TAMPA, Fla. – Illinois State seniors Luther Kirk and James Robinson have accepted invitations to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl™ on January 18, 2020, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The game will be broadcast live on the NFL Network.
Kirk and Robinson are the fifth and sixth ISU players, respectively, to be selected to play in the prestigious showcase. Current Denver Broncos defensive back Davontae Harris and Dalton Keene both represented Illinois State in 2018, and former ISU standouts Chad Pegues (1998) and Boomer Grigsby (2004) also played in the game.