30 Bowl Alums Join NFL Ranks in April
Thirty more players who have played in past Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg games have joined the NFL ranks. Eight of the players were selected in the NFL Draft and 22 additional players signed free agent contracts. Leading the list of drafted players is FIU’s FS John Cyprien who was the 33rd player selected (Jacksonville Jaguars). Marshall WR Aaron Dobson, the Bowl MVP for the Herd, was a 2nd round pick of the New England Patriots.
Players from all past five years of the Bowl game are included on this list, including two USF players from the inaugural game in 2008. The Rutgers team from 2009 produced nine players to lead the list.
2012 Game (8) UCF vs. Ball State
UCF (7)
A.J. Bouye, CB, Houston Texans
Troy Davis, DE, New York Jets
Theo Goins, OG, Atlanta Falcons
Kemal Ishmael, CB, Atlanta Falcons
Quincy McDuffie, WR, Denver Broncos
Latavius Murray, RB, Oakland Raiders
Ray Shipman, OLB, New Orleans Saints
Ball State (1)
Austin Holtz, OT, Detroit Lions
2011 Game (8) Marshall vs. FIU
Marshall (3)
Aaron Dobson, WR, New England Patriots
Andre Snipes-Booker, WR, Detroit Lions
Antavious Wilson, WR, New York Jets
FIU (5)
Jose Cheeseborough, CB, Baltimore Ravens
Johnathan Cyprien, S, Jacksonville Jaguars
Caylin Hauptmann, OT, Cleveland Browns
Junior Mertile, CB, New York Giants
Tourek Williams, DE, San Diego Chargers
2010 Game (3) Louisville vs. Southern Miss
Louisville (2)
Mario Benavides, C, Kansas City Chiefs
Alex Kupper, OT, Houston Texans
Southern Miss (1)
Jamie Collins, OLB, New England Patriots
2009 Game (9) Rutgers vs. UCF
Rutgers (9)
Steve Beauharnais, LB, New England Patriots
Marcus Cooper, CB, San Francisco 49ers
Ka’Lial Glaud, LB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Khaseem Greene, OLB, Chicago Bears
Mark Harrison, WR, Chicago Bears
Duron Harmon, S, New England Patriots
D.C. Jefferson, TE, Arizona Cardinals
Brandon Jones, CB, New England Patriorts
Tim Wright, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2008 Game (2) USF vs. Memphis
USF (2)
Maikon Bonani, K, Tennessee Titans
Danous Estenor, OL, Indianapolis Colts