ARLINGTON, Texas (Jan. 28, 2019) – Oshane Ximines finished in fourth place in the Mercedes Benz Obstacle Course at the 2019 State Farm All-Star Football Challenge held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas today. Team SEC won the overall team competition after 24 of college football’s brightest stars were divided into six teams based on their college conference. Ximines and Team Wildcard took fifth place. The 21st annual event will air on Friday, Feb. 1, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
Each team consisted of four players from the same conference that competed for conference supremacy in a series of skills competitions. The conferences represented were the ACC, the Big Ten, the Big 12, the Pac-12, the SEC, and four of the best players outside of the Power Five called the “Wildcard” team.
Each player individually participated in a timed event, and then finished with a full team event. Events were all timed, and had individual winners, that compiled into a cumulative score to determine the winning conference. For example, the quarterbacks from each team all competed against each other to win their competition. Then, their times were added to their teammates’ times to determine a final team score.
Individual event winners included Penn State’s Trace McSorley in the State Farm QB Accuracy Competition, Oklahoma State’s Justice Hill in the Mercedes-Benz Obstacle Course, Michigan’s Rashan Gary in the Quicken Loans Lineman Strength Challenge, Notre Dame’s Julian Love in the Hands Competition and Team SEC in the State Farm Team Competition.
The following are the individual and team results for the 2019 State Farm All-Star Football Challenge:
Mercedes-Benz Obstacle Course
1. Big 12 – Justice Hill, RB, Oklahoma State (21.0 seconds)
2. SEC – Deionte Thompson, S, Alabama (22.5)
3. Pac-12 – Jalen Jelks, DE, Oregon (22.8)
4. Wildcard - Oshane Ximines, DE, Old Dominion (23.2)
5. ACC – Brian Burns, DE, Florida State (24.1)
6. Big Ten – Devin Bush, LB, Michigan (26.4)
State Farm QB Accuracy Competition
1. Big Ten – Trace McSorley, Penn State (22.4 seconds)
2. SEC – Jarrett Stidham, Auburn (26.7)
3. ACC – Ryan Finley, NC State (31.1)
4. Pac-12 – Gardner Minshew, Washington State (32.8)
5. Wildcard – Tyree Jackson, Buffalo (33.0)
6. Big 12 – Kyle Kempt, Iowa State (41.3)
Quicken Loans Lineman Strength Challenge
1. Big Ten – Rashan Gary, DT, Michigan (25.62 seconds)
2. SEC – Jeffery Simmons, DT, Mississippi State (25.68)
3. Wildcard – Carl Granderson, DE, Wyoming (25.7)
4. Big 12 – Charles Omenihu, DE, Texas (26.2)
5. ACC – Christian Wilkins, DT, Clemson (26.8)
6. Pac-12 – Greg Gaines, DT, Washington (28.7)
Hands Competition
1. ACC – Julian Love, DB, Notre Dame (16.3 seconds)
2. Pac-12 – N’Keal Harry, WR, Arizona State (16.5)
3. Wildcard – Anthony Johnson, WR, Buffalo (17.5)
4. SEC – AJ Brown, WR, Ole Miss (18.1)
Big Ten – Amani Oruwariye, DB, Penn State (18.1)
6. Big 12 – Hakeem Butler, WR, Iowa State (20.5)
State Farm Team Competition
1. SEC – 40.4 seconds
2. Big 12 – 42.4
3. Big Ten – 43.5
4. ACC – 43.7
5. Pac-12 – 46.3
6. Wildcard – 48.1
Final Team Standings
1. SEC – 133.3 seconds
2. Big Ten – 136
3. ACC – 142
4. Pac 12 – 147.1
5. Wildcard – 147.5
6. Big 12 – 151.4
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