Birmingham Stallions (UFL)
The Birmingham Stallions are a professional football team representing Birmingham as one of eight teams in the Arlington, Texas-based United Football League, which was launched in 2024 as the result of a merger between the USFL and the XFL, rival spring football leagues.
The team structure, branding, staff and roster were a continuation of the USFL Stallions, which were, in turn, inspired by the Birmingham Stallions of the 1980s USFL.
Coaches
Skip Holtz remained with the Stallions as head coach.
Roster
The Stallions kept a 42-man roster under contract through the transition from the USFL to the UFL. The league held a "dispersal draft" on January 5, 2024 during which each of the UFL's 8 teams could select up to 20 players from teams in their former league that lost their franchise in the transition. A second draft 10 days later allowed teams to pick any unsigned players league-wide. Training camps began in Arlington on February 24, with up to 75 players invited per team.
Those rosters were cut to 50 at the start of the 10-game regular season on March 30, with no more than 42 allowed to be active (plus a 3rd quarterback) for each game.
- Quarterbacks:
- Offensive line:
- Receivers:
- Running backs:
- Tight end:
- Defensive ends:
- Defensive line:
- Defensive backs:
- Linebackers:
- Punter:
- Kicker:
2024 Season
References
- Turrentine, Caleb (January 3, 2024) "'Spring football is here to stay': Stallions coach Skip Holtz excited to return for UFL merger." ABC3340.com
- Chandler, Courtney (January 4, 2024) "Birmingham will not be hub for United Football League." CBS42.com
External links
- United Football League website