The Walk-On’s Independence Bowl will be altering its Kickoff K’s event in 2018, as it will host a 5K and half marathon on September 15. This is the fourth year of the Kickoff K’s, and the first to feature a half marathon. The half marathon will...

The Walk-On’s Independence Bowl is excited to announce the renewal of a tradition from decades ago, the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Junior Tennis Classic USTA Southern Level 2. The Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Junior Tennis Classic will take place...

Preregistration for the 2018 Youth Football Clinic is being closed, after exceeding the initial cap of 400 participants. The Youth Football Clinic will run from 8-11:30 a.m. this Saturday, June 9, at Independence Stadium. Check in will begin at 7...

New Orleans Saints Super Bowl-winning quarterback Drew Brees will be the featured speaker of the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Kickoff Dinner. The Kickoff Dinner will take place Tuesday, June 12, in the Captain Shreve Ballroom at the Shreveport...

LSU standout linebacker Devin White of Springhill, La. will serve as a camp counselor at the eighth-annual Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Youth Football Clinic on Saturday, June 9. White - who earned first-team all-SEC honors in 2017 after recording...

The 2018 Walk-On’s Independence Bowl is scheduled for Thursday, December 27, with kickoff set for 12:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on ESPN, marking the 27th-consecutive year an ESPN network will televise the event. ESPN first televised the...

First Round Bradley Chubb, DE, NC State (2016) - 5, Broncos Tremaine Edmunds, LB, Virginia Tech (2015) - 16, Bills Terrell Edmunds, S, Virginia Tech (2015) - 28, Steelers Third Round Chad Thomas, DE, Miami (2014) - 67, Browns B.J. Hill, DT, NC...

The eighth-annual Walk-On’s Independence Bowl Youth Football Clinic is set for Saturday, June 9. The clinic is open to all children from five years old up to incoming eighth grade students. The clinic will be held at Independence Stadium in...

In its first appearance in the Walk-On’s Independence Bowl, Florida State topped Southern Miss, 42-13, behind a record-setting performance from freshman quarterback James Blackman. The Seminoles (7-6), led by the combination of Blackman – the...

PREGAME QUOTES FROM SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES HEAD COACH JAY HOPSON Opening Statement: “We’re honored to be here. The Independence Bowl is a bowl game that we’ve certainly been looking forward to and hopeful to be in. When we had the opportunity...

The Walk-On’s Independence Bowl and Raising Cane’s are excited to announce finalists for the Raising Cane’s Kid Combine. More than 400 local kids 13-years-old and younger competed in a variety of football drills at four events throughout 2017. Six...

The Walk-On’s Independence Bowl will have a new route for the annual bowl parade on Tuesday, December 26. Part of the Rally on the Red Celebration, the bowl parade will travel from the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City over the Texas Street...