Senior Bowl

Senior Bowl
Reese's Senior Bowl
Stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Location	Mobile, Alabama
Previous stadiums	Gator Bowl Stadium (1950)
Previous locations	Jacksonville, Florida (1950)
Operated	1950–present
Sponsors
Delchamps (1996–2001) Food World (2002–2006) Under Armour (2007–2011) Nike (2012–2013) Reese's (2014–present)
2016 matchup
North vs. South (South 27–16)
2017 matchup
North vs. South (South 16–15)

The Senior Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game played in Mobile, Alabama, which showcases the best NFL Draft prospects of those collegiate players who have completed their eligibility. First played in 1950 in Jacksonville, Florida, the game moved to Mobile's Ladd–Peebles Stadium the next year. Produced by the non-profit Mobile Arts & Sports Association, the game is also a charitable fund-raiser benefiting various local and regional organizations with over US$5.9 million in donations over its history.

In 2013, Reese's took over sponsorship of the game. Beginning in 2007, the telecast of the game moved to the NFL Network from ESPN, and added Under Armour as its title sponsor.

Two teams, representing the North and the South, are coached by select coaching staff from two NFL teams. In recent years, the coaching staffs have come from teams who finished near the bottom of the league standings, but whose coaches were not subsequently terminated.

The week-long practice that precedes the game is attended by key NFL personnel (including coaches, general managers and scouts), who oversee the players as possible prospects for pro football. At one point the Senior Bowl was the first chance its participants had to openly receive pay for participation in an athletic event. This was one reason that participation was limited to seniors whose eligibility for further participation in collegiate football had expired, and the game was also their first exposure to the slightly different professional rules. Players who wished to participate in collegiate spring sports had to avoid participation in the Senior Bowl. The significance of all of this has waned in recent years as there has been some lessening of the former strict separation of professional and amateur athletes. Athletes sometimes decline invitations to participate in the Senior Bowl, opting instead to prepare for the NFL scouting combine or their colleges' pro day.