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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Senior standout linebacker Steffon Canady has accepted an invitation to compete in the 7th Annual FCS Bowl held on Sunday, December 12 at 11 am. at Daytona Stadium in Daytona Beach, Florida.
A broadcast of the game will be made available via the FCS Bowl's Facebook page www.facebook.com/FCSBowlUSA.
Canady, a senior linebacker from Glendale, Arizona, will compete for the American Team Red, coached by Head Coach Preston McKnight, and will wear number 57.
Canady, the USA South Conference Defensive Player of the Year, enjoyed a standout campaign in his final season at Brevard College. He became the first Tornado to earn USA South DPOY honors in the program's short time in the Conference in November. He tied for the conference lead in sacks with 10.5 and was second with 18.5 tackles for a total loss of 95 yards. He totaled 66 tackles, broke up three passes, recovered two fumbles while causing a co-League-high four fumbles this season. Against USA South opposition, Canady finished the year with a league-best 17.5 tackles for a loss and four forced fumbles. Canady's behind-the-line of scrimmage disruptions caused 93 total lost yardage and included 10.5 sacks of opposing quarterbacks. For his efforts, Canady was named an All-Conference linebacker for the third consecutive year. Finally, he collected USA South Defensive Player of the Week accolades twice this fall en route to his Defensive Player of the Year and All-Conference First Team honors. Most recently, Canady garnered a D3football.com All-Region 3 Second Team nod, and will be put up for All-American consideration.
The senior linebacker has put together a stellar three-year career at BC, beginning with 2019. Canady totaled 66 tackles and a single-season school record 11 ½ sacks that were a part of 14 tackles-for-loss. Canady was selected to the USA South All-Conference Second Team before earning First Team All-ECAC honors. Canady was one of two Tornados who earned a nomination for the Cliff Harris Award that season. The then-junior linebacker helped lead the Tornados to a program-best 8-2 record and the school's first-ever bowl game appearance. Canady tied a school single-game record in the Scotty Whitelaw Bowl in Pittsburgh with four sacks en route to a Scotty Whitelaw Bowl MVP trophy as the Tornados defeated Carnegie Mellon. This season, Canady was selected to D3football.com's Team of the Week twice.
All told, Canady's 23 ½ career sacks and 38 ½ career tackles-for-loss are both school records, while his six forced fumbles place hin atop the BC football career record books as well. Canady's 18 ½ tackles-for-loss in Fall 2021 are the second-most in a single season behind his teammate Bass, who tallied 20 this season. Canady's 18 ½ tackles-for-loss was 10th in all of Division III football.
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About the FCS Bowl
The FCS National Bowl is an annual post-season college football all-star game consisting of the top players from college football FCS schools. The inaugural FCS National Bowl was played in December 2014 at FIU Stadium and moved to Daytona Beach Stadium in Daytona Beach, FL in 2016 which is home to FCS Bethune-Cookman Football. The National Bowl and FCS Bowl all star weekend for Non-FBS schools has been the only games of its kind to attract numerous NFL & CFL scouts.
Players travel to the National Bowl weekend from as far as Texas, Arkansas, Oregon, Colorado, Michigan, Utah, South Dakota and more. The FCS National Bowl and National Bowl Game are presented by East Preps LLC and founded by its owner Michael Quartey Esq., also a Professor of Sports Law at Holy Family University in Philadelphia, PA.
The rosters gives NFL/CFL scouts a chance to view and get to know some of the best players from smaller schools over the bowl weekend. The FCS National Bowl is coached by pro coaches and features coaches such as NFL Coach Mike Stock formerly of the Green Bay Packers, who is set to return and coach the FCS Bowl for the 2014 game in Miami, FL. The game has been attended by scouts from the NFL's St Louis Rams, Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Falcons, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49er's, Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, and has even seen scouting directors fly in. With its location in at FIU in Miami, the bowl weekend continues to gain scouts attention. All 32 NFL teams receive and review the FCS National Bowl film as the game and practice film are distributed directly to all NFL teams by NFL Films.
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