The 2017 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2017 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game concluded the post-season that began on December 17, 2016. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and is officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl. The game was coached by John Fox of the Chicago Bears and Hue Jackson of the Cleveland Browns.
The Game was played on January 28, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams. Coverage of the event was provided by NFL Network.
Rosters The entire roster was announced on January 18. Western Michigan's Corey Davis was unable to attend the Senior Bowl after suffering a shoulder injury.
North Team No. Name Position HT/WT School Note 3 Sefo Liufau QB 6'4/240 Colorado 4 Nathan Peterman QB 6'2/225 Pittsburgh 5 Trent Taylor WR 5'8/178 Louisiana Tech 5 Zane Gonzalez PK 6'1/195 Arizona State 6 Corey Clement RB 5'11/227 Wisconsin 7 Zay Jones WR 6'1/197 East Carolina 9 John Johnson S 6'0/202 Boston College 10 Cooper Kupp WR 6'2/215 Eastern Washington 11 Aarion Penton CB 5'9/177 Missouri 12 Jamari Staples WR 6'4/195 Louisville 13 Rasul Douglas CB 6'2/203 West Virginia 14 Desmond King CB 5'11/203 Iowa 15 C. J. Beathard QB 6'2/215 Iowa 16 Connor Harris ILB 6'0/243 Lindenwood 17 Amba Etta-Tawo WR 6'2/202 Syracuse Did not participate after suffering an injury to his finger during practice. 19 Jalen Robinette WR 6'4/215 Air Force 20 Obi Melifonwu S 6'3/217 UConn 22 Lorenzo Jerome S 6'0/195 St. Francis (PA) 24 Nate Gerry S 6'2/220 Nebraska 26 Jourdan Lewis CB 5'11/186 Michigan 31 Brendan Langley CB 6'1/190 Lamar 33 Kareem Hunt RB 6'0/225 Toledo 37 Toby Baker P 6'3/215 Arkansas 42 Ben Gedeon ILB 6'3/247 Michigan 43 Chris Wormley DE 6'6/303 Michigan 44 De'Veon Smith RB 5'11/228 Michigan 45 Sam Rogers FB 5'11/230 Virginia Tech 47 Vince Biegel OLB 6'4/245 Wisconsin 49 Colin Holba LS 6'5/245 Louisville 52 Jordan Herdman ILB 6'0/240 Simon Fraser 55 Kyle Fuller OC 6'5/315 Baylor 56 Carroll Phillips OLB 6'3/240 Illinois 57 Haason Reddick ILB 6'1/230 Temple 65 Tyler Orlosky OC 6'4/296 West Virginia 66 Dion Dawkins OG 6'5/320 Temple 67 Dan Feeney OG 6'4/305 Indiana 68 Kyle Kalis OG 6'4/308 Michigan 69 Adam Bisnowaty OT 6'6/305 Pittsburgh 70 Julien Davenport OT 6'7/315 Bucknell 72 Taylor Moton OT 6'5/328 Western Michigan 73 Zach Banner OT 6'9/360 USC 77 Jordan Morgan OG 6'4/320 Kutztown 80 Michael Roberts TE 6'5/270 Toledo 82 Amara Darboh WR 6'2/215 Michigan 83 Jeremy Sprinkle TE 6'6/256 Arkansas 87 Jonnu Smith TE 6'3/232 Florida International 90 Isaac Rochell DE 6'4/290 Notre Dame 91 Dawuane Smoot DE 6'3/255 Illinois 93 Tarell Basham DE 6'4/260 Ohio 94 Derek Rivers OLB 6'5/255 Youngstown State 95 Larry Ogunjobi DT 6'3/297 Charlotte 96 Ryan Glasgow DT 6'4/299 Michigan 97 Jaleel Johnson DT 6'4/310 Iowa 98 Stevie Tu'ikolovatu DT 6'1/320 USC
