A pair of Southwest Louisiana running backs will get to show off their talents in front of a national audience today in the All-American Bowl at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

It’s a big day for Jennings’ Trevor Etienne and Lake Charles College Prep’s Trevonté Citizen, but both for a different reason. Etienne is expected to announce his college choice today, while Citizen will get one more chance to show his size and speed after his senior season was cut short by injury.

Both have earned a four-star ranking from Rivals.com and 247sports.com.

The game was called the U.S. Army All-American Bowl since its inception in 2000 to 2017. American Family Insurance became the title sponsor of the game in 2019. The game will air at noon on NBC.

The duo are the first from Southwest Louisiana to play in the All-American Bowl since Barbe’s Trey Quinn and DeSean Smith in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Both went on to play at LSU, Quinn at wide receiver before transferring to Southern Methodist, and Smith as a tight end.

Multiple news services have reported that Etienne has narrowed his choices to Clemson, where his older brother, Travis, starred for four seasons; Florida, coached by former Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Billy Napier, and LSU. The elder Etienne plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Etienne (5-10, 215) was a three-year starter, leading the Bulldogs to the 2019 Class 3A final. As a senior, he ran for 1,913 yards and 31 touchdowns despite being switched quarterback five games into the season. He threw for 646 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran back two kickoffs and two punts for scores.

Citizen (6-0, 217) decommitted from LSU in November. In addition to the Tigers, websites that follow recruiting report that Citizen has offers from most of the Southeastern Conference, including Auburn, Texas A&M, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, plus Texas and Arizona State among others.

Citizen, whose father Tony Citizen was a standout running back for McNeese State in the 1980s, was off on a torrid pace through the first four games of the season, averaging 165 yards per game, but was sidelined by an injury for the final four games of his high school career. He averaged 11 yards a carry for the Trailblazers, who went 8-2 and won the District 4-3A championship. He finished with 726 yards and 11 touchdowns in six games.

The speedster helped LC College Prep win the Class 3A track and field title in May 2021 plus gold in the 800-meter relay.