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UCLA Bruins linebacker accepts invite to Reese’s Senior Bowl

One Bruin is headed to Mobile, Alabama.

The season may be over for the UCLA Bruins, but one of their star defensive players still has one game left.

After a breakout season in the Big Ten, UCLA defensive end Oluwafemi Oladejo has accepted his invite to the Reese’s Senior Bowl. Finishing his senior campaign with 57 tackles and 4.5 sacks, Oladejo was a force along the Bruins defensive line all season long.

Oladejo transferred to UCLA after a short stint with the University of California in 2022, racking up over 100 tackles and five sacks with the Bruins. At Cal, Oladejo played mostly as a true linebacker, but a shift to the line of scrimmage improved his numbers and UCLA’s defensive production.

Now, Oladejo has a chance to improve his draft stock with a solid performance in the NCAA’s most prestigious all-star game with NFL scouts in attendance.

The Reese’s Senior Bowl kicks off on February 1st, 2025, at 11:30 a.m. (PT) on the NFL Network in Mobile, Alabama.

Alabama DB Malachi Moore accepts invite to Reese’s Senior Bowl

Malachi Moore set to attend Reese’s Senior Bowl to prepare for 2025 NFL draft.

Malachi Moore will always have a special place in Alabama Crimson Tide history as one of the foundational pieces who stayed during the transition from Nick Saban to Kalen DeBoer.

It has been an up-and-down season for the Alabama defense, but Moore has been as reliable as any player. Moore started as a true freshman in 2020 but didn’t consistently start for the Crimson Tide in some of the years following. He’s tallied 66 tackles on the year with two interceptions and two forced fumbles.

Moore will definitely be selected in the 2025 NFL draft, but he is more likely to be a mid-round pick. To improve his draft stock, Moore will attend the Reese’s Senior Bowl this Spring. Crimson Tide defensive backs have faired very well professionally, so I think someone will get a steal with Moore.

Moore and the Crimson Tide take on Auburn on Saturday in one last chance to salvage their Playoff hopes. With three losses, they are in serious jeopardy and will need an impressive win to convince the committee.

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Nebraska’s Tommi Hill headed to Reese’s Senior Bowl

Nebraska defensive back Tommi Hill is headed to Mobile this draft season

Nebraska cornerback Tommi Hill is one step closer to achieving his NFL dream.

On Thursday, it was announced that the senior defensive back has accepted his invitation to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.

A former Arizona State Sun Devil, Hill is in his fourth season with the Huskers. After entering the season as a potential first-round draft pick, the Florida native’s stock has dropped quite a bit, but he remains an NFL hopeful.

This fall, in seven games, Hill has recorded 21 tackles, including one tackle for loss, one interception, and an additional pass deflection. One season ago, Hill recorded 26 tackles, four interceptions, and nine pass deflections in 12 games.

The Senior Bowl kicks off the NFL Draft season every year, as prospects from around the country flock to Mobile, Alabama, for three days of practices before the game.

Historically, a late January event, this year’s Senior Bowl game will be on February 1.

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Two Gators accept invites to Reese’s Senior Bowl

Florida punter Jeremy Crawshaw and defensive lineman Cam Jackson are headed to the Senior Bowl after accepting their invitations.

Florida punter [autotag]Jeremy Crawshaw[/autotag] and defensive lineman [autotag]Cam Jackson[/autotag] are headed to the Senior Bowl after both accepted invitations on Thursday.

Jackson has started nine of 10 games for the Gators this season, playing more than 360 snaps for the Gators and coming off the sidelines just once (against Texas). He has amassed 28 tackles (eight solo, including one tackle for loss) and has earned a 74.7 grade on defense from Pro Football Focus, which ranks seventh in the SEC among senior defensive linemen who have played at least 250 snaps.

Crawshaw, a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, is fourth in the country with an average punt of 46.21 yards over 42 attempts — 1,987 yards total — with a long of 62 yards. He’s booted 16 balls more than 50 yards and pinned 22 inside the 20-yard line while sending just two into the endzone for a touchback.