South Team No. Name Position HT/WT School 0 Duke Riley ILB 6'1/230 LSU 1 Montravius Adams DT 6'4/309 Auburn 2 Antonio Pipkin QB 6'3/225 Tiffin 3 Artavis Scott WR 5'10/190 Clemson 5 Tyus Bowser OLB 6'3/240 Houston 6 Justin Vogel P 6'4/215 Miami (FL) 7 Davis Webb QB 6'5/230 California 8 Fred Ross WR 6'2/205 Mississippi State 10 Ben Boulware ILB 6'0/235 Clemson 11 Joshua Dobbs QB 6'3/210 Tennessee 12 Gerald Everett TE 6'4/240 South Alabama 13 Ryan Switzer WR 5'10/185 North Carolina 14 Justin Evans S 6'1/195 Texas A&M 17 Evan Engram TE 6'3/227 Ole Miss 18 Tre'Davious White CB 6'0/197 LSU 19 Donnel Pumphrey RB 5'9/180 San Diego State 20 Matthew Dayes RB 5'10/203 North Carolina State 21 Jamaal Williams RB 6'2/220 BYU Originally slated to play for North team. 22 Ryan Anderson OLB 6'2/253 Alabama Did not participate after suffering thumb injury during practice. 23 Johnathan Ford S 6'0/204 Auburn 24 Damontae Kazee CB 5'11/190 San Diego State 26 Rayshawn Jenkins S 6'2/210 Miami (FL) 27 Marquez White CB 6'0/184 Florida State 29 Corn Elder CB 5'10/180 Miami (FL) 30 Jordan Sterns S 6'0/200 Oklahoma State 31 Ezra Robinson CB 6'1/180 Tennessee State 33 Cameron Sutton CB 5'11/186 Tennessee 34 Alex Anzalone ILB 6'3/241 Florida 43 Freddie Stevenson FB 6'1/241 Florida State 46 Jake Elliott PK 5'10/165 Memphis 47 Eddie Vanderdoes DT 6'3/325 UCLA 49 Josh Carraway DE 6'4/250 TCU 51 Harvey Langi ILB 6'3/249 BYU Originally slated to play of North team. 53 Antonio Garcia OT 6'7/302 Troy 54 Isaac Asiata OG 6'3/305 Utah 54 Dalvin Tomlinson DT 6'3/323 Alabama 55 Cole Mazza LS 6'2/235 Alabama 56 Nico Siragusa OG 6'5/330 San Diego State Did not participate due to thumb injury sustained in practice. 58 Justin Senior OT 6'5/310 Mississippi State 63 Danny Isidora OG 6'4/305 Miami (FL) 66 Jessamen Dunker OG 6'5/305 Tennessee State 68 Conor McDermott OT 6'8/310 UCLA 72 Jon Toth OC 6'5/310 Kentucky 75 Jordan Willis DE 6'5/258 Kansas State 76 Forrest Lamp OT 6'4/300 Western Kentucky 77 Ethan Pocic OC 6'7/302 LSU 81 Josh Reynolds WR 6'4/190 Texas A&M 82 Taywan Taylor WR 6'1/195 Western Kentucky 83 Travin Dural WR 6'2/207 LSU 84 Chad Williams WR 6'2/204 Grambling State 88 O. J. Howard TE 6'6/251 Alabama 90 Daeshon Hall DE 6'6/260 Texas A&M 92 Tanoh Kpassagnon DE 6'7/290 Villanova 93 Keionta Davis DE 6'4/270 Chattanooga 94 Carlos Watkins DT 6'3/305 Clemson 97 Tanzel Smart DT 6'1/305 Tulane
Game summary
Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st Quarter NORTH – Zane Gonzalez 22–yard field goal, 03:35 NORTH 3 – 0 2nd Quarter SOUTH – Josh Reynolds 39–yard pass from Davis Webb (Webb pass failed), 02:33 SOUTH 6 – 3 SOUTH – Jake Elliott 37–yard field goal, 00:06 SOUTH 9 – 3 3rd Quarter SOUTH – Matt Dayes 2–yard run (Jake Elliott kick), 06:29 SOUTH 16 – 3 NORTH – Zane Gonzalez 29–yard field goal, 01:57 SOUTH 16 – 6 NORTH – Zane Gonzalez 39–yard field goal, 00:00 SOUTH 16 – 9 4th Quarter NORTH – Zay Jones 6–yard pass from Nate Peterman (Peterman pass INT), 01:51 SOUTH 16 – 15
Statistics Statistics North South First downs 18 23 Total offense, plays - yards 58-305 63-409 Rushes-yards (net) 29-177 26-141 Passing yards (net) 128 268 Passes, Comp-Att-Int 17-25-0 25-35-3 Time Of Possession 31:20 28:40
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