This afternoon will mark the inaugural edition of the HBCU Legacy Bowl, which will be broadcast on the NFL Network and will take place at 4 PM EST in New Orleans at Yulman Stadium. The game was first announced by the Black College Football Hall of Fame last year, and former Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer and HBCU alumnus Mel Blount spoke to Cameron Wolfe yesterday about what he hopes the game can become.
“Even with a lot of African-American kids going to predominantly white schools, there’s still a lot of talent out there, and hopefully this will give these kids an opportunity to display their talents, and the scouts and personnel people can see that, hey, there’s still talent there to be looked at”, he said during an NFL Network segment.