BOONE, N.C. — App State left tackle
Anderson Hardy has joined quarterback
Chase Brice in accepting an invitation to the 2023 Tunnel to Towers Foundation Hula Bowl, which will be held Jan. 14 at UCF's FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Fla.
The 77th annual Hula Bowl game will showcase 100 top collegiate players, matched with legendary NFL coaches, and be broadcast live on the CBS Sports Network.
Hardy had the third-best overall blocking grade and fourth-best run-blocking grade among starting offensive tackles in the Sun Belt, according to PFF. Protecting Brice's blind side, Hardy allowed just two quarterback sacks while totaling 849 snaps, including 432 pass-blocking snaps.
He started the final 28 games of his App State career and was named a first-team All-Sun Belt selection.
In just two years, Brice put up some of the best career totals in App State history, ranking No. 1 in passing yards per game (240.7), No. 5 in touchdown passes (54) and No. 6 in passing yards (6,258).
Brice threw 27 touchdown passes (No. 1 in the Sun Belt) and just six interceptions during a 2022 season in which he passed for 2,921 yards (243.4 per game) and completed 62.8 percent of his attempts.
