Brice selected for 2023 Hula Bowl

Football
8.12.2022 15:17:00

BOONE, NC App State quarterback Chase Brice has accepted an invitation to play in the 2023 Tunnel to Towers Foundation Hula Bowl, which will be held Jan. 14 at UCF’s FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, FL.

The 77th Annual Hula Bowl will feature 100 top players facing off against legendary NFL coaches and will be broadcast live on CBS Sports Network.

In just two years, Brice posted some of the best career totals in App State history, ranking No. 1 in passing yards per game (240.7), No. 5 in touchdown passes (54) and No. 6 in passing yards (6,258). ).

Brice threw 27 touchdown passes (No. 1 in the Sun Belt) and just six interceptions in the 2022 season, passing for 2,921 yards (243.4 per game) and completing 62.8 percent of his attempts.

A native of Grayson, Ga., Brice opened the season by throwing a school-record six touchdowns against North Carolina, including four in a 40-point fourth quarter for App State in a 63-61 loss. He helped lead the Mountaineers to a 17-14 victory at No. 6 Texas A&M the following week, followed by a 53-yard touchdown pass Christian Horn in the final game, a Hail Mary beat Troy 32-28 on the same day that ESPN’s College GameDay aired from Boone.

As fans rushed onto the court, a video of Brice walking toward the stands and helping fellow students jump to safety from the elevated front row onto the court went viral. One of eight team captains, he also showed leadership by relinquishing his Senior Day captaincy to tight end. Henry Pearsonwhich was in its fifth year at App State.

Brice, who spent his first three college years at Clemson and will play at Duke in 2020, totaled 62 games, 9,451 passing yards and 73 touchdown passes as an FBS quarterback.