A total of 14 players from Group of Five schools have accepted invitations to the prestigious Reese’s Senior Bowl. The game will take place on Feb. 3 in Mobile, Alabama, at noon (CT) and will be televised by the NFL Network.
For any all-star game, rosters could be fluid, but here are the G5 players committed to the Senior Bowl.
Group of Five Players In The Senior Bowl
Name | School | Position |
Carter Bradley | S. Alabama | QB |
Christian Haynes | UConn | OL |
Eric Watts | UConn | DL |
Ethan Driskell | Marshall | OL |
Javon Solomon | Troy | DL |
Jha’Quan Jackson | Tulane | WR |
Jontrey Hunter | Ga. State | LB |
Kimani Vidal | Troy | RB |
Luke McCaffrey | Rice | WR |
Malachi Corley | WKU | WR |
Marshawn Kneeland | W. Michigan | EDGE |
Michael Pratt | Tulane | QB |
Quinyon Mitchell | Toledo | DB |
Tyrice Knight | UTEP | LB |
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Carter Bradley, 6-3, 216, QB, South Alabama. Bradley is the first South Alabama QB to be named to the Senior Bowl. He began his career at Toledo, where he spent four years, and was at South Alabama for the last two years. This past season, he completed 68% of his passes for 2,660 yards, 19 touchdowns, and seven interceptions. In his two seasons at South Alabama, he led the Jaguars to consecutive bowl games for the first time in school history.
Malachi Corley, 5-11, 210, WR, Western Kentucky. Corley exploded for 79 receptions, 984 yards and 11 touchdowns. He is a two-time first-team All-Conference USA selection who had 259 career receptions for 3,033 yards and 29 touchdowns.
Ethan Driskell, 6-9, 329, OT, Marshall. A veteran who appeared in 47 career games, Driskell was a third-team all-Conference USA selection this past season.
Christian Haynes, 6-2, 313, OL, UConn. He started 12 games this season at guard and ended with 49 consecutive starts on the OL. Haynes has been selected to a few All-American teams and this season earned Associated Press Third-Team All-American honors for the second straight year.
Jontrey Hunter, 6-2, 240, LB, Georgia State. A third-team All-Sun Belt selection, Hunter had a team-leading 96 tackles in 12 games, which included 7 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. He also contributed four pass breakups and three forced fumbles.
Jha’Quan Jackson, 5-11, 185, WR, Tulane. Jackson caught 26 passes for 439 yards and four TDs. Jackson adds value as a return man. This season, he averaged 12.2 yards on nine punt returns. For his career, he averaged 11.4 yards on 58 punt returns and 22.9 yards on 32 kickoff returns.
Marshawn Kneeland, 6-3, 277, Edge, Western Michigan. This season, Kneeland had 57 tackles, including 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, and one safety. In a 45-21 win this past season at Eastern Michigan, he totaled 11 tackles, including four tackles for loss, three sacks, and one forced fumble. He was a second-team all-Mid-American Conference selection.
Luke McCaffrey, 6-2, 185, WR, Rice. A first-team all-American Athletic Conference selection, McCaffrey had 71 receptions for 992 yards and 13 touchdowns. His 13 TD receptions were tied for sixth nationally. He also rushed for 117 yards on 15 carries (7.8 avg.) The brother of San Francisco 49ers All-Pro RB Christian McCaffrey, Luke began his career at Nebraska as a QB but transitioned well to WR, a position his father Ed played in the NFL.
Quinyon Mitchell, 6-0, 196, CB, Toledo. In his first mock draft for NFL.com, Daniel Jeremiah had Mitchell being selected 17th in the first round. This year, he had one interception and 18 pass breakups and 40 tackles. He was a two-time, first-team all-Mid-American Conference selection. As a junior, he had 20 pass breakups and five interceptions.
Michael Pratt, 6-2 ½, 219, QB, Tulane. Pratt was the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year after completing 65.3% of his passes for 2,406 yards, 22 TDs, and six interceptions. He also rushed for 286 yards and five scores. Pratt helped resurrect Tulane’s program, leading the Green Wave on a great two-year run that included an American Athletic Conference title in 2022 and a loss in this year’s championship game to SMU. He threw for 9,286 career yards, with 88 touchdowns and 26 interceptions.
Javon Solomon, 6-2, 249, DE, Troy. A first-team All-Sun Belt selection, Solomon led the nation with 16 sacks. He recorded 56 tackles, including 18 tackles for loss. His 16 sacks set a single-season Sun Belt record. Solomon had two sacks in Troy’s 49-23 Sun Belt championship win over Appalachian State. In his five seasons at Troy, he recorded 33 career sacks.
Kimani Vidal, 5-8, 215, RB, Troy. This past season as a fourth-year junior, Vidal was named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for 1,661 yards (5.6 avg.) and 14 TDs. In Troy’s 49-23 Sun Belt championship win over Appalachian State, he rushed for 226 yards and five TDs on 26 carries.
Eric Watts, 6-5, 277, DE, UConn. This season, Watts recorded 34 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, while forcing two fumbles for the Huskies. As a junior, he had 49 tackles and a team-high seven sacks.
Tyrice Knight, 6-2, 235, LB, UTEP. Knight finished sixth nationally with 140 tackles in earning first-team All-Conference USA honors. He also recorded 15.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks. Always around the ball, he finished with 391 career tackles for the Miners.