The 2025 faculty soccer season is over, however all-star bowls shall be occurring over the following few weeks. The most distinguished of those bowls are the Hula Bowl, the American Bowl, the East-West Shrine Bowl, and the Senior Bowl. This put up will deal with the Senior Bowl.
These occasions are used primarily as camps with a sport on the finish. Invited gamers get formally measured and weighed upon checking in. Then, there are a couple of days of observe with NFL coaches. The observe time for gamers is admittedly on the coronary heart of those occasions.
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This is because of the time gamers and coaches can spend collectively honing their craft collaboratively. It offers gamers an opportunity to be evaluated by coaches who know the NFL sport. What higher solution to perceive the place and methods to enhance than to listen to it from the supply? Receiving this suggestions may give the gamers an edge as they head into their coaching for the NFL Combine or their respective Pro Day.
Finally, this provides gamers an opportunity to face out. If a participant was overshadowed on his staff by different proficient people, wasn’t featured in his offense, or, within the case of these on this article, performed in a Group of 5 convention, they’ve the chance to open the eyes of the coaches with their play and bounce onto the radar earlier than draft time. While the mix and professional days are additionally good alternatives for this, the extra possibilities coaches should see one play and compete, the higher place they put themselves in.
This 12 months, one lone participant from the Mountain West is taking part within the Senior Bowl. Below, we’ll present a short description of every participant and illustrate what sort of exhibiting they should enhance their draft inventory.
Note: Sometimes gamers should not on preliminary rosters and pop up throughout practices or the sport. Due to this, some gamers could also be on the roster however should not featured right here. We relied on participant or staff accounts to announce their participation. They shall be featured within the inventory report following the sport.
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East-West Shrine Bowl Schedule:
Saturday, January 31, 2026
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1:30 pm (Central time) The NFL Network
The Players:
OL Kage Casey (Boise State)
A former three-star out of Clackamas, Oregon, Kage Casey usurped most cheap expectations throughout his tenure in Boise. As a redshirt freshman, he began 14 video games at left sort out and by no means relinquished the function because the preeminent anchor of the offense for the remainder of his collegiate profession. After the 2024 season, Casey was bestowed quite a few recognitions from a bevy of media retailers, together with The Athletic, Phil Steele, College Football Network, and Sports Illustrated. It could appear to be a shock on the floor that he was collectively celebrated regardless of nonetheless being only a sophomore, however Pro Football Focus gushed over him as they ranked the left sort out third within the nation at move blocking (amongst fellow tackles), fifteenth in general offense, and seventh in blocking. The hype round Casey was drawn to a simmer this 12 months on account of Boise State’s up-and-down season, however along with his flooring being an early day three decide within the NFL Draft, it feels as if with a powerful Senior Bowl efficiency and a strong NFL Combine outing, he may climb into the early phases of the third or, doubtlessly, 2nd spherical. The greatest nitpick that some have is that he’s a bit inflexible and stiff within the decrease half of his physique when coping with defenders on the sting. But as a comparatively polished prospect, that shouldn’t function a dealbreaker for many basic managers and coaches.
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DB Chris Johnson (San Diego State)
Chris Johnson was named a second-staff All-America by the Sporting News for his accomplishments throughout the 2025 season. This is along with first-staff choice by Pro Football Focus, Bleacher Report, and Sports Info Solutions. He additionally has further second-staff standing from Pro Football and Sports Network.
Johnson loved a stellar season with the Aztecs, totaling 49 tackles (36 solo), 4 interceptions with 146 return yards and two touchdowns, 9 move breakups, three tackles for loss, two quarterback hurries, and a compelled fumble. He was additionally a semi-finalist for the Jim Thorpe award, given yearly to the perfect defensive again within the nation. He was additionally the Mountain West co-defensive participant of the 12 months. Johnson helped lead the Aztecs to an general 9-4 report, a pointy enchancment over final season’s 3-9 mark. The 6-0, 195 senior is among the finest cornerbacks within the nation and is taken into account a draft decide for a staff in search of a zone-primarily based defender with excessive instincts for shortly transferring to the ball. He will get an opportunity to showcase his skills in Mobile, Alabama.
Note: The weaknesses or questions describing every participant under aren’t essentially the views of the contributors or the positioning, however fairly what may very well be questions or considerations NFL scouts, expertise evaluators, or the media have about them, that are nonetheless price discussing, as they’ll have ramifications.