The NFLPA 2019 Collegiate Bowl is one of the first post season pre-draft game for the best players in college to perform before NFL teams and their scouts, etc. The game will be held at the Rose Bowl on January 19th at 2:00 PM.

http://collegiate.nflpa.com/

The coaches will be Mike Tice for the National team and Chuck Pagano for the American team. The rest of the staff on both sides is filled with some ex NFL players too.

http://collegiate.nflpa.com/2018/12/04/full-coaching-staff-announced-for-2019-nflpa-collegiate-bowl/

The rosters are pretty much set but there could be some late modifications.

http://collegiate.nflpa.com/2019-game-roster/

Some famous alumni from this game are Tarik Cohen, Kelvin Beachum, Jatavis Brown, Shaquill Griffin, Duron Harmon, & Avery Williamson

There are a handful of players that may be of interest to Vikings fans and I will list them here.

AMERICAN

Joe Lowery OT 6’6” 310 Ohio University

https://twitter.com/PFF_College/status/1068639566528241666

https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/college-conference-players-of-the-year-2018

Phillip Haynes OG 6’3” 310 Wake Forest

https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/08/03/2019-nfl-draft-player-profile-phil-haynes/

Jamell Garcia-Williams DE 6’7” 255 UAB

https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/09/even_with_football_pedigree_ja.html

https://twitter.com/dpbrugler/status/1057265850665840640

Deion Harris CB 6’2” 182 North Dakota

https://herosports.com/fcs/football-kickoff-deion-harris-north-dakota-bzbz

Kiy Hester CB 6’0” 208 Rutgers

https://247sports.com/college/rutgers/Article/The-unusual-path-that-led-safety-Kiy-Hester-back-to-Rutgers-Football-120726201/

NATIONAL

Ryan Bee DT 6’6” 280 Marshall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQz5p2caxLc

Keenan Brown TE 6’2” 250 Texas State

https://twitter.com/PFF_College/status/1059569339383332865

https://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2018/11/21/rsp-boiler-room-no-181-te-keenen-brown-texas-state/

Emmanuel Butler WR 6’3” Nortern Arizona

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2018/11/emmanuel-butler-3/

https://mattwaldmanrsp.com/2018/02/18/your-rsp-wake-up-call-a-sleeper-wr-in-a-sleepless-society/

Deion Calhoun OG 6’3” 320 Mississippi State

https://hailstate.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4655

Daniel Cooney OT 6’8” 320 San Diego

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2018/10/27/18032110/scouting-notebook-week-9-players-to-watch-in-college-football

Johnnie Dixon WR 5’11” 198 Ohio State

https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/ohio-state-football-return-johnnie-dixon-gives-buckeyes-another-weapon/n9IvryVxmfyYnhgsYYNz8M/

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/roster/johnnie-dixon/

Hjalte Froholdt OG 6’4” 315 Arkansas

https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/08/26/2019-nfl-draft-player-profile-hjalte-froholdt/

https://nationalfootballpost.com/2019-nfl-draft-preview-g-c/

https://www.draftblaster.com/2019-nfl-draft/hjalte-froholdt-og-arkansas/

Amir Hall QB 6’4” 195 Bowie State University

https://hbcugameday.com/2018/11/14/nfl-draft-scouts-hbcu-talent-amir-hall/

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2018/11/amir-hall/

Darius Harris LB 6’1” 238 Middle Tennessee State

https://thegamehaus.com/nfl-draft-prospects-in-the-2018-rl-carriers-new-orleans-bowl/2018/12/10/

Jay-Tee Tiuli DT 6’3” 320 Eastern Washington

https://bigskyconf.com/news/2018/11/19/football-maier-tiuli-lead-bigskyfb-all-conference-honors.aspx

Devon Johnson OT 6’6” 310 Ferris State

2018 GLIAC OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR with 51 consecutive starts

https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2018/12/devon-johnson/

A couple of linebackers to watch are ...

Thomas ‘Peyton’ Pelluer LB 6’0” 230 Washinton State

Sione Takitaki LB 6’2” 230 BYU

Some of these players may not get drafted but could be priority free agents to add after the draft. There are some other interesting prospects in this game that I may not have mentioned.

Enjoy the game if you watch.