Eight Independence Bowl Alumni Selected in 2025 NFL Draft

The 2025 NFL Draft is in the books, and the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl was highly represented throughout the weekend festivities, as eight Independence Bowl alumni were selected in the seven-round draft – including five players in the first three rounds.

First Independence Bowl Alumni Drafted in the First Round of the NFL Draft Since 2021

Adding to the long list of former Independence Bowl players to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, wide receiver Matthew Golden became the 74th Independence Bowl alumni selected in the first round of the NFL Draft and the first since 2021.

Radiance Technologies Announces Winner of 2024-25 Innovation Bowl

The 2024-25 Radiance Technologies Innovation Bowl concluded with presentations from three university teams showcasing their innovative solutions at the company’s Huntsville headquarters on April 3, 2025.

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Eleven Independence Bowl Alumni Taken in 2021 NFL Draft

Eleven Independence Bowl Alumni Taken in 2021 NFL Draft

The 2021 NFL Draft took center stage of the sporting world this past weekend, and of the 259 players taken by the 32 National Football League franchises, 11 players played in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl during their college careers.

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Radiance Technologies Agrees to One-Year Extension as Title Sponsor

Radiance Technologies Agrees to One-Year Extension as Title Sponsor

A year after agreeing to a five-year guaranteed partnership as the title sponsor of the Independence Bowl, Radiance Technologies and the Independence Bowl Foundation announced that they have agreed to a one-year extension – securing a six-year partnership for the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.

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Four I-Bowl Alumni Head to Super Bowl LV

Four I-Bowl Alumni Head to Super Bowl LV

Buy TicketsBuy MembershipFour I-Bowl Alumni Head to Super Bowl LV Among the over 80 alumni of the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl that were on National Football League (NFL) rosters for the 2020-2021 season, four are headed to Super Bowl LV...

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Bob Stoops Named Member of 2021 College Football Hall of Fame Class

Bob Stoops Named Member of 2021 College Football Hall of Fame Class

Former Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops was named as one of the two coaches in this illustrious class. Stoops led his 1999 Oklahoma Sooners to the Independence Bowl – the final college football game of the 20th century against the Ole Miss Rebels. Despite falling to David Cutcliffe’s Rebels, Stoops led Oklahoma to a National Championship victory the next year in 2000 – the lone National Championship of his head coaching career.

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2020 Willis-Knighton Community Service Scholarship Recipients Announced 

2020 Willis-Knighton Community Service Scholarship Recipients Announced 

The Independence Bowl Foundation and Willis-Knighton Health System are awarding scholarships to two graduating seniors from both Bossier and Caddo Parishes for the 15th-consecutive year, and the 2020 recipients of the Willis-Knighton/Independence Bowl Foundation Community Service Scholarship are Jaycie Keith of Haughton High School and Molly McNulty of C.E. Byrd High School.

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