2026 Senior Bowl

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2026 Panini Senior Bowl
77th Senior Bowl
1234Total
National00099
American1430017
DateJanuary 31, 2026
Season 2025
Stadium Hancock Whitney Stadium
Location Mobile, Alabama
MVP Garrett Nussmeier (QB, LSU) [1]
United States TV coverage
Network NFL Network
Senior Bowl
  2025   2027  

The 2026 Senior Bowl was a college football all-star game played on January 31, 2026, at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the National Football League (NFL)'s 2026 NFL draft, predominantly from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game began at 1:30 p.m. Central Time and was officially known as the Panini Senior Bowl via sponsorship from Panini America. Television coverage was provided by NFL Network. [2] The full roster for the game was announced on January 14, 2026. [3] The National Team was coached by Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach Clint Hurtt, and the American Team was coached by New Orleans Saints assistant coach Joel Thomas. [4] The American Team defeated the National Team, 17–9. [5] Garrett Nussmeier was named the game's most valuable player. [6]

Contents

Players

Roster source: [7]
Box score: [8]

National team

No.PlayerPositionHT/WTCollegeNotes
13 Kaytron Allen RB5'11"/220 Penn State
8 Vinny Anthony II WR5'11"/185 Wisconsin
7 Vincent Anthony Jr. DE6'5"/246 Duke 2 tackles (2 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack, 1 forced fumble
43 Luke Basso LS6'3"/236 Oregon
87 Nate Boerkircher TE Texas A&M
28 Bryce Boettcher LB6'0"/227 Oregon 10 tackles (4 solo), 1 pass breakup
3 Romello Brinson WR SMU
34 Josh Cameron WR6'1"/223 Baylor 2 rec, 13 yds
21 Bud Clark SAF6'1"/185 TCU 3 tackles (2 solo)
78 Dametrious Crownover OL6'6"/331 Texas A&M
1 Charles Demmings CB6'1"/191 Stephen F. Austin 2 tackles (1 solo)
33 Dani Dennis-Sutton DE6'5"/268 Penn State
1 Thaddeus Dixon DB6'0"/194 North Carolina 2 tackles (1 solo)
5 Caleb Douglas WR6'3"/198 Texas Tech
67 Gennings Dunker OL6'4"/320 Iowa
28 Zane Durant DT6'0"/290 Penn State
20 Bryson Eason DT6'2"/316 Tennessee
91 Deven Eastern DT6'5"/301 Minnesota
96 Ryan Eckley P6'0"/199 Michigan State
3 Kaleb Elarms-Orr LB6'1"/233 TCU 5 tackles
0 Logan Fano DE6'4"/258 Utah
52 Jalen Farmer OL6'4"/322 Kentucky
2 TJ Hall CB6'0"/188 Iowa 2 tackles
56 Gracen Halton DT6'2"/293 Oklahoma
50 Dayon Hayes DE Texas A&M
75 Samuel Hecht OL6'4"/297 Kansas State
