The 6th Annual Chick-fil-A Heart of a Champion Bowl will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Saturday from Christus Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. (Courtesy Lifetouch Photography)

Some will be donning the pads one last time, while others will be warming for college, but on Saturday all of the football players are all-stars.

The sixth annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chick-fil-A Heart of a Champion Bowl is scheduled for Christus Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium.

Kickoff on Earl Campbell Field is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

The teams are divided into Blue and Red squads.

Robert Bardin, Northeast Texas-Tyler FCA area director, said more than 200 players were nominated by their coaches. He said the coaches not only consider their achievements on the field, but also their off the field actives in helping their communities and their academics. All players must be seniors. There are also all-star cheerleading squads.

Bardin said the FCA uses Mark 12:30 for inspiration for the games “And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and all your strength.”

Bardin said it is about giving your all.

Clint Harper of Marshall is the head coach of the Blue team. His staff includes Brandon Joslin (Marshall), Michael Ludlow (Marshall), Greg Cranfill (Wills Point), Jeff Cleveland (Commerce), Brett Ratliff (New Diana), Matt Turner (Gilmer) and Paul Gould (Alto). Tim Russell of Harmony is the consultant.

The Red squad will be led by head Coby Gipson of Bishop Gorman. His staff includes Mike Lee (Spring Hill), Bobby Brasher (Brook Hill), Charles Swann (Como-Pickton), John Frazier (West Rusk), Ryan Gentry (Omaha Paul Pewitt), Mike Maddox (Grace Community) and Chris Cochran (Lindale). Mike Meador of Lindale is the consultant.

Some of the players on the Red who have signed with colleges include: center Alex Andrews of West Rusk (Hardin-Simmons), linebacker Tyler Bate of Bishop Gorman (Trinity), offensive lineman Tim Clay of Longview (Kilgore College), linebacker Bryson Davis of Longview (Henderson State), running back Dain Duncan of Sabine (Southern Arkansas), defensive back Hugo Fluellen of Pittsburg (SE Oklahoma), running back Logan Fuller of Athens (Tyler JC), defensive back Bryston Gipson of John Tyler (Henderson State), center Zach Gipson of Longview (East Texas Baptist), defensive back Michael Goodwin of Bishop Gorman (Trinity), wide receiver Duntayvian Gross of John Tyler (Cisco), offensive lineman Adrian Harris of John Tyler (Central Arkansas), offensive lineman Kolby Harris of John Tyler (Cisco), linebacker Brazos Hesskew of Canton (Texas A&M-Commerce), defensive back Cordarion Johnson of John Tyler (Henderson State), kicker/punter Jordan Lawless of Lindale (TJC), defensive lineman Pierre Leonard of John Tyler (A&M-Commerce), linebacker Keenan Madden of Longview (Midwestern State), quarterback Roger McCuller of Hallsville (Harding), defensive lineman Amere Morris of Lindale (TJC), offensive lineman Eric O’Quinn of Chapel Hill (TJC), wide receiver Kendrick Price of Lindale (Northwestern State), defensive lineman Tyler Segrest of Lindale (TJC), defensive lineman Kybrin Sheridan of Longview (A&M-Commerce), running back Ryan Taylor of Lindale (SE Oklahoma), defensive lineman Caleb Wadle of Grace Community (Hardin-Simmons), tight end Joe Wright of West Rusk (Hardin-Simmons) and wide receiver Coleton Lasseter of Hallsville (A&M-Commerce).

Some of the players on the Blue who have signed with colleges include: quarterback Zach Hall of Robert E. Lee (Stephen F. Austin), wide receiver Isjuwan Barker of Robert E. Lee (Cisco), defensive lineman KJ Bickham of All Saints (SE Oklahoma), wide receiver Jaquavian Dabbs of Marshall (Henderson State), defensive lineman Ken Fagans of Kilgore (Kilgore College), defensive lineman O’Ryan Fisher of Pittsburg (SE Oklahoma), quarterback Keenan Johnson of Alto (Tulsa), defensive lineman Bryan Robinson of Brook Hill ( Midwestern State), defensive lineman Derrick Weeks of Sulphur Springs (Henderson State), center Jerry Villela of Robert E. Lee (East Texas Baptist) and wide receiver Trent Williams of Whitehouse (Henderson State).

The FCA in Northeast Texas includes some 65-plus school districts in 17 counties, Bardin said, along with 10 to 12 colleges and universities. He added some 2,000 coaches and athletes weekly engage in FCA on all campuses.