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For many players, the bowl season is the final chance to show NFL scouts what they have on the field before months of interviews and workouts in shorts. For fans, it's the last chance to take a look at the prospects that will make up the majority of the 2014 NFL Draft.
On Saturday, there are four bowl games: The Pinstripe, Belk, Russell Athletic and Buffalo Wild Wing Bowls. Here are the prospects that should be paid the most attention:
Pinstripe Bowl - Notre Dame vs. Rutgers, 12 p.m.
Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
ND | Stephon Tuitt* | DE | 6-6 | 312 | 1st |
ND | Zack Martin | G | 6-4 | 308 | 1st-2nd |
RUT | Brandon Coleman* | WR | 6-5 | 220 | 3rd |
ND | Prince Shembo | OLB | 6-1 | 258 | 4th-5th |
ND | T.J. Jones | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 6th |
ND | Bennett Jackson | CB | 6-0 | 195 | 6th-7th |
RUT | Antwan Lowery | G | 6-4 | 310 | 7th-FA |
Belk Bowl - Cincinnati vs. North Carolina, 3:20 p.m.
Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
UNC | Eric Ebron* | TE | 6-4 | 245 | 1st |
UNC | James Hurst | OT | 6-6 | 305 | 2nd-3rd |
UNC | Kareem Martin | DE | 6-5 | 265 | 3rd |
UNC | Tre Boston | S | 6-0 | 205 | 6th-7th |
UNC | Jabari Price | CB | 5-11 | 200 | 7th |
CIN | Greg Blair | LB | 6-1 | 252 | 7th-FA |
Russell Athletic Bowl - Louisville vs. Miami, 6:45 p.m.
Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
LOU | Teddy Bridgewater* | QB | 6-3 | 205 | 1st |
MIA | Denzel Perryman* | LB | 6-0 | 240 | 3rd |
LOU | DeVante Parker* | WR | 6-2 | 209 | 4th |
MIA | Seantrel Henderson | OT | 6-7 | 345 | 4th-5th |
LOU | Marcus Smith | DE | 6-3 | 252 | 5th-6th |
MIA | Brandon Linder | G | 6-6 | 319 | 5th-6th |
LOU | Hakeem Smith | S | 6-1 | 180 | 6th |
MIA | Stephen Morris | QB | 6-2 | 218 | 6th-7th |
MIA | Pat O'Donnell | P | 6-4 | 220 | 7th |
LOU | Preston Brown | LB | 6-2 | 260 | 7th-FA |
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl - Kansas State vs. Michigan, 10:15 p.m.
Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
MICH | Taylor Lewan | OT | 6-7 | 315 | 1st |
KSU | Ty Zimmerman | S | 6-1 | 204 | 3rd-4th |
MICH | Jeremy Gallon | WR | 5-8 | 184 | 5th-6th |
MICH | Michael Schofield | OT | 6-6 | 304 | 6th-7th |
KSU | Cornelius Lucas | OT | 6-8 | 328 | 7th-FA |
* Junior
** Draft-eligible sophomore
There are many prospects worth spending your Saturday on, but the eyes of NFL Draft fans will certainly be fixed on Teddy Bridgewater. The junior passer of the Louisville Cardinals is considered the odds-on favorite to be the first quarterback off the board in the 2014 NFL Draft and if there's one thing that Draft fans like to do, it's argue about quarterbacks.
For the Jaguars, Bridgewater might be just out of reach despite their 4-11 record. The 2-13 Houston Texans have clinched their draft position ahead of the Jaguars and certainly have a need at the quarterback position, so a top five pick might not be enough to secure the right to select Bridgewater.
Still, prospects like North Carolina tight end Eric Ebron, Notre Dame defensive lineman Stephon Tuitt and Notre Dame guard Zack Martin are all players that could be targeted by the Jaguars in the event that they are available in the second round, or if the Jaguars somehow acquire a late first-round selection.