The 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 was released this week, and 44 draft-eligible players from North Carolina college programs made the watch list for the prestigious all-star game.
Scouts for the Shrine Bowl 1000 scoured all divisions of play, including FCS, D2 and D3, to compile the list.
Elon’s Khalil Baker (S) and Chandler Brayboy (WR) made Shrine Bowl 1000 from the FCS ranks, along with Campbell’s Isaiah Green (CB) and North Carolina A&T’s Karon Prunty (CB).
Lenoir-Rhyne’s Andre Jefferson (DL) was the only NCAA Division II player from North Carolina to make the Shrine Bowl 1000.
The North Carolina Tar Heels had the most watch-list players from our state with 12. Among other FBS schools, NC State had 9, Wake Forest 5, Appalachian State 4, Duke 4, Charlotte 3 and East Carolina 2.
“Every year, approximately 1,000 all-star game eligible players are drafted, signed after the draft, or attend a rookie mini-camp,” s press release on the Shrine Bowl 1000 stated. “Our aim is for this Shrine Bowl 1000 to serve as a look into our scouting process, as well as begin to preview college players who are currently all-star game eligible for the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl and 2024 NFL Draft class.
“Putting together this list was extremely challenging for our team, as we scouted players from all four levels of football and consulted with NFL and college personnel to ensure the selection of the best 1000 players for the NFL level.”
Here are players from North Carolina college teams on the list:
Appalachian State Kaedin Robinson WR FBS Sun Belt Appalachian State Brendan Harrington LB FBS Sun Belt Appalachian State Joey Aguilar QB FBS Sun Belt Appalachian State Eli Wilson TE FBS Sun Belt Campbell Isaiah Greene CB FCS Big South Charlotte Dontae Balfour CB FBS AAC Charlotte Sammy Anderson Jr. CB FBS AAC Charlotte Terez Traynor WR FBS AAC Duke Jaylen Stinson SAF FBS ACC Duke Jordan Moore WR FBS ACC Duke Javon Harvey WR FBS ACC Duke Jaquez Moore RB FBS ACC East Carolina Shavon Revel CB FBS AAC East Carolina Winston Wright WR FBS AAC Elon Khalil Baker SAF FCS CAA Elon Chandler Brayboy WR FCS CAA Lenoir-Rhyne Andre Jefferson iDL D2 SAC NC State Anthony Belton OT FBS ACC NC State Timothy McKay OG FBS ACC NC State Davin Vann iDL FBS ACC NC State Aydan White CB FBS ACC NC State Grayson McCall QB FBS ACC NC State Zeke Correll OC FBS ACC NC State Ja’Had Carter SAF FBS ACC NC State Donovan Kaufman SAF FBS ACC NC State Jordan Waters RB FBS ACC North Carolina Desmond Evans EDGE FBS ACC North Carolina Bryson Nesbit TE FBS ACC North Carolina Kaimon Rucker EDGE FBS ACC North Carolina Power Echols LB FBS ACC North Carolina Nate McCollum WR FBS ACC North Carolina Kevin Hester Jr. iDL FBS ACC North Carolina J.J. Jones WR FBS ACC North Carolina Alijah Huzzie CB FBS ACC North Carolina Willie Lampkin OG FBS ACC North Carolina Antavious Lane SAF FBS ACC North Carolina Max Johnson QB FBS ACC North Carolina Jakeen Harris SAF FBS ACC North Carolina A&T Karon Prunty CB FCS CAA Wake Forest Donavon Greene WR FBS ACC Wake Forest DeVonte Gordon OT FBS ACC Wake Forest Taylor Morin WR FBS ACC Wake Forest Branson Combs LB FBS ACC Wake Forest Hank Bachmeier QB FBS ACC
