Courtesy of Black College Football Hall of Fame
New Orleans, LA – The Black College Football Hall of Fame (BCFHOF) announced today the first players to be named to the 2025 Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl.
Representing Grambling State University, quarterback Myles Crawley will play for Team Robinson. Crawley was named the 2024 SWAC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. A transfer from Alabama State, he started every game for Grambling in 2023, completing 197 of 328 passes for 2,312 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Representing Virginia Union University, running back Jada Byers will play for Team Gaither. He was named to the 2024 Preseason All-CIAA team after rushing for 1,186 yards and 16 touchdowns during the 2023 season. Prior to that in 2022, Byers ran for a school-record 1,928 yards and lead the nation with 2,256 all-purpose yards.
“To announce these two incredible young men as our first invitees to the 2025 Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl means the world to us,” said Doug Williams, Super Bowl XXII MVP and Co-Founder of the Black College Football Hall of Fame. “They represent the very best of HBCU football today, and we know they will represent this game incredibly well.”
The Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl occurs on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 at Tulane University’s Yulman Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Black College Football Hall of Fame and the National Football League will also hold the HBCU Combine on February 17th at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center, which is the New Orleans Saints practice facility. The event is patterned after the NFL Combine.
Partners of the game include Allstate, the National Football League, Adidas, Coca-Cola, Coors Light, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the New Orleans Saints, 15 and the Mahomies Foundation, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Riddell, as well as NFL players Terron Armstead, Aaron Donald, Patrick Mahomes, Bobby Wagner, and Jameis Winston.
For more information, please visit www.HBCULegacyBowl.com.