Practice sessions closed Thursday at the fifth annual Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl, capping a week-long showcase for top NFL draft-eligible players ahead of Saturday’s game.
Here are the players who stood out.
While final evaluations continued on the practice fields, defensive standouts such as Morgan State’s Erick Hunter and Jackson State edge rusher Quincy Ivory set the tone with physical work in position drills and team periods, flashing the kind of burst and power that attracted scouts to New Orleans, according to those who observed individual and team periods.
North Carolina Central running back Chris Mosley also turned heads on offense, building on a week designed to give HBCU playmakers a professional-stage audition similar to other college all-star games.
SWAC/SIAC (Team Robinson) players that stood out at Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl practices: DL Bryce Cage, Grambling, DL Quincy Ivory, DL Warren Robinson, Grambling, LB Reid Pulliam, Jackson State, LB Stemarion Edwards, Alcorn St., DB Carlos Dunovant, Morehouse, DB Markel Linzer,…
— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) February 18, 2026
Not every prospect finished the week at full strength. Virginia Union running back Curtis Allen, listed on this year’s Legacy Bowl roster, came into the event as one of several featured backs but was held out of late-week work because of a hamstring issue, according to people familiar with team preparations. He is not expected to play in the game.
But North Carolina Central running back Chris Mosley made an impression in team drills.
Livingstone College OL Keith Chambless putting in work for Team Gaither pic.twitter.com/gsHJd4o5TC
— HBCU LEGACY BOWL (@HBCULegacyBowl) February 19, 2026
When is the HBCU Legacy Bowl?
The 5th Annual Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl is scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2026, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans and will air on NFL Network (3:00 p.m. EST).
What players are at the HBCU Legacy Bowl?
- QB William Atkins, South Carolina State
- QB Kelvin Durham, Johnson C. Smith
- QB Walker Harris, North Carolina Central
- QB JaCobian Morgan, Jackson State
- QB Cameron Peters, Prairie View A&M
- RB Curtis Allen, Virginia Union
- RB Reggie Davis, Alcorn State
- RB Donerio Davenport, Jackson State
- RB Marquis Gillis, Delaware State
- RB JaQuan Kelly, Winston-Salem State
- RB Chris Mosley, North Carolina Central
- RB Jacorian Sewell, Alcorn State
- RB Jerodd Sims, Florida Memorial
- WR JJ Evans, Norfolk State
- WR Armone Harris, Johnson C. Smith
- WR Malik Hunter, Virginia State
- WR Dre’Sean Kendrick, Norfolk State
- WR Makai Lovett, Edward Waters
- WR Jon McCall, Kentucky State
- WR Cameron Nelson, Mississippi Valley State
- WR Deandre Proctor, Johnson C. Smith
- WR Chauncey Spikes, North Carolina Central
- WR Ronnie West, Clark Atlanta
- TE Travaunta Abner, Alabama A&M
- TE Kahlil Ashley-Diarrah, Fayetteville State
- TE Caden Davis, Fayetteville State
- TE Dupree Fuller, Southern
- OL Treyvon Branch, Morgan State
- OL Jerrod Burrell, Morgan State
- OL Vincent Byrd, Norfolk State
- OL Daniel Bostic, Kentucky State
- OL Isaiah Cook, Delaware State
- OL Desmond Daniels, Alabama State
- OL Charles Davis, Florida A&M
- OL Jeremiah Frazier, Alabama State
- OL Ashton Grable, Florida A&M
- OL Jestus Johnson, Delaware State
- OL Christian Loving, Bethune-Cookman
- OL Noah McKinney, North Carolina Central
- OL Calvin McMillian, Prairie View A&M
- OL Darius Meeks, Grambling State
- OL Bruno Onwuazor, Virginia State
- OL Cesar Reyes, Howard
- OL Korion Sharpe, North Carolina A&T
- OL Roger Smith, South Carolina State
- DL Noah Miles, Howard
- DL Tony Rountree, Savannah State
- DL Christian Smith, North Carolina Central
- ER Tim Alderman, North Carolina A&T
- ER Bryce Cage, Grambling State
- ER Ckelby Givens, Southern
- ER Quincy Ivory, Jackson State
- ER Jamal Jones, Bowie State
- ER Israel Nwokocha, Benedict
- ER Shawn Robinson, Fayetteville State
- LB Jamieson Alston, Winston-Salem State
- LB Darrian Bell, Savannah State
- LB Chris Calhoun, Elizabeth City State
- LB Domonique Davis II, Central State
- LB Stemarion Edwards, Alcorn State
- LB Erick Hunter, Morgan State
- LB Matthew Leach, Fayetteville State
- LB Jalil Lenore, Alabama State
- LB Harold O’Neal, Hampton
- LB Reid Pulliam, Jackson State
- LB Max U’Ren, North Carolina Central
- CB Carlos Dunovant, Morehouse State
- CB Aaron Harris, North Carolina A&T
- CB TJ Huggins, Florida A&M
- CB Darnell Stephens, Fort Valley State
- S Deontre Morris, Alabama State
- S Travor Randle, Prairie View A&M
- S Daryl Taybron, Johnson C. Smith
- S Antwone Watts, Bethune-Cookman
- P Elliot Janish, South Carolina State
