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.
Players Football programs representing historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) primarily compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in NCAA Division II, and the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
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.
+Team Gaither Position Player School Conf. DL Rafiq Abdul-Wahid CIAA DB Will Adams CIAA WR Korey Banks Big South P Neil Boudreau MEAC LB Wesley Bowers CIAA OL Greg Brooks CIAA QB Juwan Carter MEAC OL Louis Chandler SAC LS John Davis Big South DB Elvin De La Rosa CIAA OL Matthew Derks MEAC DL De'Shaan Dixon MEAC OL Cam Durley OVC DL James Fagan Big South DB Joshua Flowers CIAA DL Javon Frazier CIAA OL Jaylan Galloway CIAA DB Trey Giles SIAC DE Antonio Golden SIAC OL Tison Gray MEAC WR Trey Gross MEAC QB Geremy Hickbottom OVC DL Jamal Holloway SIAC OL Savion Hopes CIAA LB Devon Hunt CIAA DE Keyshawn James CIAA DB Zafir Kelly MEAC TE Isiah Macklin MEAC RB Jah-Maine Martin Big South WR Marquis McClain SWAC WR Ryan McDaniel MEAC DE Chris Myers MEAC LB Noah Rainbow-Douglas MEAC DB Taeyonn Reynolds CIAA OL De'jour Simpson Big South DB Tevin Singleton CIAA K Jefferson Souza CIAA RB Isaiah Totten MEAC WR Will Vereen MEAC DB Aaron Walker MEAC WR Imeek Watkins CIAA OL Zachary Wilcox CIAA RB Call Wilkins CIAA QB Bryce Witt CIAA DB Myles Wolfolk CIAA
+Team Robinson Position Player School Conf. WR Dee Anderson SWAC DB Zach Anderson SIAC DE Michael Badejo SWAC LS Luke Barnes SWAC RB Bishop Bonnett SWAC WR Shemar Bridges SIAC DL Jeremiah Caine SWAC OL Amari Catchings SWAC DL Christian Clark SWAC DB Rodney Coleman, Jr. SIAC DB Antwan Collier SWAC WR Keith Corbin, III SWAC DE Kailon Davis SWAC WR Ke'Lenn Davis SWAC OL Keenan Forbes SWAC LB Jerry Garner SWAC OL Danny Garza SWAC LB Chad Gilchrist MEAC QB Aqeel Glass SWAC RB Ezra Gray SWAC DB Marvin Grunshie SIAC LB Keonte Hampton SWAC QB Felix Harper SWAC WR Trey Harrell SWAC OL Miquail Harvey SIAC OL Nathaniel Hines SWAC OL Jordan Ighofose SWAC OL Jay Jackson-Williams SWAC LB Untareo Johnson SWAC DB Coemba Jones SIAC TE Taron Mallard SWAC LB Derrick Mayweather SWAC DB Daniel Norman SIAC DL Antwan Owens SWAC QB Jawon Pass SWAC OL Jalen Powell MEAC WR LeCharles Pringle SWAC WR Tyrin Ralph SWAC OL Jamal Savage SWAC RB Ladarius Skelton SWAC OL Jalen Spady SWAC RB Brett Sylve SIAC DB Juwan Taylor SWAC DB Jalon Thigpen SWAC TE Montavious Tinch SIAC K Rigoberto Tinoco SIAC LB Tim Walton SWAC P Jonatan Ward SIAC WR Josh Wilkes SWAC DL Savion Williams SWAC OL Columbus Willis SWAC DB Al Young SWAC DL Loren Young SAC
Box score Several game-specific rules were used: Information appears at 1:21. 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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Rosters and depth chart at hbculegacybowl.com HBCU Legacy Bowl Highlights via YouTube