The 2018 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and prospects for the 2018 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The game was the last of the 2017–18 bowl games and the final game of the 2017 FBS football season. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and was officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl.

The game was played on January 27, 2018, 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.

Bowl organizers announced that, for the first time, RFID devices would be used to track players and footballs during practices and the game. The maker of the RFID devices, Zebra Sports Solutions, was also announced as a corporate sponsor of the game.

Rosters In late December 2017, bowl organizers announced that Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma would appear in the game; the most recent Heisman Trophy winner to play in the Senior Bowl was Tim Tebow in the 2010 game. Full rosters were announced on January 18, 2018. The head coaches were Vance Joseph of the Denver Broncos and Bill O' Brien of the Houston Texans, for the North and South teams, respectively.

North team No.Player PositionHT/WT CollegeNotes 0 Ja'Whaun Bentley ILB 6'2/260 Purdue 1 Christian Campbell CB 6'1/194 Penn State 2 Marcus Allen S 6'2/202 Penn State 3 Luke Falk QB 6'4/223 Washington State Did not play, in order to attend funeral of Tyler Hilinski. 4 Fred Warner ILB 6'4/230 BYU 5 DaeSean Hamilton WR 6'1/205 Penn State Played in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game 6 Baker Mayfield QB 6'1/220 Oklahoma 7 JaMarcus King CB 6'2/186 South Carolina 8 Braxton Berrios WR 5'9/186 Miami (FL) 9 Mike McCray ILB 6'4/248 Michigan 11 Cedrick Wilson Jr. WR 6'3/188 Boise State 13 Tanner Lee QB 6'4/220 Nebraska Replaced Mason Rudolph, who was injured 14 Darius Phillips CB 5'10/190 Western Michigan 15 Justin Watson WR 6'3/210 Penn Played in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game 15 Michael Badgley K 5'10/178 Miami (FL) 16 Jaleel Scott WR 6'6/215 New Mexico State 17 Josh Allen QB 6'5/233 Wyoming 19 Johnny Townsend P 6'1/211 Florida 20 Isaac Yiadom CB 6'1/190 Boston College 21 Jaylen Samuels RB 5'11/228 NC State 22 Michael Joseph CB 6'1/180 Dubuque 23 Armani Watts S 5'11/205 Texas A&M 24 Duke Dawson CB 5'10/208 Florida 25 Akrum Wadley RB 5'11/191 Iowa 26 Taron Johnson CB 6'0/185 Weber State 27 Kalen Ballage RB 6'3/230 Arizona State 27 Justin Jones DT 6'2/312 NC State 28 Kyzir White S 6'2/218 West Virginia 31 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo DE 6'1/240 Oklahoma 36 Dimitri Flowers FB 6'2/247 Oklahoma 39 Trayvon Henderson S 6'0/200 Hawaii 48 Tanner Carew LS 6'1/242 Oregon 49 Nick DeLuca ILB 6'3/245 North Dakota State 50 Myles Pierce ILB 6'0/225 The Citadel 52 Mason Cole C 6'5/305 Michigan 55 Garret Dooley OLB 6'3/246 Wisconsin 56 Scott Quessenberry C 6'3/310 UCLA 57 Wyatt Teller G 6'5/315 Virginia Tech 58 Kemoko Turay OLB 6'5/252 Rutgers 59 Tyquan Lewis DE 6'4/265 Ohio State 61 Cole Madison G 6'5/314 Washington State 65 Jamil Demby OT 6'5/335 Maine 66 Harrison Phillips DT 6'4/295 Stanford 70 Brian O'Neill OT 6'7/305 Pittsburgh 73 Tyrell Crosby OT 6'5/320 Oregon 76 Will Hernandez G 6'3/340 UTEP 78 Brett Toth OT 6'6/305 Army 79 Sean Welsh G 6'3/295 Iowa 80 Durham Smythe TE 6'6/257 Notre Dame 81 Troy Fumagalli TE 6'6/248 Wisconsin 83 Tyler Conklin TE 6'4/240 Central Michigan 84 Michael Gallup WR 6'1/200 Colorado State 85 Allen Lazard WR 6'5/222 Iowa State 88 Mike Gesicki TE 6'6/252 Penn State 90 Chad Thomas DE 6'6/275 Miami (FL) Played in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game 91 Jalyn Holmes DE 6'5/270 Ohio State 94 Dewey Jarvis OLB 6'2/230 Brown 97 Nathan Shepherd DT 6'5/300 Fort Hays State Injured during practice; did not play 98 B. J. Hill DT 6'4/315 NC State Source: Luke Falk switched his uniform number from 4 to 3 in honor of Tyler Hilinski.

