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Pat Bryant Senior Bowl 2025

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Senior Bowl
January 31 // 1:30 p.m. CT
Mobile, Alabama // Hancock Whitney Stadium

9 QB Luke Altmyer 
74 OL J.C. Davis
17 OLB Gabe Jacas

• Three players in the Senior Bowl ties the Illinois record set in 2023 when Chase Brown, Sydney Brown, and Quan Martin played in the game. 
• Altmyer will be the second Illini QB ever to play in the Senior Bowl and first Illini QB since Kurt Kittner in 2002. 
• Coach Bielema has sent 10 players to the Senior Bowl (counting this year's 3), the second most in Illinois history behind only Mike White's 11.
• Bielema's 10 Illini players in the Senior Bowl are the most in Illini history over any five-year period. 


East-West Shrine Bowl
Tuesday, January 27 // 6 p.m. CT
Frisco, Texas // Ford Center at The Star

90 DL James Thompson Jr.


Hula Bowl
Saturday, January 10 // 11 a.m. CT

DeLand, Florida // Spec Martin Memorial Stadium
73 OL Josh Gesky
58 OL Melvin Priestly

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Players Mentioned

J.C. Davis

#74 J.C. Davis

OL
6' 5"
Senior
Josh Gesky

#73 Josh Gesky

OL
6' 5"
Senior
Gabe Jacas

#17 Gabe Jacas

OLB
6' 3"
Senior
Luke Altmyer

#9 Luke Altmyer

QB
6' 2"
Senior
Melvin Priestly

#58 Melvin Priestly

OL
6' 4"
Senior
James Thompson Jr.

#90 James Thompson Jr.

DL
6' 6"
Senior

Players Mentioned

J.C. Davis

#74 J.C. Davis

6' 5"
Senior
OL
Josh Gesky

#73 Josh Gesky

6' 5"
Senior
OL
Gabe Jacas

#17 Gabe Jacas

6' 3"
Senior
OLB
Luke Altmyer

#9 Luke Altmyer

6' 2"
Senior
QB
Melvin Priestly

#58 Melvin Priestly

6' 4"
Senior
OL
James Thompson Jr.

#90 James Thompson Jr.

6' 6"
Senior
DL