He ranks third among all FBS punters and second in the SEC with an 86.8 grade from PFF. Although special teams kickers aren’t usually considered draft prospects, a punter this talented could warrant a reach from an NFL program.

2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl information

The 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl will take place on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2:30 p.m. ET at Hancock Whitney Stadium (University of Souther Alabama) in Mobile, Alabama. The NFL Network will broadcast the event, and tickets can be purchased using this link. The Senior Bowl’s official resale partner TicketSmarter is another option.

“The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process,” reads the official website. “The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 75 years.

“More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1100 media members from around the country were credentialed this year. This past April, the game produced 110 total picks, representing 43 percent of the entire NFL draft.”

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NFL cracking down on prospects skipping all-star games after accepting invites

The NFL is cracking down on draft prospects skipping all-star games after accepting invites

The NFL is hoping to end one of the more unsavory practices of the annual draft season. In a recent memo sent to agents well ahead of the end of the college season, the NFL made it clear that players ducking out of all-star games after committing to them is no longer acceptable.

It’s been a growing problem for all-star games like the Senior Bowl and Shrine Bowl, one that annoys the NFL teams in attendance as well as fans and media hoping to see players perform. As part of a larger memo, the league addressed the issue,

“Barring an injury, no prospect can be invited to an all-star game with an agreed upon intention that the prospect will not participate in activities. All invited prospects are expected to fully participate in both practice and game activities.”

Hopefully the memo hits home and the new rule is vigilantly enforced.

Nine Tar Heels named to prestigious Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

The UNC football team sports plenty of 2025 NFL hopefuls on its 2024 roster.

Every college football player’s goal is to help their team win a national championship, but they also hope to be lucky enough for NFL Draft selections.

The Reese’s Senior Bowl, seen largely as a post-college football season All-Star Game, is a great way for NFL Draft hopefuls to showcase their talents in front of NFL scouts.

Despite UNC losing football standouts Drake Maye, Devontez Walker and Cedric Gray to the 2024 NFL Draft, there are several more Tar Heels on the current roster who are 2025 NFL Draft prospects.

Those Tar Heels – Marcus Allen, Power Echols, Desmond Evans, Omarion Hampton, Max Johnson, J.J. Jones, Willie Lampkin, Bryson Nesbit and Kaimon Rucker – are being recognized with nominations to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.

Hampton is amongst the country’s best running backs, leading the ACC and finishing fifth nationally with 1,504 rushing yards last season. Rucker is one of college football’s top edge rushers, as he led North Carolina with 15 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks in 2023.

Nesbit is amongst the country’s best tight ends, combining for over 1,000 yards and eight touchdowns the past two years. Jones is poised to take over UNC’s top wide receiver spot – he led UNC with 711 receiving yards last season.

Texas A&M transfer Max Johnson is battling for the Tar Heels’s starting quarterback spot with Conner Harrell. If Johnson starts, he’ll be protected by the likes of All-ACC lineman Willie Lampkin.

Finishing up with defense, Echols will form a deadly duo with Rucker by returning 102 tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss. Evans is coming off a 33-tackle, five tackles for loss and 3-sack season that many expect out of a 5-star recruit, while Marcus Allen will arguably lead the secondary after his sophomore season with 49 tackles, an interception and a North Carolina-best eight pass breakups.

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17 Oregon Ducks named to Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list for 2025

The Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list is littered with Oregon Ducks heading into 2025.

The Oregon Ducks are projected to be one of the best teams in the nation this season, and there’s a good chance that they are fighting for a spot in the College Football Playoff when all is said and done.

One of the reasons for these high expectations is the talent on the roster, and the veteran players littered across the field who are ready to go out on top. In the spring, we will likely see a lot of these players head off to the NFL and be selected in the 2025 draft.

On Thursday, the Reese’s Senior Bowl released their 12th annual watch list for their yearly camp designed to allow upperclassmen to display their talents ahead of the NFL combine.

