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All-American Bowl canceled for 2021 due to pandemic; athletes to be honored with TV special instead

All-American Bowl: Declaration Day will air Jan. 2

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SAN ANTONIO – City officials have allowed events to continue at the Alamodome, but the All-American Bowl will not return in 2021.

Officials with the All-American Bowl announced Tuesday that the 2021 matchup will not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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ā€œDue to the environment we find ourselves in and with the health and safety of our All-Americans and their families our first priority, we have made the extremely difficult decision to not play this year’s All-American Bowl,ā€ officials said in a statement.

Instead, officials said, All-American players will be honored with a two-hour special on Jan. 2 on NBC.

The game, which features the nation’s top high school football players, is slated to return to San Antonio in 2022.