Top FBS Players Accept Invites to 2017 Tropical Bowl in Daytona Beach, Florida January 15, 2017

by Michael Quartey

2017 TROPICAL BOWL ROSTER HERE:

http://www.tropicalbowl.com/roster

			2017 Tropical Bowl Rosters

			National Team (Red)

			Head Coach Mike Stock

No.	Name		School	Pos.	HT	WT

1	Devin	Lauderdale	Texas Tech	WR/KR/PR	5-10	185
2	Jerrol	Garcia-Williams	University of Hawaii	LB	6-2	235
3	Michael	Birdsong	Tennessee Tech University	QB	6-4	245
4	Jay	Jones	Iowa State University	DB/CB	6-3	210
5	Wes	Brown	The University of Maryland	RB	6-0	216
6	Deante	Burton	Kansas State University	WR	6-2	205
7	Aaron	Taylor	Ball State University	DB/S	6-0	210
8	Dvario	Montgomery	University of Toledo	WR	6-3	215
9	Malcolm	Lewis	University of Miami	WR/KR	5-10	190
10	Bra'Lon	Cherry	North Carolina State University	WR/PR	6-0	190
11	D'Mauri	Jones	University of Miami	WR	6-3	215
12	Bill	Johnson	Georgia Southern University	WR	6-0	215
13	Tony Malik	Foreman	University of Tennessee	DB/CB	5-11	187
14	Trenton	Norvell	Western Illinois	QB	6-5	225
15	Garrett	Anderson	University of Connecticut	QB	6-1	220
16	Joshua	Hill	Merrimack College	LB/OLB	6-3	260
17	Jamar	Simpkins	Valdosta State University	DL	6-3	290
18	Jacques	Bryant	FAMU	DB/FS	6-0	202
19	Errol	Clarke	University of Central Florida	LB	6-0	235
20	Quincy	Mauger	University of Georgia	DB	6-0	205
21	Donatello	Brown	Valdosta State University	DB/CB	6-2	195
22	Martez	Hester	Ball State University	DB/S	6-3	207
23	Marquell	Beckwith	Alabama State University	RB	5-10	196
24	Aiavion	Edwards	Baylor University	LB	6-0	230
25	Justin	Gibbons	Aurora University	DB/CB	6-5	205
26	Thomas	Brown	Wake Forest University	LB/OLB/S	6-3	225
27	Dorian	Killings	University of Central Florida	DB/CB	5-11	185
28	Brian	Walker	Fayetteville State	DB/CB	5-11	195
29	Brian	Price	SUNY Maritime	DB/CB/S	6-4	213
30	Lee	Crosby	University of New Mexico	DB/S	5-11	195
31	Demond	Tucker	Iowa State University	DT	6-0	294
32	Matt	Breida	Georgia Southern University	RB/KR	5-10	190
33	Juwan	Wilson	Utica College	DB/SS	5-9	200
34	Kenny	Moore	Valdosta State University	DB/SS /CB	5-9	185
35	Egim	Etta-Tawo	Valdosta State University	LB/DE	6-3	240
36	Kyle	Burchett	Hiram College	LB/ILB	6-0	205
37	Justin	Horton	Jacksonville University	LB/OLB/DE	6-2	237
40	Christian	Faber-Kinney	Hampton University	P/HOLDER	6-1	218
41	Jhavon	Williams	University of Connecticut	DB/CB	5-10	187
42	Jordan	Diggs	University of South Carolina	DB/SS/FS	6-0	211
48	Cameron	Van Winkle	University of Washington	K	5-11	182
50	Cole	Gardner	Eastern Michigan University	OT	6-5	295
51	Timothy	Jones	Florida A&M	OL	6-6	312
53	Jon	Taylor	Southeastern Louisiana University	DL	6-5	340
54	Gage	Marsil	University of Central Florida	LS	6-1	238
55	Miguel	Machado	Michigan State University	OL/OT/OG	6-6	305
58	Toree	Boyd	Howard University	OL/OG/OT	6-3	310
60	Andy	Kwon	Georgia Southern University	OL/OC/OG	6-2	305
61	Darrien	Oliver	Chadron State College	OL/OC/OG	6-1	315
62	Armando	Bonheur	Samford University	OL/OC	6-3	305
72	Tyson	Fernandez	Appalachian State University	DT/OG	6-3	320
75	Kofi	Amichia	University of South Florida	OT	6-4	297
76	Larance	Hale	Lamar University	DT	6-0	270
77	Michael	Demos	Butler University	OT	6-4	290
80	Sean	Culkin	University of Missouri	TE	6-6	250
81	Barrett	Burns	Appalachian State University	TE	6-4	245
82	Brandon	Barnes	Alabama State University	TE	6-4	255
83	Darien	Thomas	Belhaven University	WR/KR/PR	6-2	195
84	Kevin	Ellison	Georgia Southern University	WR	5-11	188
85	Jason	Croom	University of Tennessee	TE/WR	6-5	247
86	Marcus	Brown	Chadron State College	WR	6-2	200
88	Gabriel	Sherrod	Michigan State University	DE/OLB	6-4	258
89	James	Crockett	Georgia Southern University	WR/KR/PR	6-0	190
90	Uso	Olivé	Central Washington University	DT	6-1	313
91	Viliami	Latu	Arizona State University	DT	6-2	290
92	Francis G.	Kallon	Georgia Institute of Technology	DT/NT	6-5	295
93	Danny	OBrien	University of Tennessee	DT	6-2	295
95	Brian	Khoury	Carnegie Mellon	DE/LS	6-2	236
98	Marquavius	Lewis	University of South Carolina	DE/DT	6-4	275
99	Tremondae	Branch	Northwood University	DL/NG/DT	6-1	335



