Bevington And Cigas Represent John Carroll In Inaugural OhioCollegeFootball.com Senior Bowl
Ken Bevington (left) and Joe Cigas (right) will represent John Carroll in the OCF Senior Bowl Saturday
4/15/2010 12:03:46 PM
Though their football careers at John Carroll may have ended in the fall, Joe Cigas (Brooklyn Heights, OH, Cleveland Benedictine) and Ken Bevington (Mentor, OH, Middlefield Cardinal) will be playing in their final college game by representing the Blue Streaks at the Inaugural OhioCollegeFootball.com Senior Bowl on Saturday, April 17.
The game will be played at Marv Moorhead Stadium in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. The game will be aired on tape delay by Sports Time Ohio (STO) at 7 p.m. on Saturday night, along with four other airings to be determined at a later date.
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Cigas and Bevington will represent John Carroll on the North Team under Head Coach Greg Frey. The founder of QB Ohio, Frey brings 10-plus years of quarterback training, five years of high school coaching, and 17 years as a broadcaster. He also played at Ohio State as a three-year starter and captain from 1988-1990.
Cigas played in all ten games in the 2009 season, capping a career in which he tallied six interceptions and 189 tackles. Four of his interceptions occurred during the 2009 season in which he led the Blue Streaks in that category and ranked fourth in the OAC. He also had six pass break-ups to go along with 58 tackles. Cigas is also a two-time All-OAC second team selection.
Bevington also was a key player on the Blue Streaks team throughout a career that included 42 games played, 175 tackles and 26.5 sacks totaling 123 yards. This season, he finished tied for first and among the top 50 of Division III with nine sacks. He also had 52 tackles, 13 of which were behind the line of scrimmage. Bevington was named to the All-OAC second team this season, and in 2007 was selected to the D3football.com All-American second team and the D3football.com All-North region squad first team.
Cigas and Bevington will join 45 other players from northern Ohio college teams to compete against 45 players representing the South team.