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Cure Bowl 2022: Top 3 2023 NFL draft prospects to watch

By Dante Pryor

Dec 2, 2022; San Antonio, Texas, USA; UTSA Roadrunners head coach Jeff Traylor celebrates with Conference USA Most Valuable Player Frank Harris (0) after the game against the North Texas Mean Green at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 2, 2022; San Antonio, Texas, USA; UTSA Roadrunners head coach Jeff Traylor celebrates with Conference USA Most Valuable Player Frank Harris (0) after the game against the North Texas Mean Green at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Cure Bowl has had its share of exciting games. The last three games have been spectacular. In 2019, defensive end Jessie Lemonier registered eight tackles and two sacks as the Liberty Flames edged the Georgia Southern Eagles. The win was Liberty’s first bowl victory in school history. The Flames found themselves back in the Cure Bowl in 2020.

This time it was quarterback Malik Willis dazzling fans with 370 total yards and two touchdowns as the Flames defeated the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 37-34 in one of the best bowl games of the postseason. The Chanticleers found themselves back in the Cure Bowl in 2021. It was Coastal’s turn to tally its first bowl win in school history.

Quarterback Grayson McCall was the star of the show throwing for over 300 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Chanticleers to a 47-41 victory over the Northern Illinois Huskies 47-41.

The UTSA Roadrunners and Troy Trojans will light up the scoreboard in Orlando Friday afternoon this season. Quarterbacks Frank Wilson (UTSA) and Gunnar Watson (Troy) will indeed have big games.

This season, the Cure Bowl has no shortage of NFL prospects. Wilson and Watson will be prospects in the 2024 draft; three players will be on the NFL’s radar in 2023.

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