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Cincinnati Bearcats Football Lands Three Invites to 2026 Senior Bowl

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Oct 25, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats tight end Joe Royer (11) carries the ball after making a catch against Baylor Bears safety DJ Coleman (33) in the first half at Nippert Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images
Oct 25, 2025; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Cincinnati Bearcats tight end Joe Royer (11) carries the ball after making a catch against Baylor Bears safety DJ Coleman (33) in the first half at Nippert Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images | Aaron Doster-Imagn Images

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CINCINNATI — The Bearcats football team has three players headed to the 2026 Senior Bowl. Jake Golday, Joe Royer, and Dontay Corleone all punched invites to the biggest scouting bowl ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft.

The trio has stood out as major contributors over the years at UC, with all three projected to get drafted in the 2026 slate of picks next April.

Royer is 167th on the consensus big board as of this writing, while Corleone is 92nd and Golday is the Bearcats' top-rated player at 76th overall.

The Bearcats are starting bowl preparations this week as they try to end the season without a fifth consecutive loss for the second-straight campaign under head coach Scott Satterfield.

"After the game Saturday, you want to give some time, let the guys rest for a second," Satterfield said this week about transfer conversations starting up with currently rostered players. "After the game you talk to anybody, everybody be mad at the world. And you want everybody to calm down a little bit. Let's give them a little bit of time. And so we're starting at this point of the week to start having some conversations this will go on probably into next week as well."

Check out the trio learning the invite news from Satterfield below:

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