Mid-way through the team's most successful season to date, the BU Bobcats have received individual recognition with聽7 of the聽players being聽invited聽to the All Star tryouts.
The University All Star game is a part of the Great Britain Student's international programme. The game is played between the top British players in two teams, representing North and South.
Within the South, 41 Universities are eligible to trial across聽the聽BUCS American Football Premier聽1 and 2 Divisions. There are just 120 trial spots from a potential聽pool of 1,230 Division 1 and 2 athletes.聽The opportunity to play in the聽All Star game provides a potential pathway to the GB Students team, GB Adult team, the Canadian Football League combine and the NFL player pathway.
The 7 Bobcats that have been selected聽have done extremely well to clear this first hurdle having been assessed on their stats, game film review and coaches recommendation. They now go on to the selection process on Saturday 8th January,聽 where they hope to make the final cut聽for Team South.聽Gaining a trial spot is a huge acheivement and each player should be immensly proud.聽
Huge congratulations to:
Quarterbacks - Alfie Birks and Kaan Aray
Wide Receiver - Jake Trainor
O Lineman - Rey Shittu
Linebackers and Kicker - Ethan Ford and Sonny Burbidge
Defensive Back - Louis Foligno
Wishing you all the best for the trial this weekend!
