Last season, 101 players who played in the East-West Shrine game were drafted. Patriots Safety Craig Woodson was one of them. The game was a bit disappointing, only because 54 players opted out of the game after the practices this week. These are some of the better players that opted out:
| EAST | WEST |
| Cole Klubnik QB Clemson | Demond Claiborne RB Wake Forest |
| Robert Henry RB UTSA | Skyler Bell WR Uconn |
| Eli Raridon TE Notre Dame | Chase Roberts WR BYU |
| Jack Endries TE Texas | Micah Pettus OT Florida State |
| Aamil Wagner OT Notre Dame | Evan Beerntsen IOL Northwestern |
| Micah Pettus OT Florida State | Kaleb Proctor IOL SE Louisiana |
| Darrell Jackson DT Florida State | Malachi Lawrence ED UCF |
| Anthony Lucas ED USC | Eric Gentry LB USC |
| Patrick Payton LB LSU | Wesley Bissainthe LB Miami |
| Taurean York LB Texas A&M | |
| Harold Perkins LB LSU | |
| Avery Smith CB Toledo | |
| Devon Marshall CB NC State |
Chad Rueter from NFL.