2020 Senior Bowl Explained

Game Name:	Senior Bowl
Subheader:	71st Senior Bowl
Title Sponsor:	Reese's
Date Game Played:	January 25
Year Game Played:	2020
Football Season:	2019
Stadium:	Ladd–Peebles Stadium
City:	Mobile, Alabama
Visitor School:	Senior Bowl#Game results
Visitor Name Short:	North
Visitor Nickname:	Team
Visitor Coach:	Matt Patricia (Detroit Lions)
Visitor 1Q:	0
Visitor 2Q:	10
Visitor 3Q:	21
Visitor 4Q:	3
Home School:	Senior Bowl#Game results
Home Name Short:	South
Home Nickname:	Team
Home Coach:	Zac Taylor (Cincinnati Bengals)
Home 1Q:	7
Home 2Q:	3
Home 3Q:	0
Home 4Q:	7
Mvp:	Justin Herbert (QB, Oregon)^[1]
Referee:	Larry Smith (Big Ten)
Attendance:	38,252
Us Network:	NFL Network
Us Announcers:	Booth: Charles Davis, Daniel Jeremiah, Andrew Siciliano Sidelines: Bucky Brooks, Tom Pelissero

The 2020 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game played on January 25, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the 2020 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL), predominantly from the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, rostered into "North" and "South" teams. It was one of the final 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and was officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl, with television coverage provided by NFL Network.^[2]

Coaching staffs for the Senior Bowl are selected from NFL teams that did not qualify for the postseason. The Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals were selected to coach in 2020,^[3] led by head coaches Matt Patricia and Zac Taylor, respectively. The Lions coached the North team, while the Bengals coached the South team.^[4]

This would prove to be the last Senior Bowl played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. On March 4, 2020, game organizers announced that future editions would remain in Mobile, but move to Hancock Whitney Stadium, set to open in fall 2020 on the campus of the University of South Alabama.^[5]

Players

Organizers maintained a "watch list" of hundreds of players, with a maximum of 110 players invited to the game.^[6] Players who accepted invitations to the game were listed on the official website,^[7] with complete rosters presented below. While team assignments for the North and South squads follow general geographical guidelines, there are usually multiple variances due to competitive and roster-balancing considerations. Players were from FBS programs, unless marked otherwise in the "College" column.

North team

Full roster online here.

No.	Position	HT/WT	College	Notes
72	OT	6'8/318
78	OT	6'4/302
58	DE	6'3/257
25	RB	5'10/195		7 carries, 43 yards; 2 receptions, 87 yards, 1 TD
16	K	5'10/183		2/2 FG, 50 long; 4/4 XP
21	CB	5'9/191
56	OLB	6'2/240
13	ILB	6'0/230
74	OG	6'4/316
26	DB	5'11/192
22	S	6'3/219	Southern Illinois (FCS)
83	WR	6'4/229		2 receptions, 6 yards, 1 TD
45	DE	6'3/234
79	DT	6'3/322
27	S	6'1/195
1	WR	6'1/199		4 receptions, 53 yards
21	S	6'0/205
99	DT	6'5/337
90	DT	6'2/304
11	WR	6'3/222		1 reception, 5 yards, 1 TD
11	S	5'10/202
3	QB	6'2/199		8/12, 69 yards, 2 TD; 1 carry, –3 yards
53	DT	6'3/327
56	C	6'1/293
39	ILB	6'2/246		1 INT
23	RB	5'8/203		3 carries, 25 yards, 1 TD; 2 receptions, 15 yards
67	OT	6'7/309
58	OL	6'4/302
75	OT	6'3/301
17	WR	6'0/192		2 PR, 20 yards; 1 reception, 1 yard
94	DE	6'3/233
89	TE	6'3/241		2 receptions, 19 yards
4	S	5'11/218
73	OG	6'3/310
24	CB	6'2/206
70	T	6'5/311
2	RB	5'10/214		15 carries, 105 yards
5	QB	6'3/223		4/6, 26 yards; 4 carries, 4 yards
34	P	5'11/190		4 punts, 196 yards, 49.0 average, 59 long
86	TE	6'5/238
53	OT	6'6/304
14	S	5'11/210
15	WR	6'2/206		1 carry, 17 yards; 1 reception, 13 yards
92	DT	6'2/294
7	CB	6'0/199
7	QB	6'1/204		6/10, 131 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 9 yards
65	OT	6'6/310
2	WR	6'3/219		did not play (injury)^[8]
5	CB	5'11/193		1 INT, 33-yard return
13	WR	5'10/196		1 PR, 3 yards; 1 reception, 17 yards
94	DE	6'3/259
55	DE	6'4/267
88	TE	6'2/244	Portland State (FCS)
84	TE	6'5/251	Dayton (FCS)	2 receptions, 10 yards
6	OLB	6'1/241
89	ILB	6'2/234
93	DE	6'3/254
30	ILB	6'2/241
33	LS	6'0/237

South team

Full roster online here.

