2026 Senior Bowl

2026 Panini Senior Bowl
77th Senior Bowl
1234Total
National 00099
American 1430017
DateJanuary 31, 2026
Season2025
StadiumHancock Whitney Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPGarrett Nussmeier (QB, LSU)[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkNFL Network

The 2026 Senior Bowl was a college football all-star game played on January 31, 2026, at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the National Football League (NFL)'s 2026 NFL draft, predominantly from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game began at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and was officially known as the Panini Senior Bowl via sponsorship from Panini America. Television coverage was provided by NFL Network.[2] The full roster for the game was announced on January 14, 2026.[3] The National Team was coached by Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach Clint Hurtt, and the American Team was coached by New Orleans Saints assistant coach Joel Thomas.[4] The American Team defeated the National Team, 17–9.[5] Garrett Nussmeier was named the game's most valuable player.[6]

Players

Roster source:[7]
Box score:[8]

National team

No. Player Position HT/WT College Notes
13 Kaytron Allen RB 5'11"/220 Penn State
8 Vinny Anthony II WR 5'11"/185 Wisconsin
7 Vincent Anthony Jr. DE 6'5"/246 Duke 2 tackles (2 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack, 1 forced fumble
43 Luke Basso LS 6'3"/236 Oregon
87 Nate Boerkircher TE Texas A&M
28 Bryce Boettcher LB 6'0"/227 Oregon 10 tackles (4 solo), 1 pass breakup
3 Romello Brinson WR SMU
34 Josh Cameron WR 6'1"/223 Baylor 2 rec, 13 yds
21 Bud Clark SAF 6'1"/185 TCU 3 tackles (2 solo)
78 Dametrious Crownover OL 6'6"/331 Texas A&M
1 Charles Demmings CB 6'1"/191 Stephen F. Austin 2 tackles (1 solo)
33 Dani Dennis-Sutton DE 6'5"/268 Penn State
1 Thaddeus Dixon DB 6'0"/194 North Carolina 2 tackles (1 solo)
5 Caleb Douglas WR 6'3"/198 Texas Tech
67 Gennings Dunker OL 6'4"/320 Iowa
28 Zane Durant DT 6'0"/290 Penn State
20 Bryson Eason DT 6'2"/316 Tennessee
91 Deven Eastern DT 6'5"/301 Minnesota
96 Ryan Eckley P 6'0"/199 Michigan State
3 Kaleb Elarms-Orr LB 6'1"/233 TCU 5 tackles
0 Logan Fano DE 6'4"/258 Utah
52 Jalen Farmer OL 6'4"/322 Kentucky
2 TJ Hall CB 6'0"/188 Iowa 2 tackles
56 Gracen Halton DT 6'2"/293 Oklahoma
50 Dayon Hayes DE Texas A&M
75 Sam Hecht OL 6'4"/297 Kansas State
9 Romello Height DE 6'2"/234 Texas Tech
