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All Pac-12/NFL team

This posted on Friday, but because of the long weekend we didn't get a chance to get to it until today. But it's still worth exploring a very interesting post from the folks at Pacific Takes, who put together an All-NFL team consisting of Pac-12 alumni. Only current NFL players are eligible. Their team:

Offense

QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay, Cal

RB Maurice Jones-Drew, Jacksonville, UCLA

RB Marshawn Lynch, Seattle, Cal

T Jordan Gross, Carolina, Utah

G Zane Beadles, Denver, Utah

C Ryan Kalil, Carolina, USC

G Andy Levitre, Buffalo, Oregon State

T Tyron Smith, Dallas, USC

WR Steve Smith, Carolina, Utah

WR DeSean Jackson, Philadelphia, Cal

TE Rob Gronkowski, New England, Arizona

K Jason Hanson, Detroit, Washington State

Defense

DE Andre Carter, New England, Cal

DT Haloti Ngata, Baltimore, Oregon

DT Jurrell Casey, Tennessee, USC

DE Frostee Rucker, Cleveland, USC

LB Terrell Suggs, Baltimore, Arizona State

LB Clay Matthews, Green Bay, USC

LB Lance Briggs, Chicago, Arizona

CB Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia, Cal

CB Brandon Browner, Seattle, Oregon State

S Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh, USC

S Eric Weddle, San Diego, Utah

P Chris Kluwe, Minnesota, UCLA

They go on to list a complete second team for offense and defense as well as honorable mentions for most positions (it's a good, in-depth post with thoughts on each player).

Hard to argue with a lot of those names on the first team. And maybe I could see swapping a couple of the first-teamers out for the second-teamers and vice-versa. But for the most part it's solid.

So in the interest of sparking some additional discussion, here's who I think from the 2012 draft class could land on this list of first-teamers in five years.

Offense

QB Andrew Luck, Indianapolis, Stanford

RB LaMichael James, San Francisco, Oregon

OL Tony Bergstrom, Oakland, Utah

OL David DeCastro, Pittsburgh, Stanford

TE Coby Fleener, Indianapolis, Stanford

Defense

DE Nick Perry, Green Bay, USC

LB Mychal Kendricks, Philadelphia, Cal

S Brandin Hardin, Chicago, Oregon State