The Florida Gators return several key players from last season\u2019s 8-5 team and many of them are likely to someday get a shot to play in the NFL. Recognizing that, 14 Gators have been named to the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000, a list of college players who are considered top prospects for the East-West Shrine Bowl all-star game and the NFL Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The following UF players made the list: Defensive lineman Caleb Banks<\/a>, offensive tackle Austin Barber<\/a>, safety Jordan Castell<\/a>, offensive guard Damieon George Jr.<\/a>, edge George Gumbs Jr.<\/a>, tight end Hayden Hansen<\/a>, offensive guard Knijeah Harris<\/a>, offensive tackle Bryce Lovett<\/a>, edge Tyreak Sapp,<\/a> center Jake Slaughter<\/a>, kicker Trey Smack<\/a>, receiver J. Michael Sturdivant<\/a>, long snapper Rocco Underwood<\/a>\u00a0and receiver Eugene Wilson III<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Shrine Bowl 1000, per Google, \u201caims to identify the best college players eligible for the East-West Shrine Bowl and the upcoming NFL Draft. The 1000 list is compiled by the Shrine Bowl\u2019s scouting staff, with assistance with and college personnel, and includes players from all levels of college football.\u201d<\/p>\n The Florida Gators are among the national leaders in most players on the list <\/p>\n From the Shrine Bowl\u2019s official website, \u201cEvery year, approximately 1000 all-star game eligible players are drafted, signed after the draft, or attend a rookie mini-camp. Our aim is for this Shrine Bowl 1000 to serve as a look into our scouting process, as well as begin to preview college players who are currently all-star game eligible for the 2026 East-West Shrine Bowl and 2026 NFL Draft class. Putting together this list was extremely challenging for our team, as we scouted players from all four levels of football and consulted with NFL and college personnel to ensure the selection of the best 1000 players for the NFL level.\u201d<\/p>\n From the 165 schools represented in the East-West Shrine Bowl 100, Florida is tied for 10th most\u00a0in the number of players named to the list. Among SEC schools, Florida tied for ninth with Kentucky and Texas. Texas Tech, with 24 players, leads all schools.<\/p>\n The East-West Shrine Bowl is held in Frsico, Texas, on Jan. 27, 2026. It is the country\u2019s oldest college football all-star game. <\/p>\n Most players selected for the East-West Shrine Bowl 1000<\/p>\n Number of PlayersSchool24Texas Tech23Alabama22Texas A&M21LSU, Miami (FL), Oklahoma20Georgia19Notre Dame, Oregon17Baylor, Ole Miss16Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State15Arizona State, Auburn, Missouri, Penn State14Clemson,\u00a0Florida, Kentucky, Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Gators return several key players from last season\u2019s 8-5 team and many of them are likely…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18114,5781,18115,1301,7,26135,50485,18116,50486,49,48,1788,40492,18117],"class_list":{"0":"post-255003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-austin-barber-21-trinity-christian-academy","9":"tag-caleb-banks-21-southfield","10":"tag-eugene-wilson-iii-23-gaither","11":"tag-florida-gators","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-george-gumbs-21-simeon","14":"tag-j-michael-sturdivant","15":"tag-jake-slaughter-21-trinity-catholic","16":"tag-jordan-castell-23-west-orange","17":"tag-ncaa","18":"tag-ncaa-football","19":"tag-regwall","20":"tag-trey-smack-22-severna-park-sr","21":"tag-tyreak-sapp-21-st-thomas-aquinas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114957228633557831","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}