BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Broncos wide receiver and kick returner John Hightower accepted on Friday an invitation to the Shrine Bowl.
Since 1925, premier college all-stars and future NFL legends play in the Shrine Bowl for the benefit of Shriners Hospitals for Children.
You can watch the game on Jan. 18 on NFL Network @ 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Hightower is a senior at Boise State University. This year he was named to the All-Mountain Second Team at both WR and KR.
Some of his senior stats from BSU:
"Hightower caught two passes for 25 yards at Florida State (Aug. 31)...hauled in a 47-yard touchdown for the decisive score against Marshall, finished the game with two catches for 46 yards (Sept. 6)...scored twice against Portland State, the first touchdown coming on a 98-yard kickoff return, and the second coming on a 23-yard catch, as he finished the night with four catches for 79 yards and the score (Sept. 14)...caught five passes for 48 yards against Air Force (Sept. 20)...hauled in a 76-yard touchdown pass, and finished the game with 105 yards on four catches, and rushed twice for 51 yards, at UNLV (Oct. 5)...caught seven passes for 141 yards and a pair of touchdowns and returned a kickoff for 34 yards against Hawai'i (Oct. 12)...posted his third 100-yard receiving game, racking up 127 yards on five catches at San José State (Nov. 2)...caught two passes for 46 yards and rushed twice for 38 yards against Wyoming (Nov. 9)...made four catches for 124 yards and a touchdown, carried once for 17 yards against New Mexico (Nov. 16)...caught a 30-yard touchdown pass, finished with three catches for 56 yards at Utah State (Nov. 23)...had five catches for 49 yards at Colorado State (Nov. 29)...caught three passes for 64 yards and a touchdown in Mountain West Championship Game against Hawai'i (Dec. 7)."
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