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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Southeast Missouri wide receiver Paul McRoberts will play for the East team during the 91st East-West Shrine Game scheduled for Jan. 23 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

A combined 118 players are listed on the rosters of this year's teams. Charlie Weis (East) and June Jones (West) are the head coaches. McRoberts will wear #80 as one of six wideouts on the East roster, joining UMass-Amherst's Tajae Sharpe, Miami's Rashawn Scott, Temple's Robby Anderson, Notre Dame's Chris Brown and Mississippi's Cody Core. Additionally, the East receivers will be coached by Troy Brown, a former New England Patriots wide receiver. Brown played his entire 15-year NFL career with the Patriots, winning three Super Bowl rings. He retired as the franchise leader in career receptions.

McRoberts, who hails from St. Louis, earned first-team honors for the second-straight year. He made 76 catches for 940 yards and nine touchdowns, averaging 12.4 yards per catch. McRoberts broke Southeast's all-time career record in receiving touchdowns (29) and had four 100-yard receiving games. He finished with a season-high 169 yards and two touchdowns on eight catches against Murray State, a game where he came in at No. 5 on ESPN SportsCenter's Top-10 plays. McRoberts  made his debut as a punt returner, where he led the team with 162 yards on 14 returns, and ran back a punt 69 yards for a touchdown. He ranked 13th in the Football Championship Subdivision receiving touchdowns and 17th in receiving yards. McRoberts finished his outstanding Southeast career with 2,435 receiving yards, third-most in school history.

Created by the Shriners in 1925, the East-West Shrine Game was the nation's first college all-star football game. The game is driven by the desire to support Shriners Hospitals for Children in its mission to help children in need of expert medical care. More than one million children have benefited from Shriners Hospitals' unique way of providing hope and healing, regardless of the families' ability to pay for services.

Every year, players and coaches visit the local Shriners Hospitals for Children during game week to meet the patients and gain a greater understanding of the importance of the game. During the inspirational and humbling visit, the teams experience a day they will never forget. Whether dancing to music, playing games or simply sharing stories with one another, the instant friendships that form between the patients and players are a testament to our motto of being more than just a game.
 

For more than 90 years, some of football's greatest athletes and coaches have contributed to the tradition of the East-West Shrine Game. Players like Gale Sayers, Tom Brady, John Elway, Allan Page, Dick Butkus, Brett Favre, Gino Marchetti and Walter Payton, along with coaches Don Shula, Dick Vermeil, Paul "Bear" Bryant and Jerry Glanville, to name a few, have supported the East-West Shrine Game.

The East-West Shrine Game continues to be an important part of America's football tradition, giving top college players a chance to showcase their talents to NFL scouts and a national television audience. Join us for an exciting day of football!

Kickoff for this year's East-West Shrine Game is set for 3 p.m., CT. The game will be televised on the NFL Network and air on a number of different radio networks throughout the country. Click Here for the game coverage information.

McRoberts is the only Ohio Valley Conference player that will participate in the special event.