Flash Points:

• Saint Francis S/returner Lorenzo Jerome (Sunrise, Fla./J.P. Taravella) has accepted an invite to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in Los Angeles. 
• The bowl is on Saturday, January 21st at 4 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1.
• Jerome is the first NEC player to participate in the game, which is in its sixth year.
• He was named All-America by College Sports Madness earlier this week and is the first four-time First Team All-NEC selection in conference history.

NFLPA Bowl

LORETTO, Pa. – Saint Francis senior safety/returner Lorenzo Jerome (Sunrise, Fla./J.P. Taravella) has accepted an invitation to play in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on Saturday, January 21 in Los Angeles, California.  The game will be played at the StubHub Center on the campus of California State University-Dominguez Hills.  It will be broadcasted on Fox Sports 1, with a 4 p.m. ET kickoff.
 
Jerome is the first NEC player to ever participate in the game, which is entering its sixth year.  Jerome joins the bowl game's list of commits, which includes players from Georgia, LSU, Michigan State, Minnesota, Mississippi State, Ohio State, Stanford, Tennessee, UCLA, Utah, Western Michigan and Wisconsin.
 
The Florida native was named All-America by College Sports Madness and an ECAC First Team All-Star earlier this week after helping the Red Flash to a 7-5 record, its first NEC Regular Season Title and FCS Playoffs bid.  Jerome was part of a senior class which won 24 games over the last four years, tying the most wins in school history over any four year span.
 
Jerome became the NEC's first ever four-time First Team selection on November 23 when he was named a First Team defensive back.  He was also named First Team as a return specialist, his third All-NEC selection as a returner.
 
He led the conference, and is tied for third in the nation, with six interceptions this year.  He had two picks each against No. 13 Montana and Robert Morris.  He had one interception each against Albany and Malone.  With 18 career picks, he has the most among any current FCS player and finished his SFU career second all-time in interceptions.  He is also second all-time in interceptions in the NEC.
 
Jerome was third on SFU this year with 59 tackles, 33 solo, 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.  He also had five pass breakups and an 89-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Towson.
 
The senior is second in the FCS this season with a 28.9 kick return average.  He had 405 yards on 14 returns, including a 73-yard touchdown return at Montana off of a squib kick.  He had four returns for 196 yards in that game as well as two returns for 108 yards at Robert Morris.
 
An all-purpose athlete, Jerome also caught a 48-yard touchdown against the Colonials and completed a 33-yard pass against Bryant.  Jerome totaled 1,967 all-purpose yards and eight touchdowns in his Red Flash career.  The touchdowns included three kick returns, two interception returns, a punt return, a fumble return and a receiving touchdown.
 
Jerome finished eighth in the voting for the STATS FCS' Buck Buchanan Award, presented to the top defensive player in the FCS.