NEWPORT NEWS, VA- The 9th Annual East Coast Bowl will be played this Saturday, and Christopher Newport football will be represented by Tunde Ogun. 

      Ogun, who recently completed his senior season at CNU, has been selected to play in the All Star game. The East Coast Bowl game has quickly become a Thanksgiving tradition in Petersburg, Virginia, and will be played at Historic Cameron Field this Saturday, November 28th at 12 Noon. 

      The game will feature the top 75 Division I-FCS, II, III and NAIA athletes in the nation. Players will report to Petersburg the day before Thanksgiving and spend the holiday doing various community visits as well as practice sessions for NFL scouts. The game itself is set-up as a scholarship event, with all of the revenue generated going into a fund for a local high school senior who plans on attending a Division I-FCS, II or III college.

            Ogun played high school football for Douglas Freeman High School in Richmond, and was superb for the Captains in his three-year CNU career. After rushing for close to 2,000 yards as a junior, he was named a Division III All-American. Ogun embedded his name in the CNU record book as the all-time leader in career rushing and touchdowns. 

      For more information on the game, visit www.petersburgsports.com