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The first college All-Star Game of the postseason, Hula Bowl participants are primarily lower level NFL prospects who grade out as late round draft prospects and high level undrafted free agents (UDFA). Prospects who excel during practices and in the Hula Bowl can earn an invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl on 1/27 or the Senior Bowl on 1/31 where the best draft-eligible prospects earn invitations.

The Senior Bowl participants are overwhelmingly the best declared juniors and seniors available for the NFL Draft. Most, but rarely all, first round draft picks played in the Senior Bowl with the notable exception of the best QBs who typically opt-out of participating.

The penultimate edition of the college football playoff selection show just dropped on Tuesday night and it is clear that the selection committee is not committed to placing an ACC team in the playoff field. Tuesday's rankings listed two place holders for the 11 and 12 seeds - Conference Champ #4 and Conference Champ #5, respectively. If Virginia wins Saturday night, the Cavaliers are securely in the field as the likely 11-seed and will open up with a road game the weekend of

The 79th Annual Hula Bowl All-Star game will take place this coming Saturday, January 11th at the FBC Mortgage Center in Orlando, Florida at 12 noon ET on CBS Sports Network. Formerly, the Hula Bowl was a game that was played in Hawaii but starting with the 2022 edition, the Hula Bowl was moved to Florida. It still is one of the three premiere college all-star games, measuring just below the East-West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl, both of which take place during the off week b

(Blake Watson / RB / Memphis) College football scouting has four distinct stages – the regular season, the postseason all-star game...