. CST Thursday by ESPN and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday by ABC, ESPN and Disney XD. Thursday’s competition takes place at Nicholson Fieldhouse at the University of Central Florida. Sunday’s skill events and flag-football game will be held at Camping World Stadium.

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