The American Team defeated the National Team, 22-19, in a thrilling finish to the 2025 Reese’s Senior Bowl on Saturday at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

Here are five takeaways from the 76th annual all-star contest, which capped off a week of events, including three days of practice, featuring 100-plus top prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft.

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1) Bech’s walk-off TD caps wild finish. The American Team trailed, 19-16, in the closing moments of the Senior Bowl, driving deep into the National Team’s end of the field. They were not playing for the tie.

On the final play of the game, Memphis QB Seth Henigan hit TCU WR Jack Bech for the game-winning touchdown to give the American Team a 22-19 victory — one of the most dramatic and emotional Senior Bowl finishes we’ll ever see.

For Bech — who was named MVP of the game — the moment clearly weighed heavily. Bech’s brother, Tiger, was tragically killed in the New Orleans terror attack one month ago. Every Senior Bowl player wore a decal on their helmets this week in memory of Tiger, a former receiver and return specialist at Princeton.

Bech finished with a game-high six catches — including a highlight-reel grab on a flea flicker — for 68 yards and the game-winner.

“It’s simple,” Bech told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero after the game. “My brother had some wings on me. He gave them to me, and he let that all take place.”

The 6-foot-1, 214-pound Bech was the best receiver in Saturday’s game, and he made his presence felt early in practices this week.

“He’s truly the MVP of the week,” American Team head coach Bubba Ventrone said of Bech. “Not only did he perform at an extremely high level every day, he’s an incredible person. He’s tough. Whoever gets that kid is lucky, extremely lucky to get him on their team.”

Bech said he immediately thought of his brother after the game.

“Just how proud he is of me,” Bech said. “All a big brother wants to do in life is see his little brother succeed. He’s been my role model my whole life. The person I Iooked up to. The person I wanted to be.

“He was the best big brother I could have ever asked for. My whole goal the rest of my life is just to live his legacy.”

2) QBs Henigan, Leonard impress. It was an up-and-down day for the Senior Bowl quarterbacks, but a few put their best feet forward on Saturday.

Henigan led the game-winning drive, hitting Bech on the touchdown as time expired. The Memphis QB completed 12 of 14 passes for 132 yards — all of it in the second half. Henigan led two fourth-quarter TD drives, showing some nice rhythm as a thrower.

Notre Dame’s Riley Leonard got the start for the American Team and came out looking sharp. He hit on his first six passes, throwing with accuracy and conviction, even manipulating his arm angle a few times.

Leonard took a sack to end his second drive but played fairly well overall.

Louisville’s Tyler Shough, who had been one of the more consistent passers during the week of practice, had some nice moments during the game, lacing a TD pass to Virginia Tech WR Da’Quan Felton and adding a two-point throw to Iowa State’s Jaylin Noel. But Shough also overthrew Bowling Green TE Harold Fannin Jr. in the end zone just before the half on a pass that was intercepted by Tulane’s Caleb Ransaw.

One of the highlights of the first half was the 39-yard flea flicker from Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart to Bech. The pass was slightly underthrown, but Bech adjusted beautifully and hauled in the jump ball. Dart ran it in for the score late in the drive, and his two-point pass to Arkansas’ Isaac TeSlaa was a beauty, tying the game at eight apiece.

Dart had trouble with under-center snaps during the week and wasn’t truly able to showcase his playmaking capabilities during practice. He also ran more times (four) than he threw it (1 of 3 passing) on Saturday, but his skill set popped a little.

Alabama’s Jalen Milroe started the third quarter for the American Team, hoping to make some noise after a quiet week. He had a nice 7-yard scramble but was sacked twice on his first drive, leading to a missed field goal. On the next drive, with great protection, Milroe underthrew his open target by a few yards on third-and-9. Milroe later came back in and was taken down for a loss on a turnover on downs. It likely was not the week he had hoped for, but the NFL remains intrigued by his enticing tools.