CHARLESTON, S.C. - Defensive end
Justin Oxendine and running back
Jake Stenson will represent The Citadel in the second annual Medal of Honor Bowl on Saturday at Johnson Hagood Stadium.
The game features many top draft eligible players from around the nation, including more than 30 from the SEC and ACC. It honors Medal of Honor recipients as well as the game's beneficiaries, the Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, disabled veterans and The Wounded Warrior Project.
Kickoff is at 2:30 and will be televised nationally by NBC Sports Network. For tickets or other information, visit the game's official website at www.mohbowl.com.
Oxendine started all 12 games his senior season and ranked third in the Southern Conference with 7.5 sacks while tying for the team lead with 10.5 tackles for loss. He had a total of 37 tackles including a career-high eight against Wofford and had two of The Citadel's school-record 10 sacks against Gardner-Webb.
The Sumter, S.C., native played in 43 games during his four-year career and finished in a tie for seventh in the school record book with 13 sacks while his 25 stops behind the line of scrimmage are the 11th most this century.
Stenson played in nine games with six starts this past fall and rushed for 597 yards and four touchdowns while adding another score through the air. He ran for a career-high 120 yards in the opener against Coastal Carolina and matched that total in the finale against VMI. He scored a rushing and receiving touchdown against Furman, the first Bulldog to do so since 2008.
The Jacksonville, Fla., product finished his career with 744 rushing yards and 238 receiving yards and scored a total of eight touchdowns.