71 Alan Herron OL 6'4"/321 Maryland
88 Matthew Hibner TE SMU 1 rec, 17 yds
3 Chris Hilton Jr. WR LSU 1 rec, 8 yds
8 Colton Hood CB 5'11"/188 Tennessee
2 Jordan Hudson WR 6'0"/198 SMU 2 rec, 17 yds
2 Lee Hunter DT 6'3"/320 Texas Tech
6 Darrell Jackson Jr. DL Florida State
1 Chris Johnson CB 6'0"/190 San Diego State 1 tackle
7 Justin Joly TE 6'3"/251 NC State 1 rec, 18 yds
90 Rene Konga DL Louisville 1 tackle
9 Tanner Koziol TE 6'6"/245 Houston
5 Caullin Lacy WR 5'8"/189 Louisville 1 rec, 22 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo)
74 Delby Lemieux OL 6'5"/305 Dartmouth
48 Max Llewellyn DE 6'5"/255 Iowa 2 tackles (1 solo), 1 pass breakup
9 Kyle Louis LB 5'11"/224 Pittsburgh
6 Jeffrey M'Ba DT 6'5"/316 SMU
5 Hezekiah Masses CB 6'0"/180 California 4 tackles
1 Donaven McCulley WR Michigan 4 rec, 50 yds
3 Seth McGowan RB 5'11"/215 Kentucky 1 rec, 7 yds; 4 rush, 35 yds
6 Jalen McMurray CB 5'10"/179 Tennessee
4 Tyren Montgomery WR 5'11"/190 John Carroll
5 Kejon Owens RB FIU 1 rec, 3 yds; 7 rush, 20 yds, 1 TD
2 Diego Pavia QB 5'9"/198 Vanderbilt 10/13 passing, 78 yds; 4 rush, -12 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 forced fumble
7 VJ Payne SAF 6'3"/210 Kansas State 1 tackle
9 Cole Payton QB 6'2"/229 North Dakota State 5/10 passing, 72 yds; 5 rush, 22 yds
58 Melvin Priestly OL Illinois
34 TJ Quinn LB Louisville 5 tackles (1 solo)
0 Chandler Rivers CB 5'9"/185 Duke 3 tackles (2 solo)
13 Sawyer Robertson QB 6'3"/221 Baylor 1/5 passing, 17 yds; 1 rush, 8 yds
10 Jacob Rodriguez LB 6'1"/233 Texas Tech
0 DJ Rogers TE 6'3"/242 TCU
77 Keylan Rutledge OL 6'3"/316 Georgia Tech
94 Tyreak Sapp DL Florida
8 DeShon Singleton SAF 6'2"/212 Nebraska 4 tackles (1 solo), 1 INT
10 Nick Singleton RB 6/0"/221 Penn State
8 Cian Slone DE 6'3"/239 NC State 2 tackles (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
70 Beau Stephens OL 6'5"/310 Iowa
18 Drew Stevens K 6'1"/221 Iowa
3 J'Mari Taylor RB 5'9"/205 Virginia 3 rush, 41 yds
9 Star Thomas RB Tennessee 2 rec, 12 yds; 1 rush, -1 yds; 2 tackles (1 solo)
11 Nadame Tucker OLB Western Michigan 5 tackles (4 solo, 3 TFL), 2 sack, 1 forced fumble
1 Reggie Virgil WR 6'2"/188 Texas Tech
2 Harrison Wallace III WR 5'11"/194 Ole Miss
42 Tyre West DL Tennessee
6 Zakee Wheatley SAF 6'2"/201 Penn State
0 Scooby Williams LB 6'2"/217 Texas A&M
16 Wydett Williams SAF Ole Miss
50 Carver Willis OL 6'4"/305 Washington
60 Trey Zuhn III OL 6'6"/309 Texas A&M

