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| Yale QB Kurt Rawlings has been tabbed to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl. He joins Bulldog teammate Dieter Eiselen in postseason bowl play. Eiselen will participate in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. Both contests will take place on Jan. 18, and will be televised on NFL Network. |
NEW HAVEN—Yale senior quarterback Kurt Rawlings became the second Bulldog selected to play in
a senior bowl when he was tabbed to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl on
Sunday, Jan. 18, at Tropicana Field in Tampa. The Shrine Bowl is the oldest
running college all-star game having started in 1925. He joins joins
All-American offensive lineman Dieter Eiselen who earlier was
named to play at the Rose Bowl Stadium
in the NFLPA’s Collegiate Bowl also on Jan. 18.
Rawlings, who was named the Ivy League Offensive Player of
the Year, was the only unanimous All-Ivy League offensive player of the year this
season. He becomes the 11th Bulldog to earn the prestigious honor and the third
in the past eight years under head coach Tony Reno’s tenure.
The Bel Air, Md., native was also recognized as the New
England Football Player of the Year by the New England Football Writers, and was
tabbed by STATS as a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, the FCS Offensive
Player of the Year. A three-time All-Ivy League selection and Ivy record holder
for Player of the Week honors in a season with six, the 6-2, 210-lb. Rawlings set
every passing and total offense record at Yale. He also orchestrated the greatest
comeback in the history of The Game when
Yale erased a two-touchdown deficit in the final 88 seconds to eventually win a
share of the Ivy League Championship in double overtime vs. Harvard, 50-43.
Rawlings led the Ivy League in passing yards (3,002),
touchdown passes (27), passing yards per game (300.2) and efficiency (163.5). He
ranked fourth nationally in points per game (21.2), fourth in total offense
(331.6), fifth in passing yards per game (300.2), fifth in points responsible
for (212), seventh in pass efficiency (163.5), seventh in yards per attempt
(9.24), 16th in touchdowns (27) and 16th in passing yards (3,002) despite
only playing 10 games. Rawlings led the Bulldogs to a No. 23/22 national
ranking in FCS, a 9-1 overall record and his second Ivy League Championship in
three years. He went 24-6 overall at quarterback for Yale.
Since 1925 the East-West Shrine Bowl has benefited Shriners
Hospitals for Children and its mission to provide advanced care for children
with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and
palate, regardless of the families’ ability to pay for services. Players like Gale Sayers, Tom Brady, John
Elway, Allan Page, Dick Butkus, Brett Favre, Gino Marchetti and Walter Payton,
along with coaches Don Shula, Dick Vermeil, Paul “Bear” Bryant and Jerry
Glanville, to name a few, have supported the East-West Shrine Bowl.
The game will be televised live on NFL Network. For those wishing to see
the game in person, tickets are available online by clicking HERE, and can also be
purchased at the stadium box offices.
Eiselen, a 6-4, 310-lb. offensive lineman from Stellenbosch, South Africa, was a
first team All-Ivy League and New Football Writers All-New England Team
selection. He started every game at left guard this season as has made 34
starts in his Yale career. He is now a three-time All-Ivy honoree. The ninth annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, to be played on
Jan. 18 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., will also be televised on NFL
Network. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. ET.
—Staff Reports
@yalefootball
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