Why didn't top QB prospect Matt Barkley (Mater Dei-CA) play in the Army All American Bowl? ?

Barkley was named 2007 football Gatorade National Player of the Year, and then the 2007 Gatorade national male athlete of the year, becoming the first non-senior to win both awards. [1] Barkley also won the 2007 Glenn Davis Award, given to best high school football player in Southern California, as well as the inaugural Joe Montana Award as the nation's top high school quarterback.[2][3] Why the hell isn't he playing with best of the nation?