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2018 Senior Bowl: Local connections

Chandon Sullivan, CB, Georgia State (Barrow) Davin Bellamy, DE/OLB, Georgia (Chamblee) Javon Wims, WR, Georgia Isaiah Wynn, G, Georiga Jordan Akins, TE, UCF (Union Grove) Michael Gallup, WR, Colorado State (Monroe) Colby Gossett, OL, Appalachian State (North Forsyth) Desmond Harrison, OL, West Georgia Chris Herndon IV, TE, Miami (Norcross) Justin Jones, DT, N.C. State (South Cobb) Tray Matthews, DB, Auburn (Newnan) Ike Powell, LS, Auburn (Tift County)
By Chris Vivlamore
Jan 18, 2018

The 2018 Senior Bowl will be played next Saturday in Mobile, Ala. The rosters of teams from the North and South will have 12 players with local connections, including three from the University of Georgia.

The all-star college football exhibition features prospects for the upcoming NFL Draft.

The game will be played at 2:30 p.m. and broadcast by the NFL Network.

The above video is a list of the players with local connections, college and high school, who will participate.

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Chris Vivlamore is the sports editor at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He has served as reporter and editor at the AJC since 2003.

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