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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 Tuesday, there are four bowl games: The Advocare V100, Sun, Liberty and Chick-fil-A Bowls. Here are the prospects that should be paid the most attention:
Advocare V100 Bowl - Arizona vs. Boston College, 12:30 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
UA | 25 | Ka'Deem Carey* | RB | 5-10 | 207 | 2nd |
BC | 44 | Andre Williams | RB | 6-0 | 227 | 3rd |
BC | 24 | Kevin Pierre-Louis | OLB | 6-1 | 225 | 5th |
UA | 2 | Marquis Flowers | OLB | 6-2 | 233 | 7th-FA |
UA | 5 | Shaquille Richardson | CB | 6-1 | 188 | 7th-FA |
BC | 77 | Matt Patchan | OT | 6-5 | 305 | 7th-FA |
Sun Bowl - Virginia Tech vs. UCLA, 2 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
UCLA | 11 | Anthony Barr | OLB | 6-4 | 248 | 1st |
UCLA | 17 | Brett Hundley** | QB | 6-3 | 222 | 1st |
UCLA | 56 | Xavier Su'a-Filo* | G | 6-3 | 305 | 2nd |
VT | 17 | Kyle Fuller | CB | 6-0 | 194 | 2nd |
VT | 99 | James Gayle | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 4th-5th |
VT | 1 | Antone Exum | CB | 6-0 | 220 | 5th-6th |
UCLA | 1 | Shaquelle Evans | WR | 6-1 | 204 | 7th |
VT | 3 | Logan Thomas | QB | 6-6 | 254 | 7th-FA |
UCLA | 99 | Cassius Marsh | DE | 6-4 | 260 | 7th-FA |
Liberty Bowl - Rice vs. Mississippi State, 4 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
MSU | 61 | Gabe Jackson | G | 6-3 | 340 | 3rd-4th |
RICE | 9 | Chris Boswell | K | 6-2 | 200 | 6th-7th |
RICE | 15 | Phillip Gaines | CB | 6-0 | 185 | 7th-FA |
MSU | 27 | LaDarius Perkins | RB | 5-9 | 195 | 7th-FA |
Chick-fil-A Bowl - Duke vs. Texas A&M, 10:15 p.m.
# | Player | Pos. | Height | Weight | Proj. via NFLDraftScout.com | |
TAMU | 13 | Mike Evans** | WR | 6-5 | 225 | 1st |
TAMU | 75 | Jake Matthews | OT | 6-5 | 305 | 1st |
TAMU | 2 | Johnny Manziel** | QB | 5-11 | 210 | 1st |
TAMU | 70 | Cedric Ogbuehi* | OT | 6-5 | 300 | 1st |
DUKE | 6 | Ross Cockrell | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 5th |
TAMU | 11 | Derel Walker | WR | 6-2 | 185 | 7th-FA |
* Junior
** Draft-eligible sophomore
One night after Oregon Ducks sophomore quarterback Marcus Mariota carved up the Texas Longhorns secondary in the Alamo Bowl, two more potential first round sophomore passers will be on display on New Year's Eve.
Both seem like possibilities to enter the 2014 NFL Draft, although Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel seems like a more likely candidate than UCLA's Brett Hundley to do so. Manziel followed up his freshman Heisman campaign with 3,732 yards passing, 33 touchdowns and 11 interceptions as a sophomore. The Duke Blue Devils rank 71st in the nation at stopping the pass, so it shouldn't be too much of a test for Manziel.
It will be a bigger test for Hundley who faces the third ranked pass defense of the Virginia Tech Hokies. While most don't expect Hundley to enter the Draft, he has the raw physical ability to possibly warrant a top 10 pick if he does.