South team No.Player PositionHT/WT CollegeNotes 3 Quin Blanding S 6'2/210 Virginia 4 Tre'Quan Smith WR 6'1/210 Central Florida 5 Kyle Lauletta QB 6'3/215 Richmond Named game MVP 5 Siran Neal CB 6'1/205 Jacksonville State 6 Kurt Benkert QB 6'4/215 Virginia 7 D. J. Chark WR 6'4/198 LSU 9 Da'Shawn Hand DE 6'4/288 Alabama 10 J. K. Scott P 6'6/204 Alabama 11 Kylie Fitts DE 6'4/260 Utah 12 Brandon Silvers QB 6'3/219 Troy 13 Marcell Ateman WR 6'4/220 Oklahoma State 14 Jeremy Reaves S 5'11/185 South Alabama 14 Mike White QB 6'4/225 Western Kentucky 15 Nick Bawden FB 6'3/245 San Diego State 16 J'Mon Moore WR 6'3/205 Missouri 18 Shaquem Griffin OLB 6'1/223 Central Florida Griffin was named Overall Practice Player of the Week 19 Nate Andrews S 6'0/214 Florida State Added due to injury of Dorian O'Daniel 20 Rashaad Penny RB 5'11/220 San Diego State 21 Tray Matthews S 6'1/209 Auburn 22 Chandon Sullivan CB 5'11/195 Georgia State 23 D'montre Wade CB 6'0/200 Murray State 24 Danny Johnson CB 5'10/194 Southern 25 Ito Smith RB 5'9/195 Southern Miss 26 M. J. Stewart CB 6'0/205 North Carolina 27 Kameron Kelly CB 6'2/200 San Diego State 28 James Washington WR 6'0/205 Oklahoma State 29 Darrel Williams RB 6'1/229 LSU 30 Tre' Williams ILB 6'2/225 Auburn 38 Daniel Carlson K 6'4/223 Auburn 38 Marquis Haynes OLB 6'3/230 Mississippi 39 Levi Wallace CB 6'0/183 Alabama 42 Uchenna Nwosu OLB 6'2/240 USC 50 Shaquille Leonard ILB 6'3/235 South Carolina State 51 Taylor Hearn G 6'5/330 Clemson 53 Micah Kiser ILB 6'2/240 Virginia Injured during practice; did not play 53 Oren Burks ILB 6'3/230 Vanderbilt Added due to injury of Micah Kiser 56 Dorian O'Daniel ILB 6'1/220 Clemson Injured during practice; did not play 68 Joseph Noteboom OT 6'5/306 TCU 69 Ike Powell LS 6'3/267 Auburn 70 Colby Gossett G 6'6/320 Appalachian State 71 Alex Cappa OT 6'7/305 Humboldt State 72 Brandon Parker OT 6'7/309 North Carolina A&T 73 Austin Corbett C 6'4/305 Nevada 75 Bradley Bozeman C 6'5/314 Alabama 77 Isaiah Wynn G 6'2/302 Georgia 78 Desmond Harrison OT 6'6/313 West Georgia 79 Skyler Phillips G 6'2/322 Idaho State 80 Ian Thomas TE 6'5/248 Indiana 81 Adam Breneman TE 6'5/255 UMass Injured during practice; did not play 86 Dallas Goedert TE 6'5/255 South Dakota State Injured during practice; did not play 86 Deon Yelder TE 6'4/255 Western Kentucky Added due to injury of Dallas Goedert 88 Jordan Akins TE 6'4/262 Central Florida 89 Byron Pringle WR 6'2/205 Kansas State 90 Christian LaCouture DT 6'5/292 LSU 93 Marcus Davenport DE 6'7/255 UTSA 94 Greg Gilmore DT 6'4/308 LSU 95 Poona Ford DT 6'0/305 Texas Played in the 2018 East–West Shrine Game 99 Andrew Brown DT 6'4/285 Virginia Source:

Game summary Scoring summary

Source: Note: special playing rules detailed here. Senior Bowl rules require teams to attempt 2-point conversions during the 2nd quarter.

Statistics Statistics North South First downs 19 19 Rushes-yards 36-147 30-115 Passing yards 253 425 Passes, Comp-Att-Int 20-39-1 21-36-1 Return yards 86 39 Punts-average 7-41.6 6-48.7 Fumbles-lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-yards 2-15 2-10 Time of Possession 31:17 28:43 Source:

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Further reading

External links 2018 Reese's Senior Bowl Full Game Replay via YouTube