With only a couple of days left until the start of the College Football season, the Reese's Senior Bowl just released its preseason watchlist. The list features 8 HBCU players, a few of whom are featured on other preseason lists such as the Black College Football Player of the Year watchlist and the Buck Buchanan Award watchlist. Florida A&M is the HBCU team with the most players featured on the list with three followed by North Carolina Central with two.
The Reese's Senior Bowl, an annual post-season all-star college football game, takes place in Mobile, Alabama each year, typically towards the end of January or the beginning of February. This event serves as a pivotal showcase for NFL Draft prospects who have exhausted their eligibility in college football, spotlighting the finest talents on their journey to the professional league.
The Senior Bowl is a goal for many HBCU prospects such as former Buck Buchanan Award winner Isaiah Land. Land, who participated in the 2023 Reese's Senior Bowl, wore a sticker with the Bowl's name on it on his lower back shoulder pad throughout his last season at Florida A&M for motivation, per Vaughn Wilson of HBCU Gameday. Although he was not selected in the 2023 NFL Draft, Land was a sought-after Undrafted Free Agent and eventually signed with the Dallas Cowboys.
“When I was put on the watch list this year at the beginning of the season, they sent me a letter and a sticker,” Land told Wilson. “I put the sticker on my back plate as daily motivation that I had indeed made the right decision to return to FAMU and it was on me to show the caliber of player I am.”
The list of HBCU Players listed on the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list is below.
First Name | Last Name | Position | HBCU |
Jarveon | Howard | QB | Alcorn |
Marcus | Riley | WR | Florida A&M |
Javan | Morgan | DB | Florida A&M |
Kendall | Bohler | DB | Florida A&M |
Sundiata | Anderson | DL | Grambling |
Anim | Dankwah | OL | Howard |
Torricelli | Simpkins III | OL | North Carolina Central |
Davius | Richard | QB | North Carolina Central |