The American team moved 90 yards in the final 2:32 to win the Reese’s Senior Bowl 22-19 over the National squad with a touchdown as time ran out in Mobile’s 76th annual all-star game.

Players from Alabama high schools and colleges helped get it done on the game-winning drive.

After a false-start penalty moved the Americans to their 10-yard line to start the series, Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan threw on 11 of the next 12 non-penalty snaps. He completed 10 of those passes for 87 yards, getting the final 2 on a fourth-and-goal toss to TCU wide receiver Jack Bech to lift the Americans to victory.

Five of the passes were caught by players with Alabama football roots.

After the opening penalty, Henigan had a 5-yard completion to Alabama tight end CJ Dippre. But it was Dippre’s third-down catch for a 25-yard gain two snaps later that really got the Americans out of the hole and headed toward victory.

Dippre had two targets in the end zone, too. On third-and-goal from the 4, an overthrow of Dippre didn’t count because the Nationals were offsides. On the next snap, Henigan went to Dippre in the end zone again, but the pass was too long for the Memphis QB’s only official incompletion of the series.

Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter had two 9-yard receptions on the game-winning drive. The first went for a first down, and the second put the Americans on the National 4-yard line.

“We just stayed together as a team,” Hunter said. “We stayed the course. I think we executed on that last drive. It was all in one. I feel like everybody, 1-through-11, did their assignment on the ball.”

South Alabama wide receiver Jamaal Pritchett, a former Jackson High School standout, also had a reception on the final series. But the short pass went for no gain on first-and-goal from the National 13 after the Americans had gotten a delay-of-game penalty.

National pass-rushers sacked American quarterbacks seven times in the game. But Henigan had time to throw on the final series, with Alabama A&M’s Carson Vinson at left tackle and Jacksonville State’s Clay Webb, a former Oxford High School standout, at left guard. The pair went all the way at those positions during Saturday’s game.

Eight other players from Alabama high schools and colleges got on the field during Saturday’s game, including two of the American quarterbacks, former Fairhope High School star Riley Leonard of Notre Dame and Jalen Milroe of Alabama.

Milroe played three series – the first two of the second half before coming back for a possession with 8:00 left to play.

With the help of a 7-yard scramble on third-and-4, Milroe led the Americans to the National 23-yard line on his opening series before two sacks in three snaps led to a missed 50-yard field-goal attempt.

Milroe’s second possession went three-and-out, and the third went four-and-out: Iowa safety Sebastian Castro stopped Milroe for no gain on a fourth-and-5 scramble at the American 45-yard line with 5:32 to play to keep the Nationals in front 19-16.

Milroe completed 3-of-5 passes for 21 yards and had six carries for minus-12 yards (because of three sacks that took 22 yards off his rushing total).

“I thought this week was an outstanding week,” Milroe said, “getting to know and meet a lot of great people, coaching staff, offensive players, defensive players, players from all around the country. But one thing that was unique — that we all jelled together for one week. And so I thought that was a great thing.

“It was also fun to compete again one last time for the next step. And so it’s good that we got the win as well.”

Leonard played the first two series of the game for the Americans.

Leonard had three completions for first downs on the American’s opening series. But the third one was fumbled away by Georgia wide receiver Arian Smith at the National 35-yard line.

On the second series, Leonard had two more first-down completions, with Pritchett catching one, before a third-down sack by Utah defensive tackle Junior Tafuna led to a punt.

Leonard completed 6-of-7 passes for 54 yards and had two carries for minus-6 yards (with 8 yards lost on the sack).

“Oh, it was amazing,” Leonard said. “I mean, from the start of the week to the end of the week, I think it was probably one of the best experiences of my life, just meeting all these guys, competing with all these guys. Man, the way it ended, I was so happy for everybody on our team.

“I mean, that was the goal going into the week. A lot of people think that we’re just here to raise our draft stock or make ourselves look good, but I think the American team had a pretty clear goal. We were just there to win.”

The other stats for the non-quarterbacks from Alabama high schools and colleges who got on the field during Saturday’s Senior Bowl include (with all on the American team):

• Auburn linebacker Eugene Asante led the Americans with six tackles – all solo stops.
• Alabama punter James Burnip had punts of 48 and 38 yards. One resulted in a fair catch, and one was returned for 10 yards.
• Alabama tight end CJ Dippre had two receptions for 30 yards.
• Auburn running back Jarquez Hunter had three receptions for 30 yards, but did not have a rushing attempt.
• Florida linebacker Shemar James (Faith Academy) made three tackles and recorded one tackle for loss.
• South Alabama wide receiver Jamaal Pritchett (Jackson) had two receptions for 8 yards and returned a punt 10 yards.
• UCF cornerback Mac McWilliams (UAB) made two tackles.
• Tulane safety Caleb Ransaw (Sparkman, Troy) made five tackles and intercepted a pass. On a third-and-6 snap at the American 15-yard line, Ransaw intercepted Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough in the end zone and returned it 27 yards with 28 second left in the first half. Ransaw’s interception kept the score tied at 8-8.
• Alabama defensive tackle Tim Smith made two tackles and shared a tackle for loss.

Auburn linebacker Jalen McLeod and Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson (Pinson Valley, Troy) participated in Senior Bowl practices, but they did not play in Saturday’s game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.