No.	Position	HT/WT	College	Notes
4	WR	6'1/206		did not play^[9]
73	OL	6'2/315
75	OG	6'5/308	Saint John's (D-III)
25	RB	5'9/195		7 carries, 20 yards; 3 receptions, 19 yards
98	K	6'0/187		1/2 FG, 25 long; 2/2 XP
25	S	5'10/213
31	OLB	6'5/232
6	ILB	6'0/219
40	TE	6'4/242
20	P	6'4/240		5 punts, 224 yards, 44.8 average, 60 long
40	DT	6'3/309
32	S	6'1/205
79	OL	6'3/312
7	DE	6'3/297
24	OLB	6'1/219
83	TE	6'2/245
23	S	6'2/223	Lenoir-Rhyne (D-II)	2 PR, 16 yards
6	WR	5'10/202		2 receptions, 28 yards
48	LS	6'2/227
24	RB	6'0/223		11 carries, 68 yards
15	DE	6'3/259
9	CB	6'1/199
58	DE	6'3/262
10	QB	6'6/227		9/12, 83 yards, 1 TD; 3 carries, 22 yards; MVP
17	CB	5'10/192
1	QB	6'1/218		6/13, 58 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries, –7 yards
60	OL	6'3/300
11	CB	5'11/180
14	WR	6'1/197		1 KR, 34 yards; 2 receptions, 11 yards
33	ILB	6'1/252
15	WR	6'3/206		3 receptions, 22 yards, 1 TD
11	WR	6'5/221		2 receptions, 25 yards
95	DT	6'1/321
3	DT	6'5/315
68	OL	6'2/329
24	OLB	6'5/258
16	WR	6'0/202		2 receptions, 21 yards
17	WR	6'1/212		1 reception, 14 yards
21	S	5'11/201
12	QB	6'4/240		3/8, 22 yards, 1 INT; 3 carries, –28 yards
2	RB	5'10/211		7 carries, 42 yards; 2 receptions, 17 yards 1 TD
78	OT	6'5/342
80	TE	6'4/254
22	DB	6'1/202
74	OG	6'4/330
65	OT	6'6/312
71	OG	6'6/317
81	TE	6'5/254		1 reception, 6 yards
77	OT	6'8/308	South Carolina State (FCS)
19	DE	6'3/259
20	OLB	6'0/224
72	OL	6'5/309
5	RB	5'9/205		did not play (injury)^[10]
2	CB	5'10/185		1 INT, 22-yard return
12	S	5'11/199
76	OT	6'5/307
54	DT	6'4/287
8	OLB	6'4/254
92	DE	6'3/253

Quarterback Jalen Hurts was provided with a special helmet for the Senior Bowl, representing Alabama on one side and Oklahoma on the other side,^[11] the two college programs that he played for.

Game summary

Note: special playing rules detailed here.

Statistics

Statistics	North	South
First downs	19	20
Total yards	426	280
Rushes–yards	33–200	37–117
Passing yards	226	163
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	18–28–1	18–33–2
Time of possession	32:41	27:19

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
North	Passing	Shea Patterson (Michigan)	6/10, 131 yards, 1TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Joshua Kelley (UCLA)	15 carries, 105 yards
Receiving	Darius Anderson (TCU)	2 receptions, 87 yards, 1 TD
South	Passing	Justin Herbert (Oregon)	9/12, 83 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Antonio Gibson (Memphis)	11 carries, 68 yards
Receiving	Devin Duvernay (Texas)	2 receptions, 28 yards

External links

NCAAF 2020 Reese's Senior Bowl via YouTube

Notes and References

Sportnewsbuzz . 1221218203818348544 . NFL News: Justin Herbert Wins 2020 Senior Bowl MVP as North Beats South 34-17 . January 25, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
Web site: The Reese's Senior Bowl . seniorbowl.com . September 8, 2018.
seniorbowl . 1212827535811190785 . We are excited to announce the NFL League Office has assigned the Cincinnati Bengals & Detroit Lions as our coaching staffs! . January 2, 2020 . January 3, 2020.
JimNagy_SB . 1216016382200025089 . The #Bengals will coach the South roster and the #Lions will coach the North at this year’s Reese’s Senior Bowl. . January 11, 2020 . January 18, 2020.
News: Senior Bowl to be played at South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium beginning in 2021 . Creg . Stephenson . . March 4, 2020 . March 6, 2020.
Web site: Watch List . seniorbowl.com . 2019 . November 10, 2019.
Web site: Accepted Invites . January 19, 2020.
TrojansWire . 1221198785709330432 . Michael Pittman Jr. out of Senior Bowl with foot injury . January 25, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
paulie23ny . 1221162820336857091 . One player not participating in game but could be Late RD 1/Early Rd 2 pick is Brandon Aiyuk of Arizona St. . January 25, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
paulie23ny . 1221157908651692038 . Ke'Shawn Vaughn will not play in #seniorBowl due to injury. . January 25, 2020 . January 25, 2020.
Web site: Hurts honors Bama, Oklahoma with double-sided helmet for Senior Bowl . ESPN.com . January 20, 2020.