2012 East–West Shrine Game Explained

Game Name:	East–West Shrine Game
Subheader:	All–Star Bowl Game
Date Game Played:	January 21
Year Game Played:	2012
Football Season:	2011
Stadium:	Tropicana Field
City:	St. Petersburg, Florida
Visitor School:	East–West Shrine Game#Game results
Visitor Name Short:	East Team
Visitor Coach:	Bobby Ross
Visitor 1Q:	10
Visitor 2Q:	7
Visitor 3Q:	0
Visitor 4Q:	0
Home School:	East–West Shrine Game#Game results
Home Name Short:	West Team
Home Coach:	Brad Childress
Home 1Q:	0
Home 2Q:	14
Home 3Q:	0
Home 4Q:	10
Mvp:	Lennon Creer (RB, Louisiana Tech) & Nick Sukay (CB, Penn State)^[1]
Attendance:	18,000 (est.)^[2]
Us Network:	NFL Network
Us Announcers:	Booth: Paul Burmeister, Mike Mayock, Charles Davis Sideline: Rebecca Haarlow

The 2012 East–West Shrine Game was the 87th staging of the all-star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players and a few select invitees from Canadian university football. The game featured over 100 players from the 2011 college football season, and prospects for the 2012 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The proceeds from the East-West Shrine Game benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. Brad Childress and Bobby Ross were named coaches on December 19, 2011.

This oldest all-star game was played on January 21, 2012, at 4 p.m. ET at the Tropicana Field. The radio broadcast team was Patrick Kinas and Brian Jordan in the radio booth, and Rick Berkey reporting from the sidelines. The Pat Tillman Award was presented to Tauren Poole (RB, Tennessee) as a player who "best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service".^[3]

Players

East Team

Name, Pos., College
Justin Bethel, CB, Presbyterian
Emanuel Davis, CB, East Carolina
Gary Gray, CB, Notre Dame
R.J. Blanton, CB, Notre Dame
Charles Brown, CB, North Carolina
Micah Pellerin, CB, Hampton
Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina
Matt Conrath, DL, Virginia
Julian Miller, DL, West Virginia
Jabaree Tuani, DL, Navy
Kyle Wilber, DL, Wake Forest
Akiem Hicks, DL, Regina
Nick Jean-Baptiste, DL, Baylor
Micanor Regis, DL, Miami
Travian Robertson, DL, South Carolina
Bruce Figgins, FB/TE, Georgia
Brandon Lindsey, LB, Pittsburgh
Najee Goode, LB, West Virginia
Shawn Loiseau, LB, Merrimack
Steven Erzinger, LB, Army
Max Gruder, LB, Pittsburgh
Joshua Linam, LB, Central Florida
Nick Sukay, LB, Penn State
Quentin Saulsberry, OC, Mississippi State
Tyler Horn, OC, Miami
Derek Dennis, OG, Temple
Jeremiah Warren, OG, South Florida
Desmond Wynn, OG, Rutgers
Rishaw Johnson, OG, California-Pennsylvania
Jeff Adams, OT, Columbia
Lamar Holmes, OT, Southern Miss
Joe Long, OT, Wayne State
Bradley Sowell, OT, Mississippi
Blair Walsh, K, Georgia
Shawn Powell, P, Florida State
B. J. Coleman, QB, Tennessee-Chattanooga
Austin Davis, QB, Southern Miss
John Brantley, QB, Florida
Alfred Morris, RB, Florida Atlantic
Tauren Poole, RB, Tennessee
Davin Meggett, RB, Maryland
Matt Daniels, S, Duke
Jerrell Young, S, South Florida
Christian Thompson, S, South Carolina State
Tysyn Hartman, S, Kansas State
Chase Ford, TE, Miami
Emil Igwenagu, TE, Massachusetts
Evan Rodriguez, TE, Temple
Tim Benford, WR, Tennessee Tech
LaRon Byrd, WR, Miami
B.J. Cunningham, WR, Michigan State
Kevin Hardy, WR, The Citadel
Lance Lewis, WR, East Carolina
Thomas Mayo, WR, California-Pennsylvania
A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois

West Team

Name, Pos., College
Chris Greenwood, CB, Albion
Brandon Hardin, CB, Oregon State
Rodney McLeod, CB, Virginia
Shaun Prater, CB, Iowa
Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia
Trevin Wade, CB, Arizona
Tyrone Crawford, DL, Boise State
Kentrell Lockett, DL, Mississippi
Arnaud Nadon, DL, Laval
Justin Francis, DL, Rutgers
Dominique Hamilton, DL, Missouri
Vaughn Meatoga, DL, Hawaii
Kaniela Tuipulotu, DL, Hawaii
DaJohn Harris, DL, Southern California
Jerry Franklin, LB, Arkansas
Tank Carder, LB, Texas Christian
Steven Johnson, LB, Kansas
Brandon Marshall, LB, Nevada
Josh Kaddu, LB, Oregon
Ronnie Thomton, LB, Southern Miss
David Snow, OC, Texas
Moe Petrus, OC, Connecticut
Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami (OH)
Markus Zusevics, OG, Iowa
Ben Heenan, OG, Saskatchewan
Josh LeRibeus, OG, Southern Methodist
Tom Compton, OT, South Dakota
Ryan Miller, OT, Colorado
Al Netter, OT, Northwestern
Matt Reynolds, OT, Brigham Young
Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska
Greg Zuerlein, K, Missouri Western State
Matt Prewitt, P, Kentucky Christian
Bryan Anger, P, California
Tyler Hansen, QB, Colorado
Chandler Harnish, QB, Northern Illinois
Dan Persa, QB, Northwestern
Lennon Creer, RB, Louisiana Tech
Marc Tyler, RB, Southern California
Bobby Rainey, RB, Western Kentucky
Aaron Henry, S, Wisconsin
Austin Cassidy, S, Nebraska
Blake Gideon, S, Texas
Duke Ihenaho, S, San Jose State
Kevin Koger, TE, Michigan
Cory Harkey, TE, UCLA
George Bryan, TE, North Carolina State
David Paulson, TE, Oregon
Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas
Junior Hemingway, WR, Michigan
Dale Moss, WR, South Dakota State
Tyler Shoemaker, WR, Boise State
Jarius Wright, WR, Arkansas
Devon Wylie, WR, Fresno State
Darius Hanks, WR, Alabama

Game notes

This was the third time the game was played in Florida; having been played the prior two years at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, this was the first time it was held in St. Petersburg.^[4]

Scoring summary

Statistics

Statistics	East	West
First Downs	18	25
Total offense, plays - yards	53-316	73-377
Rushes-yards (net)	22-57	39-171
Passing yards (net)	259	206
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	18-31-0	21-34-1
Time of Possession	24:27	35:33

2012 NFL Draft

See main article: article and 2012 NFL Draft.

External links

Box score at ESPN

Notes and References

AP, West rallies past East to win 87th Shrine Game, ESPN, January 21, 2012
News: Crowd pleases organizers . . . January 22, 2012 . January 14, 2018 . newspapers.com.
http://www.shrinegame.com/About/PatTillmanAward.aspx The East-West Shrine Game Pat Tillman Award
http://www.shrinegame.com/PressRoom/EWGameMovingtoStPete.aspx East-West Shrine Game Moving to St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field