Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert was in the locker room when safety Derwin James broke the news to him.
Herbert was going to his first Pro Bowl.
"Is it official?" Herbert asked James in late December.
It was not only official. It was historic. Herbert became the first Chargers quarterback to be selected as a Pro Bowl starter since fellow-Oregon alum Dan Fouts in 1983, a span of 38 years.