American team

No. Player Position HT/WT College Notes
4 Cyrus Allen WR 5'11"/180 Cincinnati 1 rec, 9 yds
9 Luke Altmyer QB 6'1"/210 Illinois 5/8 passing, 21 yds; 3 rush, -13 yds
1 Aaron Anderson WR 5'7"/177 LSU 1 rec, 19 yds
5 Cameron Ball DT 6'3"/313 Arkansas
88 Caleb Banks DT Florida 1 tackle (0.5 TFL), 0.5 sack
58 Austin Barber OL 6'6"/318 Florida
93 Nick Barrett DT 6'3"/315 South Carolina 1 tackle
70 Markel Bell OL Miami
26 Rayshaun Benny DT 6'3"/296 Michigan 1 tackle (1 solo)
8 Kaelon Black RB 5'9"/208 Indiana 2 rec, 9 yds; 8 rush, 45 yds
11 Lewis Bond WR 5'11"/197 Boston College
71 Jude Bowry OL 6'4"/314 Boston College
52 James Brockermeyer OL 6'3"/297 Miami
6 Barion Brown WR 5'10"/176 LSU 1 rec, 12 yds
55 Fernando Carmona OL 6'4"/318 Arkansas
77 Kage Casey OL 6'5"/309 Boise State
3 Kevin Coleman Jr. WR 5'11"/174 Missouri 1 rec, 3 yds
24 Keyron Crawford OLB 6'3"/251 Auburn 4 tackles (3 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
80 Josh Cuevas TE 6'3"/252 Alabama 1 rec, 6 yds
74 J. C. Davis OL 6'4"/335 Illinois
2 Fred Davis II CB 6'0"/197 Northwestern 1 pass breakup
44 Keyshaun Elliott LB 6'1"/233 Arizona State 4 tackles (2 solo)
6 Daylen Everette CB 6'0"/193 Georgia
1 Rahsul Faison RB South Carolina 1 rush
44 Will Ferrin K 6'2"/179 BYU
0 Malachi Fields WR 6'4"/218 Notre Dame 2 rec, 20 yds
60 Beau Gardner LS 6'4"/251 Georgia
10 Taylen Green QB 6'6"/229 Arkansas 2/4 passing, 18 yds; 4 rush, -12 yds
84 John Michael Gyllenborg TE 6'5"/251 Wyoming 1 rec, 6 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo)
38 Owen Heinecke LB 6'1"/224 Oklahoma 4 tackles
1 Ted Hurst WR 6'3"/207 Georgia State
15 Quintayvious Hutchins DE 6'2"/229 Boston College 5 tackles (3 solo, 3 TFL), 1 sack
1 Davison Igbinosun DB 6'2"/192 Ohio State
58 Max Iheanachor OL 6'5"/325 Arizona State
17 Gabe Jacas DL 6'3"/260 Illinois
89 Will Kacmarek TE 6'5"/262 Ohio State
96 Tim Keenan III DT 6'1"/332 Alabama
17 Jack Kelly LB 6'1"/246 BYU 4 tackles (2 solo)
11 Nyjalik Kelly DE UCF 2 tackles (1 solo)
24 Jalon Kilgore SAF 6'0"/211 South Carolina 4 tackles (4 solo)
8 Ja'Kobi Lane WR 6'4"/196 USC
7 Chris McClellan DT 6'3"/315 Missouri 1 tackle (0.5 TFL), 0.5 sack, 1 pass breakup
8 Derrick Moore DE 6'3"/254 Michigan
5 Malik Muhammad CB 5'11"/183 Texas
23 Julian Neal CB 6'1"/202 Arkansas 1 tackle
18 Garrett Nussmeier QB 6'1"/202 LSU 5/8 passing, 57 yds, 1 INT; 1 rush, 3 yds, 1 TD
4 Namdi Obiazor LB 6'2"/224 TCU 3 tackles
78 Ethan Onianwa OL 6'6"/332 Ohio State
0 Jaydn Ott RB 5'10"/202 Oklahoma 1 rec, 9 yds; 8 rush, 42 yds, 1 TD
22 LT Overton DL 6'2"/278 Alabama 1 tackle (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
3 T. J. Parker DE 6'3"/263 Clemson
7 Ephesians Prysock CB 6'2"/194 Washington 2 tackles (1 solo), 2 pass breakups
7 Kamari Ramsey SAF 5'11"/199 USC 1 tackle
8 Adam Randall RB 6'2"/233 Clemson 2 rush, 3 yds
86 Sam Roush TE 6'5"/259 Stanford
66 Jake Slaughter OL 6'4"/305 Florida
10 Xavian Sorey LB 6'1"/220 Arkansas 3 tackles (3 solo)
7 Jalen Stroman DB 6'0"/198 Notre Dame
16 Michael Taaffe SAF 5'11"/193 Texas 3 tackles
65 Logan Taylor OL 6'6"/305 Boston College
92 Brett Thorson P 6'1"/240 Georgia
89 Dan Villari TE 6'4"/243 Syracuse
1 Devin Voisin WR 5'9"/182 South Alabama
4 Mike Washington Jr. RB 6'0"/228 Arkansas 1 rec, 3 yds; 5 rush, 26 yds
77 Jeremiah Wright OL 6'5"/340 Auburn
6 Collin Wright CB 6'0"/186 Stanford 4 tackles (3 solo)
9 Zion Young DE 6'5"/262 Missouri 2 tackles (1 solo)

References

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