A total of 17 Ducks were included in that watch list:

  • CB Kam Alexander
  • LB Jeffrey Bassa
  • DE Jordan Burch
  • DT Jamaree Caldwell
  • LT Josh Conerly Jr.
  • RT Ajani Cornelius
  • TE Terrance Ferguson
  • QB Dillon Gabriel
  • DT Derrick Harmon
  • WR Traeshon Holden
  • LB Jestin Jacobs
  • RB Jordan James
  • WR Tez Johnson
  • S Tysheem Johnson
  • CB Jabbar Muhammad
  • WR Evan Stewart
  • RB Noah Whittington

Oregon’s 17 members on the watch list is second in the Big Ten, behind only the Ohio State Buckeyes, who had 18 players named to the watchlist.

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Two offensive stars for Duke football make Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list

The Reese’s Senior Bowl released its watch list for the 2025 edition of the event on Wednesday, featuring two Blue Devils offensive stars.

The Reese’s Senior Bowl released its 2025 watch list on Wednesday, naming a bunch of rising seniors around the country who could vault themselves into NFL draft consideration.

Two stars of the Duke offense, wide receiver [autotag]Jordan Moore [/autotag] and running back [autotag]Jaquez Moore[/autotag], made the list.

The watch list joins a lengthy list of accolades for Jordan, who also earned three votes for ACC Preseason Player of the Year and made the watch list for the Maxwell Award given to the nation’s most outstanding player.

After transitioning from quarterback to wide receiver ahead of the 2022 season, Moore led the team in all three major receiving categories last season. He compiled 62 receptions, 835 yards, and eight touchdowns, including three scores in one game against North Carolina.

The other Moore, Jaquez, gets the chance to be Duke’s lead back in 2024. He picked up 674 yards last season, averaging 5.8 yards per carry and scoring six touchdowns.

Jordan Waters, who led the Blue Devils with 819 yards on the ground, transferred to NC State, and while former New Mexico State back Star Thomas joined the program through the transfer portal, Moore is still expected to lead the backfield.

Jordan chases Duke’s first 1,000-yard receiving season in a decade and Jaquez chases similar landmarks on the ground when Duke’s season gets started against Elon on August 30.

Senior Bowl reveals the 2025 watch list of prospects

Senior Bowl reveals the 2025 watch list of prospects, which includes over 850 players and 47 quarterbacks

College football is quickly approaching. There’s no surer sign that the CFB season is kicking off than the preseason watch lists.

One of the biggest ones from an NFL draft standpoint is the Senior Bowl’s list. Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy and his staff of scouts released their initial watch list for the 2025 NFL Draft.

This year’s preseason list includes 859 college players, up from 720 ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft. A lot of that is attributable to the inclusion of underclassmen who will meet the Senior Bowl eligibility requirements.

Typically, the Senior Bowl winds up with about 110 players at the annual event in Mobile, Alabama. The 2025 game will take place on Saturday, February 1, at the home of the Univesity of South Alabama

Eagles director of scouting Brandon Hunt to interview for Patriots GM role

The Eagles could be set to lose another key member of the front office personnel, as Adam Schefter reports that Brandon Hunt will interview for the Patriots lead personnel job (GM).

The Eagles could be set to lose another key front office personnel member, as Adam Schefter reports that Brandon Hunt will interview for the Patriots’ lead personnel job (GM).

Hunt was a homegrown talent for the Steelers and a Pittsburgh native who attended IUP and had been learning on the job under Kevin Colbert for almost 15 years.

Hunt officially joined Pittsburgh’s scouting department in 2010 and was named the pro scouting coordinator for Houston after Doug Whaley was hired as the general manager of the Buffalo Bills.

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The move to Philadelphia was essentially a trade of front-office personnel, with Andy Weidl joining the Steelers as Omar Khan’s assistant GM.

For New England, the interview process is a chance to balance the front office with proper titles after former head coach Bill Belichick did not have a traditionally titled general manager in his 24 seasons.

Krafts (ownership) hasn’t employed one since owning the team, and current senior personnel Eliot Wolf is the favorite to land the job.