Four East Texans Compete This Week in National Football All-Star Games

Four East Texas seniors compete in renowned football all-star games this week that will be televised nationally.

Nacogdoches center Jacob Bragg plays in the Under Armour All-American Game at 3 p.m. Thursday in St. Petersburg, Fla. ESPN will broadcast the game.

A trio of East Texans -- Mount Pleasant receiver K.D. Cannon, Jasper center Terrell Cuney, and Liberty-Eylau athlete Davion Hall -- play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl at noon Saturday at San Antonio's Alamodome. NBC will televise the game.

Cannon, Cannon, and Hall give East Texas 23 participants in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl since its first event in 2001.

Under Armour All-American Game

3 p.m. Thursday

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg (Fla.)

ESPN

Jacob Bragg

• School: Nacogdoches
• Position: Center
• Height: 6-4
• Weight: 311
• Committed to: Kansas

U.S. Army All-American Bowl

Noon Saturday

Alamodome, San Antonio

NBC

Terrell Cuney

• School: Jasper
• Position: Center
• Height: 6-3
• Weight: 260
• Committed to: Texas

K.D. Cannon

• School: Mount Pleasant
• Height: 6-0
• Weight: 160
• Committed to: Baylor
• Senior stats: 80 catches, 1,252 yards, 16 TDs

Davion Hall

• School: Liberty-Eylau
• Height: 6-2
• Weight: 191
• Committed to: Baylor
• Senior stats: 24 catches, 515 yards, 4 TDs, 4 rushing TDs, 2 INTs

East Texans in Past U.S. Army All-American Bowls

(school signed with in parentheses)

2013

Isaiah Golden, DT, Carthage (Texas A&M)

2012

Edward Pope, WR, Carthage (Texas A&M)

2011

Steve Edmond, LB, Daingerfield (Texas)

Trey Metoyer, WR, Whitehouse (Oklahoma)

Kendall Thompson, LB, Carthage (Texas)

2010

Traylon Shead, RB, Cayuga (Texas)

2009

Jamarkus McFarland, DT, Lufkin (Oklahoma)

Tyrik Rollison, QB, Sulphur Springs (Auburn)

2008

Justin Johnson, RB, Gilmer (Oklahoma)

David Snow, OL, Gilmer (Texas)

2007

Curtis Brown, DB, Gilmer (Texas)

Michael Huey, OL, Kilgore (Texas)

Ryan Mallett, QB, Texas High (Michigan)

2006

Dustin Earnest, LB, Texas High (Texas)

Eddie Jones, DE, Kilgore (Texas)

2005

No East Texans

2004

Adrian Peterson, RB, Palestine (Oklahoma)

2003

Jorrie Adams, OL, Jasper (Texas A&M)

2002

Marvin Byrdsong, LB, Longview (Mississippi State)

Reggie McNeal, QB, Lufkin (Texas A&M)

2001

Ben Wilkerson, OL, Hemphill (LSU)