| Subheader: | 1st HBCU Legacy Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2021 |
| Year Game Played: | 2022 |
| Date Game Played: | February 19 |
| Game Name: | HBCU Legacy Bowl |
| Visitor Name Short: | Team Robinson |
| Visitor School: | Eddie Robinson (American football coach) |
| Visitor Coach: | Willie Simmons (Florida A&M) |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home Name Short: | Team Gaither |
| Home School: | Jake Gaither |
| Home Coach: | Buddy Pough (South Carolina State) |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 6 |
| Home 3Q: | 9 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Stadium: | Yulman Stadium |
| City: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Referee: | Tuta Salaam[1] |
| Anthem: | Tonya Boyd-Cannon[2] |
| Halftime: | GSU Tiger Marching Band[3] |
| Mvp: | Geremy Hickbottom (QB, Tennessee State) & Antwan Collier (DB, Florida A&M)[4] |
| Us Network: | NFL Network |
| First Game Ever Played: | y |
The 2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season college football all-star game played on February 19, 2022, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the inaugural edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl, whose founding was announced by the Black College Football Hall of Fame on March 18, 2021. The game was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2021–22 bowl games. Television coverage was provided by NFL Network.
The bowl's teams are named after Jake Gaither, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the Grambling State Tigers from 1941 to 1997.
Football programs representing historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) primarily compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in NCAA Division II, and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
On September 1, 2021, Aqeel Glass, quarterback for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, became the first player to be selected for the HBCU Legacy Bowl.[5] [6] As the 2021 season progressed, the game's website was updated with players who confirmed plans to participate in the game. Those players are listed below.[7]
| Position | Player | School | Conf. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL | Rafiq Abdul-Wahid | CIAA | ||
| DB | Will Adams | CIAA | ||
| WR | Korey Banks | style=" | Big South | |
| P | Neil Boudreau | style=" | MEAC | |
| LB | Wesley Bowers | CIAA | ||
| OL | Greg Brooks | CIAA | ||
| QB | Juwan Carter | MEAC | ||
| OL | Louis Chandler | SAC | ||
| LS | John Davis | style=" | Big South | |
| DB | Elvin De La Rosa | CIAA | ||
| OL | Matthew Derks | MEAC | ||
| DL | De'Shaan Dixon | MEAC | ||
| OL | Cam Durley | OVC | ||
| DL | James Fagan | Big South | ||
| DB | Joshua Flowers | CIAA | ||
| DL | Javon Frazier | CIAA | ||
| OL | Jaylan Galloway | CIAA | ||
| DB | Trey Giles | SIAC | ||
| DE | Antonio Golden | SIAC | ||
| OL | Tison Gray | MEAC | ||
| WR | Trey Gross | MEAC | ||
| QB | OVC | |||
| DL | Jamal Holloway | SIAC | ||
| OL | Savion Hopes | CIAA | ||
| LB | Devon Hunt | CIAA | ||
| DE | Keyshawn James | CIAA | ||
| DB | Zafir Kelly | MEAC | ||
| TE | Isiah Macklin | MEAC | ||
| RB | Jah-Maine Martin | Big South | ||
| WR | Marquis McClain | SWAC | ||
| WR | Ryan McDaniel | MEAC | ||
| DE | Chris Myers | MEAC | ||
| LB | Noah Rainbow-Douglas | MEAC | ||
| DB | Taeyonn Reynolds | CIAA | ||
| OL | De'jour Simpson | Big South | ||
| DB | Tevin Singleton | CIAA | ||
| K | Jefferson Souza | CIAA | ||
| RB | Isaiah Totten | MEAC | ||
| WR | Will Vereen | MEAC | ||
| DB | Aaron Walker | MEAC | ||
| WR | Imeek Watkins | CIAA | ||
| OL | Zachary Wilcox | CIAA | ||
| RB | Call Wilkins | CIAA | ||
| QB | Bryce Witt | CIAA | ||
| DB | Myles Wolfolk | CIAA |
| Position | Player | School | Conf. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WR | Dee Anderson | SWAC | ||
| DB | Zach Anderson | SIAC | ||
| DE | Michael Badejo | SWAC | ||
| LS | Luke Barnes | SWAC | ||
| RB | Bishop Bonnett | SWAC | ||
| WR | Shemar Bridges | SIAC | ||
| DL | Jeremiah Caine | SWAC | ||
| OL | Amari Catchings | SWAC | ||
| DL | Christian Clark | SWAC | ||
| DB | Rodney Coleman, Jr. | SIAC | ||
| DB | Antwan Collier | SWAC | ||
| WR | Keith Corbin, III | SWAC | ||
| DE | Kailon Davis | SWAC | ||
| WR | Ke'Lenn Davis | SWAC | ||
| OL | Keenan Forbes | SWAC | ||
| LB | Jerry Garner | SWAC | ||
| OL | Danny Garza | SWAC | ||
| LB | Chad Gilchrist | MEAC | ||
| QB | SWAC | |||
| RB | Ezra Gray | SWAC | ||
| DB | Marvin Grunshie | SIAC | ||
| LB | Keonte Hampton | SWAC | ||
| QB | Felix Harper | SWAC | ||
| WR | Trey Harrell | SWAC | ||
| OL | Miquail Harvey | SIAC | ||
| OL | Nathaniel Hines | SWAC | ||
| OL | Jordan Ighofose | SWAC | ||
| OL | Jay Jackson-Williams | SWAC | ||
| LB | Untareo Johnson | SWAC | ||
| DB | Coemba Jones | SIAC | ||
| TE | Taron Mallard | SWAC | ||
| LB | Derrick Mayweather | SWAC | ||
| DB | Daniel Norman | SIAC | ||
| DL | Antwan Owens | SWAC | ||
| QB | Jawon Pass | SWAC | ||
| OL | Jalen Powell | MEAC | ||
| WR | LeCharles Pringle | SWAC | ||
| WR | Tyrin Ralph | SWAC | ||
| OL | Jamal Savage | SWAC | ||
| RB | Ladarius Skelton | SWAC | ||
| OL | Jalen Spady | SWAC | ||
| RB | Brett Sylve | SIAC | ||
| DB | Juwan Taylor | SWAC | ||
| DB | Jalon Thigpen | SWAC | ||
| TE | Montavious Tinch | SIAC | ||
| K | Rigoberto Tinoco | SIAC | ||
| LB | Tim Walton | SWAC | ||
| P | Jonatan Ward | SIAC | ||
| WR | Josh Wilkes | SWAC | ||
| DL | Savion Williams | SWAC | ||
| OL | Columbus Willis | SWAC | ||
| DB | Al Young | SWAC | ||
| DL | Loren Young | SAC |
Several game-specific rules were used:[8]