2017 Bowl Games: Wake Forest, Texas A&M, Northwestern and New Mexico State prospects to know

Bowl Preview - Friday’s Early Games

For so many the Bowl season is a first chance to get a look at prospects. It starts the process of the draft season, the 2018 NFL Draft in this case.

For others, this is the culmination of three to four years worth of gathering information and putting the final game and film notes on prospects down.

Today, there are three bowl games to know, plus a big game and the local team.

Here are the three bowl games to check out during your Friday.

Belk Bowl - Friday 1:00 PM ET
Wake Forest vs Texas A&M

#53 Duke Ejiofor DE WF 6’4” 275
Season Stats: 38 TKL (23 solo) 14.5 TFL 6.5 SCK 2 FF 1 PBU

#3 Christian Kirk WR TAMU 5’11” 200
Season Stats: 58 REC 730 YDS 12.6 AVG 7 TD receiving, 21.9 PR AVG 1 PR TD 22.9 KR AVG 1 KR TD

#23 Armani Watts S TAMU 5’11” 205
Season Stats: 87 TKL (57 solo) 10 TFL 0.5 SCK 2 FF 4 INT 5 PBU

Watts is dealing with an injury, and conflicting reports are circulating about whether or not he will be able to play.

Music City Bowl - Friday 4:30 PM ET
Kentucky vs Northwestern

#21 Justin Jackson RB NU 5’11” 200
Season Stats: 1154 YDS 4.5 AVG 9 TD rushing, 43 REC 266 YDS 6.2 AVG receiving

Jackson has rushed for over 1000 yards on each of his four seasons, and is Northwestern’s all time leading rusher.

#16 Godwin Igwebuike S NU 6’ 212
Season Stats: 72 TKL (46 solo) 1.5 TFL 1 FF 2 INT 9 PBU

Arizona Bowl - Friday 5:30 PM ET
New Mexico State vs Utah State

#16 Jaleel Scott WR NMSU 6’6” 215
Season Stats: 73 REC 1042 YDS 14.3 AVG 8 TD

#3 Larry Rose III RB NMSU 5’11” 195
Season Stats: 807 YDS 4.7 AVG 9 TD rushing, 49 REC 474 YDS 9.7 AVG 2 TD receiving