2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl


The 2022 HBCU Legacy Bowl was a post-season college football all-star game played on February 19, 2022, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the inaugural edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl, whose founding was announced by the Black College Football Hall of Fame on March 18, 2021. The game was the last of the all-star games that concluded the 2021–22 bowl games. Television coverage was provided by NFL Network.
The bowl's teams are named after Jake Gaither, coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers from 1945 to 1973, and Eddie Robinson, coach of the Grambling State Tigers from 1941 to 1997.
WWW hbculegacybowl.com

Players

Football programs representing historically black colleges and universities primarily compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and Southwestern Athletic Conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division II, and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
On September 1, 2021, Aqeel Glass, quarterback for the Alabama A&M Bulldogs, became the first player to be selected for the HBCU Legacy Bowl. As the 2021 season progressed, the game's website was updated with players who confirmed plans to participate in the game. Those players are listed below.
PositionPlayerSchoolConf.
DLRafiq Abdul-WahidCIAA
DBWill AdamsCIAA
WRKorey BanksBig South
PNeil BoudreauMEAC
LBWesley BowersCIAA
OLGreg BrooksCIAA
QBJuwan CarterMEAC
OLLouis ChandlerSAC
LSJohn DavisBig South
DBElvin De La RosaCIAA
OLMatthew DerksMEAC
DLDe'Shaan DixonMEAC
OLCam DurleyOVC
DLJames FaganBig South
DBJoshua FlowersCIAA
DLJavon FrazierCIAA
OLJaylan GallowayCIAA
DBTrey GilesSIAC
DEAntonio GoldenSIAC
OLTison GrayMEAC
WRTrey GrossMEAC
QBGeremy HickbottomOVC
DLJamal HollowaySIAC
OLSavion HopesCIAA
LBDevon HuntCIAA
DEKeyshawn JamesCIAA
DBZafir KellyMEAC
TEIsiah MacklinMEAC
RBJah-Maine MartinBig South
WRMarquis McClainSWAC
WRRyan McDanielMEAC
DEChris MyersMEAC
LBNoah Rainbow-DouglasMEAC
DBTaeyonn ReynoldsCIAA
OLDe'jour SimpsonBig South
DBTevin SingletonCIAA
KJefferson SouzaCIAA
RBIsaiah TottenMEAC
WRWill VereenMEAC
DBAaron WalkerMEAC
WRImeek WatkinsCIAA
OLZachary WilcoxCIAA
RBCall WilkinsCIAA
QBBryce WittCIAA
DBMyles WolfolkCIAA

PositionPlayerSchoolConf.
WRDee AndersonSWAC
DBZach AndersonSIAC
DEMichael BadejoSWAC
LSLuke BarnesSWAC
RBBishop BonnettSWAC
WRShemar BridgesSIAC
DLJeremiah CaineSWAC
OLAmari CatchingsSWAC
DLChristian ClarkSWAC
DBRodney Coleman, Jr.SIAC
DBAntwan CollierSWAC
WRKeith Corbin, IIISWAC
DEKailon DavisSWAC
WRKe'Lenn DavisSWAC
OLKeenan ForbesSWAC
LBJerry GarnerSWAC
OLDanny GarzaSWAC
LBChad GilchristMEAC
QBAqeel GlassSWAC
RBEzra GraySWAC
DBMarvin GrunshieSIAC
LBKeonte HamptonSWAC
QBFelix HarperSWAC
WRTrey HarrellSWAC
OLMiquail HarveySIAC
OLNathaniel HinesSWAC
OLJordan IghofoseSWAC
OLJay Jackson-WilliamsSWAC
LBUntareo JohnsonSWAC
DBCoemba JonesSIAC
TETaron MallardSWAC
LBDerrick MayweatherSWAC
DBDaniel NormanSIAC
DLAntwan OwensSWAC
QBJawon PassSWAC
OLJalen PowellMEAC
WRLeCharles PringleSWAC
WRTyrin RalphSWAC
OLJamal SavageSWAC
RBLadarius SkeltonSWAC
OLJalen SpadySWAC
RBBrett SylveSIAC
DBJuwan TaylorSWAC
DBJalon ThigpenSWAC
TEMontavious TinchSIAC
KRigoberto TinocoSIAC
LBTim WaltonSWAC
PJonatan WardSIAC
WRJosh WilkesSWAC
DLSavion WilliamsSWAC
OLColumbus WillisSWAC
DBAl YoungSWAC
DLLoren YoungSAC

Box score

Several game-specific rules were used:
  • Teams were limited to two offensive packages, 4–3 defenses, and no blitzing
  • No overtime, no replay challenges, and kickoffs only at the start of each half
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