Victor Cruz humbled by Pro Bowl voting

Victor Cruz was a Pro Bowl snub last year (not that he would have been able to attend the game anyway, since he and the Giants were a little busy). This year it seems like he’ll get an invitation to Hawaii.

Of course, he’d like to have other responsibilities in order to decline that honor as well. Still, he said, it would be nice to get the nod and he is humbled to be leading NFC wide receivers in Pro Bowl voting.

“It’s crazy to even fathom the thought that just three years ago, I was a guy nobody knew, now I’m leading in votes for the Pro Bowl,” Cruz said. “Words can’t even explain how I feel about that right now. I’m just humbled by it and, hopefully, I can continue my high level of play, continue to catch the football, score some touchdowns and not let the fans down.”

Cruz has put a video on the Internet in recent weeks that shows him catching a football from an airplane (fact or fiction?) and ends with him asking for votes to go to the Pro Bowl. Cruz said he has others in the can as well.

“I think it’s definitely a catalyst in getting some more people headed in the right direction to vote for me and things like that,” Cruz said. “I think it played a big part and the funny thing is, we’ve got a couple more videos that we want to put out there that should continue that trend, so we’ll see how it goes.”

There are still three more weeks of voting and a few Giants have a chance to make it. Here are the other Giants players currently in the top 5 at their position:

Eli Manning – 5^th among NFC quarterbacks (211,377)

Henry Hynoski – 3^rd among NFC fullbacks (44,753)

Chris Snee – 4^th among NFC guards (92,975)

David Baas – 2^nd among NFC centers (101,245)

Jason Pierre-Paul – 2^nd among NFC defensive ends (192,315)

Lawrence Tynes – 2^nd among NFC kickers (60,310)