Anyone who has ever watched the awkward coda to the college football season, known as the Senior Bowl, knows it's nothing more than a glorified mini-combine and schedule-filler for the pre-Super Bowl downtime.
Much like the Army All-American Bowl, the Senior Bowl boasts large rosters and promises to constantly rotate players onto the field. It is a jersey scrimmage in Mobile, Alabama that is less privilege than necessity for many below-the-radar seniors who are looking to work their way up the draft board.
This year's Senior Bowl, however, is being crashed by quite a few big name players. Of note:
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- Kirk Barton, OL (OSU)
- Sam Baker, OL (USC)
- John David Booty, QB (USC)
- Dan Connor, LB (PSU)
- Sedrick Ellis, LB (USC)
- Chauncey Washington, RB (USC)
- Chad Henne, QB (Mich.)
- Erik Ainge, QB (Tenn.)
- Colt Brennan, QB (Hawaii)
- Early Doucet, WR (LSU)
- Ali Highsmith, LB (LSU)
- Limas Sweed, WR (Texas)
- Andre Woodson, QB (UK)
It is, at the very least, interesting to see on the roster:
- two former Heisman front-runners (Woodson, Booty)
- a handful of guys who helped beat OSU in the title game
- an even larger handful of guys leaving USC. Will 'o8 finally be a rebuilding year?
- the holder of more than 30 NCAA D-1 records (Brennan)
- Tom Zbikowski of Notre Dame. I mean, wasn't he, like, 30 and boxing alligators when we played the Irish in the Fiesta Bowl?
- Limas Sweed. Good riddance.
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