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Morgan State’s Wheatley to coach at Senior Bowl

Four Selected HBCU Coaches will assist Detroit Lions and New York Jets Staffs

BALTIMORE, Md. (January 20, 2022) – Morgan State head coach Tyrone Wheatley will coach at the 73rd annual Reese's Senior Bowl Saturday, Feb. 5, in Mobile, Alabama.

The Senior Bowl will feature a new minority coaching fellowship program allowing HBCU coaches to join the New York Jets and Detroit Lions' coaching staffs for the game. 

The HBCU coaches selected include Wheatley, Virginia State head coach Reggie Barlow, South Carolina State defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Jonathan Saxon, and Jackson State offensive coordinator/tight ends coach T.C. Taylor.
 
These accomplished HBCU coaches will take part in on-field coaching, position meetings, and nightly staff evaluations.  The primary goal of this new initiative is to connect HBCU coaches with NFL decision-makers in hope that it leads to future career opportunities, while also giving the rest of the league's teams four individuals to contact for information about Senior Bowl participants. 
 
The Jets and Lions' staffs were already tabbed to coach the event ahead of the NFL Draft. The Jets and Lions' staffs will have two HBCU coaches each assigned to work with them for the week.
 
"This is an excellent opportunity for HBCU coaches to come alongside their NFL colleagues to learn, to share and create relationships, both professionally and personally," Troy Vincent, executive vice president of NFL Football Operations, said in a statement. "The choice of inclusion is part of the ongoing efforts to promote trust, develop skills and provide a foundation for future mobility."
 
The Reese's Senior Bowl will played on Saturday February 5, 2022, at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama.  The game will be aired live on the NFL Network at 1:30 CT (local time).  The Lions own the No. 2 pick, while the Jets own the Nos. 4 and 10 selections in the 2022 NFL draft.
 
The NFL Draft begins on April 28.


ABOUT REESE'S SENIOR BOWL
The Reese's Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. It is also the only all-star game coached by complete NFL staffs. More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 700 media members from around the country are credentialed year after year. This past year, the game produced 106 total picks, representing 41 percent of the entire NFL draft, including 36 in the first three rounds.

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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.


 
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