Offense-Defense All-American Bowl

The Offense-Defense All-American Bowl is an annual high school football all-star game typically held in early January, created to spotlight the nation's top high-school seniors. The game was originally hosted in the U.S. state of Florida, but the 2009 edition was moved to the Myrtle Beach area of South Carolina.

The inaugural game was played on January 4, 2007, at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The next year the game moved to the Orange Bowl in Miami.[1] The demolition of the Orange Bowl started in March 2008 so the 2009 edition was moved to Brooks Stadium, the campus stadium of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.[2]

The game is in an East versus West format, with each team made up of 40 of the best high school seniors from across the nation as determined by Rivals.com. A national player of the year award is also presented the night prior to the game.[3] The game was originally broadcast nationally to a prime-time audience thanks to broadcast partner ESPNU. The 2009 edition was increased to 88 total players, as selected from the Offense-Defense Top 100 list, a national recruit ranking system published by Sports Illustrated. Participants included 15 players ranked in the top-100 list.

The other big high school all-star games are the U.S. Army All-American Bowl played in San Antonio, Texas and the Under Armour All-America Game played in Orlando, Florida. Because all of these games host their events during the same week, they are in competition for players. A number of marquee players have participated in the O-D competition, including Cam Newton, Dez Bryant, Aaron Corp, Kodi Burns, Jarrett Lee, et al.[4]

Game results
Date Site Winning team Losing team MVP
January 4, 2007Lockhart Stadium - Fort Lauderdale, Florida East 28 West      14 Cam Newton
January 4, 2008Orange Bowl - Miami, Florida East 12 West      8 Mike Zordich
January 2, 2009Brooks Stadium - Conway, South Carolina East     29West3Offense: Demond Dennis
Defense: Kwame Geathers
January 2, 2010 Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina  East0West35K.P. Parks
December 31, 2010Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina  East21West35Michael Carlisle
December 29, 2011Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, Texas East14West21Caleb Rowe
December 30, 2012Reliant Stadium - Houston, Texas National20American9Trent Hosick
January 3, 2014Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium - Orlando, Florida National21American19Stanley Williams

References
  1. "2008 Offense-Defense All-American Bowl Recap". Scout.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. "East delivers KO in Offense-Defense All-American Bowl". The Sun News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  3. "Elite of the elite: Offense-Defense POY finalists". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  4. "Offense Defense All-American Bowl Rosters". o-d.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
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