			American Team (White)

			Head Coach Todd Littlejohn

No.	Name		School	Pos.	HT	WT
1	Marnez	Ogletree	University of Kansas	DB/CB	5-11	190
2	Tyler	Jones	Texas State University	QB	6-2	210
3	Nias	Martin	University of New Mexico	DB/CB	5-10	185
4	Daniel	Gray	Utah State University	DB/CB	5-11	185
5	Tyler	Ferguson	Western Kentucky University	QB	6-4	238
6	Rokeem	Williams	Miami of Ohio	WR/KR	6-1	200
7	Tevin	Homer	Florida Atlantic University	DB/CB	6-2	195
8	Brandyn	Bartlett	Tusculum College	LB	6-0	230
9	Bruce	Natson	University of Akron	WR	5-8	160
10	Austin	Duke	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	WR/SLOT/KR/PR	5-9	165
11	Darius	Hicks	Lincoln University	WR/KR/PR	6-2	205
12	Joshua	Straughan	Southern Illinois University	QB	6-3	215
13	Damani	Mosby	University of Kansas	DE	6-3	250
14	Paul	Magloire	University of Arizona	DB/SS/OLB	6-1	225
15	Devin	Borders	Eastern Kentucky University	WR	6-5	225
16	Cory	Butler-Byrd	University of Utah	WR/DB/RB	5-10	175
17	Tellas	Jones	University of Arizona	S	6-0	203
18	Prescott	Line	Michigan State	FB	6-0	255
19	Dontez	Ford	University of Pittsburgh	WR	6-2	210
20	Lorenzo	Woodley III	Minnesota State University at Mankato	RB	6-1	215
21	Michael	Everett	Southwest Minnesota State	DB/CB	5-10	180
22	Albert	Reid	University of Virginia	RB	5-10	215
23	Jeremy	Boykins	UCF	DB/CB	6-3	195
24	Michael	James	Alderson Broaddus University	DB/S/KR	5-11	195
25	Deandre	Scott	University of Akron	DB/CB	5-11	192
26	Corey	Neely	Marshall University	DB/S	6-0	182
27	Jarell	Boyd-Ross	Bloomsburg University	DB/S	6-3	221
28	Bobby	Baker	Georgia State	DB/S	6-2	200
29	Martin	Ruiz	Youngstown State	RB	5-10	205
30	Tevin	Shaw	University of Kansas	DB/S	5-11	203
31	Amos	Leggett	West Georgia	DB/S	6-0	205
32	Najee	Murray	Kent State University	DB/CB	5-9	180
33	Brendan	Flaherty	Holy Cross	WR	6-1	195
34	Matt	Davis	University of North Carolina Pembroke	K/P	6-1	195
36	Ryan	Navarro	Oregon State University	LS	6-2	230
37	Nehemiah	Coward	Central State University	DB/KR	5-10	170
38	Bryce	Jones	University of Akron	DB/CB	6-0	180
39	Praise	Martin-Oguike	Temple University	DE/OLB	6-1	255
40	David	Thomas	Glenville State College	WR/KR/PR	5-7	170
