Tiger Bech, Former Princeton CFB Player, to Be Honored with Senior Bowl Helmet Decal

Senior Bowl executive director Jim Nagy announced Saturday that all 2025 Senior Bowl participants will wear a helmet decal honoring former Princeton wide receiver Tiger Bech, who was killed in the New Year's Day terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Nagy noted that Bech's brother, TCU wide receiver Jack Bech, will switch from No. 18 to his brother's No. 7 for the Senior Bowl in addition to all players wearing a tiger-striped No. 7 sticker on their helmets:

Tiger Bech, who was 27 at the time of his death, was one of 14 people killed when a truck was driven through a crowd of people amid New Year's celebrations on Bourbon Street, per CNN.

The suspect, 42-year-old Texas man Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was shot and killed by police after exiting the vehicle. The FBI considered the attack "an act of terrorism."

Tiger Bech played at Princeton from 2016 to 2018, registering 53 receptions for 825 yards and three touchdowns. He made his biggest impact as a return specialist, earning All-Ivy League Second Team honors in that role twice.

Bech, who won a pair of Ivy League titles at Princeton, had recently begun working as a stockbroker in New York at the time of his death. The Lafayette, Louisiana, native was visiting family in New Orleans for the holidays.

Tiger's younger brother, Jack, is coming off a breakout season at TCU, as he set career highs with 62 receptions for 1,034 yards and nine touchdowns in 2024.

Jack spent his first two collegiate seasons at LSU before transferring to TCU in 2023. Overall, he finished his college career with 133 catches for 1,869 yards and 13 touchdowns.

At the Senior Bowl, Jack Bech will look to impress NFL scouts and talent evaluators enough to convince a team to select him in the 2025 NFL draft.

The Senior Bowl was created in 1950, and it has long been viewed as the top college All-Star game for players coming off their senior seasons.

The 2025 Senior Bowl will be played on Feb. 1 at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

Some of the biggest names participating in the 2025 Senior Bowl include quarterbacks Jaxson Dart, Dillon Gabriel, Jalen Milroe, Will Howard and Riley Leonard, and running backs Ollie Gordon and Donovan Edwards.