9 Romello Height DE6'2"/234 Texas Tech
71 Alan Herron OL6'4"/321 Maryland
88 Matthew Hibner TE SMU 1 rec, 17 yds
3 Chris Hilton Jr. WR LSU 1 rec, 8 yds
8 Colton Hood CB5'11"/188 Tennessee
2 Jordan Hudson WR6'0"/198 SMU 2 rec, 17 yds
2 Lee Hunter DT6'3"/320 Texas Tech
6 Darrell Jackson Jr. DL Florida State
1 Chris Johnson CB6'0"/190 San Diego State 1 tackle
7 Justin Joly TE6'3"/251 NC State 1 rec, 18 yds
90 Rene Konga DL Louisville 1 tackle
9 Tanner Koziol TE6'6"/245 Houston
5 Caullin Lacy WR5'8"/189 Louisville 1 rec, 22 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo)
74 Delby Lemieux OL6'5"/305 Dartmouth
48 Max Llewellyn DE6'5"/255 Iowa 2 tackles (1 solo), 1 pass breakup
9 Kyle Louis LB5'11"/224 Pittsburgh
6 Jeffrey M'Ba DT6'5"/316 SMU
5 Hezekiah Masses CB6'0"/180 California 4 tackles
1 Donaven McCulley WR Michigan 4 rec, 50 yds
3 Seth McGowan RB5'11"/215 Kentucky 1 rec, 7 yds; 4 rush, 35 yds
6 Jalen McMurray CB5'10"/179 Tennessee
4 Tyren Montgomery WR5'11"/190 John Carroll
5 Kejon Owens RB FIU 1 rec, 3 yds; 7 rush, 20 yds, 1 TD
2 Diego Pavia QB5'9"/198 Vanderbilt 10/13 passing, 78 yds; 4 rush, -12 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 forced fumble
7 VJ Payne SAF6'3"/210 Kansas State 1 tackle
9 Cole Payton QB6'2"/229 North Dakota State 5/10 passing, 72 yds; 5 rush, 22 yds
58 Melvin Priestly OL Illinois
34 TJ Quinn LB Louisville 5 tackles (1 solo)
0 Chandler Rivers CB5'9"/185 Duke 3 tackles (2 solo)
13 Sawyer Robertson QB6'3"/221 Baylor 1/5 passing, 17 yds; 1 rush, 8 yds
10 Jacob Rodriguez LB6'1"/233 Texas Tech
0 DJ Rogers TE6'3"/242 TCU
77 Keylan Rutledge OL6'3"/316 Georgia Tech
94 Tyreak Sapp DL Florida
8 DeShon Singleton SAF6'2"/212 Nebraska 4 tackles (1 solo), 1 INT
10 Nick Singleton RB6/0"/221 Penn State
8 Cian Slone DE6'3"/239 NC State 2 tackles (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
70 Beau Stephens OL6'5"/310 Iowa
18 Drew Stevens K6'1"/221 Iowa
3 J'Mari Taylor RB5'9"/205 Virginia 3 rush, 41 yds
9 Star Thomas RB Tennessee 2 rec, 12 yds; 1 rush, -1 yds; 2 tackles (1 solo)
11 Nadame Tucker OLB Western Michigan 5 tackles (4 solo, 3 TFL), 2 sack, 1 forced fumble
1 Reggie Virgil WR6'2"/188 Texas Tech
2 Harrison Wallace III WR5'11"/194 Ole Miss
42 Tyre West DL Tennessee
6 Zakee Wheatley SAF6'2"/201 Penn State
0 Scooby Williams LB6'2"/217 Texas A&M
16 Wydett Williams SAF Ole Miss
50 Carver Willis OL6'4"/305 Washington
60 Trey Zuhn III OL6'6"/309 Texas A&M

