Feliz To Represent Fitchburg State At USA College Football Bowl
Luis Feliz earns national honor
FITCHBURG, Mass. - Fitchburg State senior linebacker Luis Feliz was selected to participate in the 21st annual USA College Football Bowl after being named to the 2015 New England Football Writers D-II/D-III All-Star Team, to be played at Ted Wright Stadium on the campus of Savannah State University on Monday, January 18th at 8 p.m.
The senior linebacker back earned his forth post-season accolade of the season after collecting a team-leading 89 tackles, including 60 solo stops and 29 assisted tackles as well as five sacks, one fumble forced, two fumbles recovered and an interception during the 2015 campaign.
In addition to this national honor, Feliz was also named to the 2015 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) All-Conference First Team as well as being named to the 2015 New England Writers D-II/D-III All-Star Team, while also named a first team pre-season All-American linebacker 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 2015 season with an overall record of 8-3 and a 6-2 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 2015-16 USA College Bowll, please visit their website at http://www.usacollegefootballbowl.com/.