The 2017 East–West Shrine Game was the 92nd staging of the all–star college football exhibition to benefit Shriners Hospital for Children. The game was held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on January 21, 2017, with a 3:00 p.m. EST kickoff. It was one of the final 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season. The game featured NCAA players (predominantly from the Football Bowl Subdivision) and a few select invitees from Canadian university football, rostered into "East" and "West" teams.
The game featured more than 100 players from the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season and prospects for the 2017 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended.
This was first East–West Shrine Game with coaches and game officials supplied by the NFL. Head coaches in the game were assistant coaches with NFL teams who did not advance to the postseason; Brentson Buckner of the Arizona Cardinals and George Edwards of the Minnesota Vikings. The game was broadcast on the NFL Network.
Players
Full roster is available here.
East team
Offense No. Name Position HT/WT School 2 De'Veon Smith RB 5'11/228 Michigan 3 Drew Morgan WR 6'0/193 Arkansas 4 I'Tavius Mathers RB 5'11/205 Middle Tennessee 7 Kermit Whitfield WR 5'8/178 Florida State 8 Tony Stevens WR 6'4/213 Auburn 9 Nick Mullens QB 6'1/205 Southern Mississippi 10 Cooper Rush QB 6'3/230 Central Michigan 12 Gehrig Dieter WR 6'3/207 Alabama 14 Marcus Cox RB 5'10/205 Appalachian State 15 Alek Torgersen QB 6'2/220 Pennsylvania 18 Quincy Adeboyejo WR 6'3/195 Mississippi 57 Adam Pankey OG 6'6/316 West Virginia 58 Will Holden OT 6'7/312 Vanderbilt 60 Cameron Tom OC 6'4/290 Southern Mississippi 66 Joseph Scelfo OC 6'1/300 North Carolina State 67 Kyle Kalis OG 6'5/305 Michigan 68 Lucas Crowley OC 6'3/293 North Carolina 70 Dan Skipper OT 6'10/325 Arkansas 71 Jonathan McLaughlin OT 6'5/300 Virginia Tech 72 Alex Kozan OG 6'3/310 Auburn 77 Erik Magnuson OT 6'5/310 Michigan 78 Dieugot Joseph OT 6'6/300 Florida International 81 Colin Jeter TE 6'6/255 Louisiana State 83 Scott Orndoff TE 6'5/255 Pittsburgh 85 Eric Saubert TE 6'5/250 Drake 88 DeAngelo Yancey WR 6'1/217 Purdue 89 Antony Auclair TE 6'6/254 Laval INJ Rodney Adams WR 6'1/187 South Florida INJ Kareem Are OG 6'6/325 Florida State INJ Kenny Golladay WR 6'4/210 Northern Illinois INJ Will Worth QB 6'1/205 Navy
Defense No. Name Position HT/WT School 1 Tony Bridges CB 6'0/185 Mississippi 5 Jalen Myrick CB 5'11/198 Minnesota 6 Jamal Carter Sr. SAF 6'2/215 Miami (FL) 11 Andrew King LB 6'0/235 Army 17 Marquel Lee LB 6'3/237 Wake Forest 21 Fish Smithson SAF 5'11/195 Kansas 22 Nate Hairston CB 6'0/192 Temple 23 Dymonte Thomas SAF 6'1/208 Michigan 25 Brad Watson CB 6'0/195 Wake Forest 26 Damaruis Travis SAF 6'1/208 Minnesota 27 Xavier Woods SAF 5'11/205 Louisiana Tech 31 Channing Stribling CB 6'2/182 Michigan 39 Lano Hill SAF 6'1/200 Michigan 42 Richie Brown LB 6'2/240 Mississippi State 45 Austin Calitro LB 6'1/247 Villanova 47 James Onwaula LB 6'1/235 Notre Dame 51 Javancy Jones LB 6'2/245 Jackson State 91 Joey Ivie IV DT 6'3/298 Florida 92 Jason Carr DT 6'6/300 West Georgia 94 Bryan Cox Jr. DE 6'3/269 Florida 95 Ejuan Price DE 5'11/245 Pittsburgh 97 DeAngelo Brown DT 6'0/310 Louisville 98 Matthew Godin DT 6'6/294 Michigan 99 Trey Hendrickson DE 6'4/265 Florida Atlantic INJ Jarrod Clements Jr. DT 6'3/295 Illinois INJ Jeremy Cutrer CB 6'2/170 Middle Tennessee SICK Brooks Ellis LB 6'2/240 Arkansas