American team

No.PlayerPositionHT/WTCollegeNotes
4 Cyrus Allen WR5'11"/180 Cincinnati 1 rec, 9 yds
9 Luke Altmyer QB6'1"/210 Illinois 5/8 passing, 21 yds; 3 rush, -13 yds
1 Aaron Anderson WR5'7"/177 LSU 1 rec, 19 yds
5 Cameron Ball DT6'3"/313 Arkansas
88 Caleb Banks DT Florida 1 tackle (0.5 TFL), 0.5 sack
58 Austin Barber OL6'6"/318 Florida
93 Nick Barrett DT6'3"/315 South Carolina 1 tackle
70 Markel Bell OL Miami
26 Rayshaun Benny DT6'3"/296 Michigan 1 tackle (1 solo)
8 Kaelon Black RB5'9"/208 Indiana 2 rec, 9 yds; 8 rush, 45 yds
11 Lewis Bond WR5'11"/197 Boston College
71 Jude Bowry OL6'4"/314 Boston College
52 James Brockermeyer OL6'3"/297 Miami
6 Barion Brown WR5'10"/176 LSU 1 rec, 12 yds
55 Fernando Carmona OL6'4"/318 Arkansas
77 Kage Casey OL6'5"/309 Boise State
3 Kevin Coleman Jr. WR5'11"/174 Missouri 1 rec, 3 yds
24 Keyron Crawford OLB6'3"/251 Auburn 4 tackles (3 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
80 Josh Cuevas TE6'3"/252 Alabama 1 rec, 6 yds
74 J. C. Davis OL6'4"/335 Illinois
2 Fred Davis II CB6'0"/197 Northwestern 1 pass breakup
44 Keyshaun Elliott LB6'1"/233 Arizona State 4 tackles (2 solo)
6 Daylen Everette CB6'0"/193 Georgia
1 Rahsul Faison RB South Carolina 1 rush
44 Will Ferrin K6'2"/179 BYU
0 Malachi Fields WR6'4"/218 Notre Dame 2 rec, 20 yds
60 Beau Gardner LS6'4"/251 Georgia
10 Taylen Green QB6'6"/229 Arkansas 2/4 passing, 18 yds; 4 rush, -12 yds
84 John Michael Gyllenborg TE6'5"/251 Wyoming 1 rec, 6 yds; 1 tackle (1 solo)
38 Owen Heinecke LB6'1"/224 Oklahoma 4 tackles
1 Ted Hurst WR6'3"/207 Georgia State
15 Quintayvious Hutchins DE6'2"/229 Boston College 5 tackles (3 solo, 3 TFL), 1 sack
1 Davison Igbinosun DB6'2"/192 Ohio State
58 Max Iheanachor OL6'5"/325 Arizona State
17 Gabe Jacas DL6'3"/260 Illinois
89 Will Kacmarek TE6'5"/262 Ohio State
96 Tim Keenan III DT6'1"/332 Alabama
17 Jack Kelly LB6'1"/246 BYU 4 tackles (2 solo)
11 Nyjalik Kelly DE UCF 2 tackles (1 solo)
24 Jalon Kilgore SAF6'0"/211 South Carolina 4 tackles (4 solo)
8 Ja'Kobi Lane WR6'4"/196 USC
7 Chris McClellan DT6'3"/315 Missouri 1 tackle (0.5 TFL), 0.5 sack, 1 pass breakup
8 Derrick Moore DE6'3"/254 Michigan
5 Malik Muhammad CB5'11"/183 Texas
23 Julian Neal CB6'1"/202 Arkansas 1 tackle
18 Garrett Nussmeier QB6'1"/202 LSU 5/8 passing, 57 yds, 1 INT; 1 rush, 3 yds, 1 TD
4 Namdi Obiazor LB6'2"/224 TCU 3 tackles
78 Ethan Onianwa OL6'6"/332 Ohio State
0 Jaydn Ott RB5'10"/202 Oklahoma 1 rec, 9 yds; 8 rush, 42 yds, 1 TD
22 LT Overton DL6'2"/278 Alabama 1 tackle (1 solo, 1 TFL), 1 sack
3 T. J. Parker DE6'3"/263 Clemson
7 Ephesians Prysock CB6'2"/194 Washington 2 tackles (1 solo), 2 pass breakups
7 Kamari Ramsey SAF5'11"/199 USC 1 tackle
8 Adam Randall RB6'2"/233 Clemson 2 rush, 3 yds
86 Sam Roush TE6'5"/259 Stanford
66 Jake Slaughter OL6'4"/305 Florida
10 Xavian Sorey LB6'1"/220 Arkansas 3 tackles (3 solo)
7 Jalen Stroman DB6'0"/198 Notre Dame
16 Michael Taaffe SAF5'11"/193 Texas 3 tackles
65 Logan Taylor OL6'6"/305 Boston College
92 Brett Thorson P6'1"/240 Georgia
89 Dan Villari TE6'4"/243 Syracuse
1 Devin Voisin WR5'9"/182 South Alabama
4 Mike Washington Jr. RB6'0"/228 Arkansas 1 rec, 3 yds; 5 rush, 26 yds
77 Jeremiah Wright OL6'5"/340 Auburn
6 Collin Wright CB6'0"/186 Stanford 4 tackles (3 solo)
9 Zion Young DE6'5"/262 Missouri 2 tackles (1 solo)

References

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