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Quarterback Charlie Whitehurst was the North’s offensive MVP in the Senior Bowl on Saturday.

Nebraska’s Daniel Bullocks recovered two muffed punts, grabbing one in the end zone for a score and setting up the final touchdown with the other in the fourth quarter.

It was a mostly quiet day for two of the top offensive NFL prospects, Cutler and Memphis tailback DeAngelo Williams. Cutler was just 6-of-19 for 69 yards and was intercepted in the end zone by Cedric Griffin of Texas to end the game’s opening drive. Cutler did complete a 7-yard TD pass to Arizona State’s Derek Hagan with 6:12 left after Bullocks’ second fumble recovery.

Williams played sparingly but effectively with three carries for 31 yards. He also took a screen pass 28 yards in the fourth quarter and was the South’s offensive MVP.

The overall MVP was Miami receiver Sinorice Moss of the South, who had three catches for 46 yards and a touchdown. He also ran 27 yards on a reverse and fell on a teammate’s fumble, but he’d much rather have come up with a win after the Hurricanes’ 40-3 Peach Bowl loss to LSU.

“It’s burning me inside right now that I had to lose the football game,” Moss said. “I even lost the last game of my Miami career, and I really hate losing.”

The defensive MVPs were Georgia Tech’s Gerris Wilkinson (South) and Penn State’s Tamba Hali (North). Hali had two of the North’s five sacks and Wilkinson also had a sack.

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The game’s two in-state quarterback products both threw touchdown passes for the South. UAB’s Darrell Hackney hit a wide-open Devin Aromashodu of Auburn in the left corner of the end zone for a 17-yard score early in the fourth and Alabama’s Brodie Croyle hit Moss for a 30-yard TD in the first.

Moss made a nifty juke on a defender to get open on the play.

Tight ends Dominique Byrd of Southern California and Klopfenstein were the North’s top receivers. Byrd had four catches for 67 yards and Klopfenstein finished with three receptions for 39 yards.

The South managed only 179 yards as Croyle, Hackney and Georgia’s D.J. Shockley all struggled at quarterback.

Croyle stressed how hard it is to overcome turnovers. But, he added: “This game was for the fans, and I guess if you’re a North team fan, you’ve got something to cheer about tonight.”

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