Specialists No. Name Position HT/WT School 24 Nick Weiler PK 6'/195 North Carolina 84 Eric Keena P 6'2/175 North Texas
West team
Offense No. Name Position HT/WT School 1 Elijah McGuire RB 5'9/205 Louisiana-Lafayette 4 Karel Hamilton WR 6'1/202 Samford 5 Trey Griffey WR 6'3/216 Arizona 9 Jalen Robinette WR 6'4/220 Air Force 10 Gunner Kiel QB 6'4/225 Cincinnati 11 Zach Terrell QB 6'2/210 Western Michigan 12 Wes Lunt QB 6'4/220 Illinois 19 Gabe Marks WR 6'0/187 Washington State 23 Dare Ogunbowale RB 5'11/205 Wisconsin 28 Joe Williams RB 5'11/205 Utah 47 Blake Jarwin TE 6'5/250 Oklahoma State 48 Taylor McNamara TE 6'5/255 USC 52 Sam Tevi OT 6'5/310 Utah 57 Evan Goodman OT 6'4/300 Arizona State 61 Tobijah Hughley OC 6'2/295 Louisville 62 Gavin Andrews OC 6'6/335 Oregon State 65 Avery Gennesy OT 6'5/315 Texas A&M 66 Zach Johnson OG 6'4/331 North Dakota State 67 Geoff Gray OG 6'6/315 Manitoba 73 Chase Roullier OC 6'4/315 Wyoming 74 Storm Norton OT 6'8/310 Toledo 77 Victor Salako OT 6'5/315 Oklahoma State 80 Austin Carr WR 6'1/200 Northwestern 81 Billy Brown WR 6'4/245 Shepherd 82 Michael Roberts TE 6'5/270 Toledo INJ Justin Davis RB 6'1/200 USC INJ Sean Harlow OT 6'4/319 Oregon State INJ Jordan Westerkamp WR 6'0/200 Nebraska
Defense No. Name Position HT/WT School 2 Fabian Moreau CB 6'0/205 UCLA 3 Randall Goforth SAF 5'11/190 UCLA 6 Ashton Lampkin CB 6'0/205 Oklahoma State 7 Tedric Thompson SAF 6'1/206 Colorado 8 Weston Steelhammer SAF 6'1/195Air Force 14 Treston Decoud CB 6'3/208 Oregon State 15 Aarion Penton CB 5'10/195 Missouri 18 Jadar Johnson SAF 6'0/210 Clemson 25 Tyquwan Glass CB 5'11/194 Fresno State 26 Orion Stewart SAF 6'0/205 Baylor 31 Kenneth Olugbode LB 6'1/220 Colorado 32 Leon McQuay III SAF 6'1/195 USC 33 Kevin Davis LB 6'2/238 Colorado State 41 Paul Magloire Jr. LB 6'1/227 Arizona 43 Hardy Nickerson Jr. LB 6'0/230 Illinois 49 Hunter Dimick DE 6'3/272 Utah 54 Calvin Munson LB 6'1/240 San Diego State 55 Josh Tupou DT 6'3/345 Colorado 75 B. J. Singleton DT 6'4/310 Houston 90 Avery Moss DE 6'4/269 Youngstown State 91 Darius English DE 6'6/245 South Carolina 92 Jimmie Gilbert LB 6'5/230 Colorado 95 Jeremiah Ledbetter DE 6'4/278 Arkansas 96 Ralph Green III DT 6'5/306 Indiana 97 Josh Augusta DT 6'5/375 Missouri 99 Deatrich Wise Jr. DE 6'6/270 Arkansas INJ Treyvon Hester DT 6'3/300 Toledo INJ Steven Taylor LB 6'1/225 Houston INJ Ahkello Witherspoon CB 6'3/195 Colorado
Specialists No Name Position HT/WT School 20 Austin Rehkow P/PK 6'3/200 Idaho
Game summary
Scoring summary
Statistics Statistics East West First downs 9 17 Total offense, plays - yards 227 329 Rushes-yards (net) 18-37 28-138 Passing yards (net) 190 191 Passes, Comp-Att-Int 20-35-0 19-30-0 Time of Possession 27:34 32:26
See also 2017 NFL draft
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