Today's Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge is the last college post-season all-star game and your last chance to see future NFL prospects in action.

With the Hula Bowl having disappeared from the collegiate post-season circuit, the Texas vs. the Nation game has gotten the best crop of players in it's short history adding a little more intrigue and prominence to the match-up.

One player to watch for the Nation squad is Florida Atlantic inside linebacker Frantz Joseph who has impressed in the practices leading up to the game this week.

"Joseph is flat out fun to watch," according to NFLDraftGuys.com. "He plays with a natural violence that would fit in with players like Ray Lewis and Jack Lambert, and he’ll blow up running backs and offensive lineman with the same zest and effectiveness. He looked good against the pass today, using body position to cover faster RBs, and breaking well on the ball in flight and timing his breakups to avoid penalties."

That's some heady praise for your name to be uttered in the same breath as Ray Lewis and Jack Lambert.

The knock on Joseph is that he's a little stiff and may struggle in coverage against faster and shifty players. Thankfully as an inside linebacker, he shouldn't be asked to do that very often. And as NFLDraftGuys.com points out, he uses body position to his advantage anyway.

Joseph was a big reason Florida Atlantic won two straight bowl games under head coach Howard Schnellenberger. He has helped the Owls rise from obscurity as they made the transition to FCS to become a Sun Belt contender.

Joseph is also a former Boston College recruit that transferred to Florida Atlantic showing that he has a big school pedigree. He's a late round prospect, but could provide good value.

As the Packers make their transition to a 3-4, it's a given that they're going to add more linebackers. Joseph would be a good choice if the team focuses on the defensive line and outside linebackers earlier in the draft.

The Texas vs. the Nation All-Star Challenge can be seen at 2 p.m. CST on CBS College Sports Network.

UPDATE: Not a bad guy to profile. Following up his performance as defensive MVP of the Motor City Bowl, Joseph was named defensive MVP of the Texas vs. the Nation game after returning an interception 26 yards and a fumble 32 yards to set up scores for the Nation's winning effort.