South Carolina College All Star Bowl Announces Watch List

It’s the South Carolina College All Star Bowl, but athletes playing football in Wyoming, Nebraska, Washington and Maryland are on the initial Watch List released today.

The 155 players on the Watch List come from seniors athletes on college and university rosters in South Carolina, as well as players who are Palmetto State natives playing for out-of-state schools.

“We wanted this game to represent the best that South Carolina has to offer,” said Clayton Banner, vice president of operations for the game. “This is a great group of players and it will be tough to trim the roster down as we get closer to the game.

Players from colleges and natives of high schools south of Interstate 20 will play for a Lowcountry team coached by Willie Jeffries, the legendary retired head coach of South Carolina State University and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Players from the Upstate (or north of the I-20 line) will be coached by Danny Ford, also a member of the College Football Hall of Famer who led Clemson University to the 1981 National Championship.

Clemson players on the watch list are Spencer Benton, Xavier Brewer, Jaron Brown, Andre Ellington, Brandon Ford, Malliciah Goodman, Rashard Hall, Jonathon Meeks, Sam Van Gieson, Jonathon Willard and Corico Wright.

Go to www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com/player-watchlist/ to read the full list of athletes on the Watch List, which includes players from Appalachian State, The U.S. Military Academy (Army), Benedict, Bethune Cookman, Bucknell, Campbell, Catawba, Charleston Southern University, The Citadel, Clemson University, Coastal Carolina University, Columbia University, Concord University, Duke, Eastern Carolina University, Florida State University, Fort Valley State, Furman University, Gardner-Webb University, Georgia State University, Harvard, Howard University, Johnson C. Smith, The University of Kentucky, Kentucky Christian, Lenoir-Rhyne, Liberty University, Louisiana Tech, The University of Michigan, Middle Tennessee State, Morgan State, North Carolina Central University, The U.S. Naval Academy, North Carolina State University, the University of Nebraska, Newberry College,  North Greenville University, North Texas University, Presbyterian College, South Carolina State University, University of Toledo, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Virginia State, Wingate, Wofford, Washington State University and Wyoming.

 This list includes seven players who received All-ACC recognition, one All-SEC honored player, one All-Big Ten, 11 All-SoCon honorees and 14 All-Big South honorees.

The final roster of two 50-player teams will be announced in January.

The South Carolina College All Star Bowl will be played on March 23, 2013 at 3 p.m. at North Greenville University. The game will be aired live to more than 4.5 million viewers throughout South Carolina as well as parts of Georgia and North Carolina. NFL veterans George Rogers, Patrick Sapp, Brandon Bennett, Woodrow Dantzler and others will serve as mentors to the players as they prepare for the game. Clemson and University of South Carolina broadcasters Will Merritt and Todd Ellis will provide commentary and insight for the game.

For more information go to www.sccollegeallstarbowl.com.