FLORENCE — Shoals area football junkies will be able to get their fix in a time of year usually reserved for college basketball, thanks to a new college all-star game coming to Florence.

The ProGrass International Scout Bowl will be played at Braly Municipal Stadium on March 15, a Friday, and will feature college football players who might have slipped under the radar and are needing a last chance to show off for professional scouts, game organizers said at a news conference today at the Marriot Shoals Hotel and Spa.

The Collegiate Development Football League has partnered with ProGrass, a maker of synthetic turf, and EUROstopwatch to sponsor the event.

“Players from the game will come from many different divisions in college football,” CDFL founder and CEO George St. Lawrence said. “We’ve gathered the names of many outstanding players that are looking for a second chance to impress scouts. We’ll have Division I players, Division II All-Americans and Division III All-Americans.”

St. Lawrence and EUROstopwatch director of operations Fransicso Lujan said the success the Shoals area has had hosting the Division II National Championship Game for the past 27 years was a big reason they chose Florence as the all-star game host site.

“The Division II National Championship game is a showcase on how a game like that should be done,” St. Lawrence said. “The University of North Alabama is renowned on the Division II level as is the Shoals area hosting the national championship game.”

St. Lawrence said invitations will be sent out to players beginning this week and players, coaches and scouts will be arriving in the area the Tuesday before the game. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. on March 15, and will be followed the next day by the UNA spring football game.

Lujan said a television contract for the game has not been finalized, but they are in discussions with the NBC Sports Network, Spike TV and CSS to televise the contest.