Mid-American Conference

FIVE MAC STUDENTS TO PLAY IN NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL ON SATURDAY, JAN. 19TH
Toledo's Jon'Vea Johnson, Ohio's Joe Anderson and Joe Lowery, Akron's Kyron Brown and Bowling Green's Montre Gregory to play in seventh annual game

Representing the MAC in the 2019 NFLPA Collegiate Bowl will be Toledo wide receiver Jon'Vea Johnson, Ohio offensive lineman Joe Anderson and Joe Lowery, Akron defensive back Kyron Brown and Bowling Green defensive back Montre Gregory. The game will be the seventh annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl to be played on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.  The game will kickoff at 5:00 pm ET and be televised nationally by FS1.

Johnson is a two-time All-MAC selection, earning second-team honors in 2016 and third-team honors in 2018. For his career, he caught 123 passes for 2,224 yards and 24 touchdowns. This past season, Johnson had 32 receptions for 660 yards and nine scores.

Anderson, who is a communication studies major, and Lowery, who is a health services administration major, were both named to the 2018 All-Mid-American Conference First Team after being named to the 2017 All-MAC Second Team. The duo gave Ohio two All-MAC First Team offensive linemen in the same season for the first time since 1968. Lowery was also named the 2018 MAC Player of the Year and garnered All-American Second Team Offense selection by Pro Football Focus. According to Pro Football Focus, Lowery was third-highest graded offensive tackle across the entire nation. He allowed just nine total QB pressures on 334 snaps in pass protection. He also led the nation's tackles with his 85.3 run-blocking grade.

Anderson and Lowery helped pave the way for a prolific Ohio offense that ranked 12th in the nation with a conference-high and program-record 521 points scored and 40.1 points per game. The Bobcats posted a conference-high 6,068 yards of total offense, the second-most in program history, and to rank 15th in the nation, with Ohio's 466.8 total yards per game leading the MAC and setting a program record.

Brown played in all 12 games this past season for Akron and collected 48 tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack, one interception and eight passes defensed. 

Gregory played three seasons at Bowling Green, starting 20 times at cornerback over the past two seasons, including all 12 games in 2018. He had 39 tackles as a senior and was second on the team with seven pass break-ups. He had seven tackles in back-to-back contests against Toledo and Western Michigan. He had eight pass break-ups and an interception as a junior.