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Villanova OT Ben Ijalana has been invited to the 2011 Senior Bowl! Congrats to Ijalana!!

Big Honor for a big dude. Congrats

First FCS player invited for 2011??

SumItUp wrote:First FCS player invited for 2011??

I believe that is what he meant.

Guy looks like he will surely be in the NFL...Someone inform me, how many FCS players get invited yearly?

SumItUp wrote:First FCS player invited for 2011??

Yes. I usually assume people know I am talking about the current year. I would have put first ever player invited if I did not mean for the current year and meant as in first in history.

dgreenwell3 wrote:Guy looks like he will surely be in the NFL...Someone inform me, how many FCS players get invited yearly?

Usually 2-8, depending on how good the FCS talent is that year.

I believe there were three last year...

Congrats

Who else would you even consider for them to be looking at...if they were to pick another guy or two or three?


I think TXST has 2 on their roster for future consideration. One is a junior and the other is a RS freshman. None worthy this year. I think our last one was Nealy?

CatMom wrote:Congrats

Who else would you even consider for them to be looking at...if they were to pick another guy or two or three?


I think TXST has 2 on their roster for future consideration. One is a junior and the other is a RS freshman. None worthy this year. I think our last one was Nealy?

There are a few. I think Kenrick Ellis, Mark LeGree, Matt Szczur, Korey Lindsey, Pat Devlin, David Arkin, and Will Rackley all have a shot at getting an invite. Szczur and Devlin have struggled this year with injuries so it will be interesting to see if the high grades they got from the NFL in the spring get them an invite anyway. I would be surprised if Ellis does not get an invite. Lindsey is 50/50 I would say but he truly is the best CB in FCS and deserves that shot.

A few players who got high grades in the spring that I think are overrated and truly don't deserve a Senior Bowl invite based on their play this season are Will Rackley of Lehigh and Cortez Allen of The Citadel. Both players have been very disappointing.

It's always great to see some FCS players get the opportunities to showcase their talents on a national stage. Hopefully LeGree gets an invite as well even though his stats have been down a little this season.

According to Villanova's twitter page both Ijalana and Szczur invited to Senior Bowl.

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AppStateAlumQC wrote:It's always great to see some FCS players get the opportunities to showcase their talents on a national stage. Hopefully LeGree gets an invite as well even though his stats have been down a little this season.

Actually I have a did you know for you. Did you know that LeGree is ahead of his pace on picks at this point in the season compared to his last two years? He had an interception earlier this year than ever before. It was surprising Citadel threw somewhere in his vicinity so it will be interesting to see if the rest of their opponents throw his way or stay away from him at all.