Torres Represents Falcons Football At USA College Football Bowl
Elizear Torres earns national honor
FITCHBURG, Mass. - Fitchburg State senior safety Elizear Torres represented the Fitchburg State football squad at the 2014-15 USA College Football Bowl, played at Newell Stadium in Jackson, Miss. on Monday, January 19th on the campus of Belhaven University.
The senior defensive back earned his third post-season accolade of the season after collecting 43 tackles, including 29 solo stops and 14 assisted to rank fourth on the squad as well as two interceptions, one fumble forced and eight passes defended during the 2014 campaign.
In addition to this national honor, Torres was also named to the 2014 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) All-Conference First Team as well as being named to the 2014 Worcester All-Area Football First Team, while also named a second team pre-season All-American defensive back.
Founded in 1996 as an NCAA-compliant DIII All-Star Game that matched teams from Connecticut, New York and northern New Jersey against standouts from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and southern New Jersey. The first game was played at Roberson Stadium in East Orange, N.J.
In 2011, the event absorbed the NCAA DII Cactus Bowl, which began in 1995 as the Snow Bowl in the Fargo Dome before moving to Texas in 2000. The 2012 game was the first to include NCAA DI-AA (FCS) as well as NAIA players. With the demise of the Casino Del Sol and Texas vs The Nation as well as the transition of the Raycom Bowl into the Camelia Bowl, NCAA Division I (CFP) players were added in 2013.
The USA College Football Bowl is the only game that has contractual agreements with pro football leagues that guarantee over 30 roster slots for its participants in pre-season camps and/or regular season pro contracts.
The Fitchburg State football team concluded the 2014 season with an overall record of 6-4 and a 4-4 clip in the MASCAC.
For more information regarding the Fitchburg State football team, please contact Assistant Sports Information Director Jamie Rogers at 978-665-3726 or via email at jrogers@fitchburgstate.edu. For more information regarding the 2014-15 USA College Bowll, please visit their website at http://www.usacollegefootballbowl.com/.