41	Matthew	Galambos	University of Pittsburgh	LB	6-2	245
42	Sean	Folliard	Northern Illinois University	LB/OLB	6-1	228
44	Ferlindo	Vincent	Kentucky Wesleyan College	LB/OLB	6-2	251
45	Bentlee	Critcher	Appalachian State University	PUNTER/K	6-0	200
47	Sean	Walters	West Virginia University	LB/OLB	6-2	230
49	Darrien	Howard	West Virginia University	DT	6-0	295
50	Richie	Brown	Mississippi State University	LB/MLB/WLB	6-2	242
51	Terrance	Ricks	Old Dominion University	LB	6-1	235
54	Keith	Brown	Western Kentucky University	LB	6-0	240
55	Deonate	Gary	Central State University	LB	6-1	231
56	Christophe	Mulumba Tshimanga	University Of Maine	LB/ILB	6-1	243
57	Trevin	Huff	Bethune-Cookman University	OL/OT/OG	6-4	300
58	Terrance	Evans	Shaw University	DT	6-3	350
60	Woody	Baron	Virginia Tech	DT	6-2	275
64	Michael	Montero	Florida International University	OL/OC	6-2	295
71	Nicholas	Callender	Colorado State University	OT/OG	6-6	315
72	Eric	Smith	University of Virginia	OL/RT	6-5	305
73	Robert	Kelly	Wayne State University	OL/OG	6-3	296
74	Fred	Zerblis	Colorado State University	OL/OC/OG	6-2	295
75	Mark	Kozhaya	Whittier College	OL	6-5	320
76	Kent	Perkins	University of Texas	OL/OT/OG	6-5	320
78	Vernon	Sainvil	St. Francis Xavier University	OL	6-5	335
81	Anterric	Maxey- Meshileya	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	WR	6-2	205
85	Cooper	Schroeder	Alderson Broaddus University	TE	6-4	252
86	Nick	England	Tusculum College	WR/KR/PR	5-11	185
87	Sebastian	Smith	Ohio University	WR	6-3	206
89	Nick	Jones	Buffalo State	TE	6-6	260
90	Shalom	Ogbonda	Florida Atlantic University	DT	6-4	295
91	Junior	Luke	University of Montreal	DL/NT	6-2	285
92	Joseph	Massaquoi	Marshall University	DE/DT	6-5	270
95	Hendrick	Ekpe	University of Minnesota	DE/DT	6-3	250
97	Chad	Stoterau	Northern State University	DT	6-3	285

2017 TROPICAL BOWL – DAYTONA BEACH, FL

SUNDAY JANUARY 15, 2017 AT 9:00AM

Game Location

DAYTONA BEACH MUNICIPAL STADIUM (Larry Kelly Field)

3917 LPGA Blvd

Daytona Beach, FL 32124

Time: 9:00am – 1:00PM

Ticket Price $20

Tickets can be purchased at the Gate the day of the game (Cash or Credit) $20 ticket