Tag: Philadelphia Stars

Former first rounder Corey Coleman named to offensive All-USFL team

While Corey Coleman never found success with the Browns, he has found new life in the USFL

[anyclip pubname=”2103″ widgetname=”0016M00002U0B1kQAF_M8036″]

The Cleveland Browns did not hit it big when they selected Baylor wide receiver Corey Coleman in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft. In fact, Coleman was traded just two years later in what turned out to be one of the all-time great Hard Knocks scenes where he stormed into Hue Jackson’s office, exclaiming “If you don’t want me to play, why don’t y’all just trade me.”

He quickly burned out of the league after that, spending time with the Buffalo Bills and New York Giants. Experiencing a resurgence, however, with the USFL’s Philadelphia Stars as he has been named to the All-USFL offensive team.

On the year, Coleman racked up 669 yards receiving and four touchdowns on 51 catches for the Stars. After this breakout in the USFL, will Coleman get another shot in the NFL?

10 former Eagles are signed to USFL teams

We’re looking at ten former Philadelphia Eagles who are making their debut during the 2023 USFL season

The revived USFL kicked off its second season on Saturday afternoon at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium as the Philadelphia Stars visited the Memphis Showboats.

Some familiar names exist, like former Alabama star running back Bo Scarbrough,embattled linebacker Reuben Foster, and many others.

The league will feature four new head coaches, one new team, and an expansion to playing games in four “hub” cities for its eight teams.

With kickoff underway, we’re looking at ten former Eagles who are set to make their USFLL debuts.

Birmingham Stallions surge past Philadelphia Stars for USFL championship

The Birmingham Stallions got two touchdowns in 16 seconds in the fourth quarter and won the USFL championship

The Philadelphia Stars had Birmingham on the ropes in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s USFL Championship Game at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio. Stallions coach Skip Holtz was unfazed, telling backup quarterback Alex McGough they were going to win.

And they did, 33-30, capturing the title in the first USFL championship game in this incarnation of the league with two touchdowns in 16 seconds.

McGough had thrown an interception after replacing an injured J’Mar Smith and got into a heated discussion with his coach before getting the wisdom.

McGough regained his composure and threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Victor Bolden that gave Birmingham a 26-23 lead.

After the kickoff, the Stars’ K.J. Costello, replacing Case Cookus who had been carted off after being injured at the end of Philadelphia’s previous drive, threw a pass that was turned into a pick-six by Scooby Wright, who returned it 46 yards. It would wind up as the game-winning score.

Cookus suffered a broken fibula on the hit that knocked him from the game.

Costello was able to rally after the pick-six, throwing a 12-yard TD pass to Chris Rowland with 1:43 left.

That marked 20 points in a span of 3:09 of the final quarter. Overall there were 28 points scored in the game’s final quarter.

The Stars opted for the make it/take it onside option and had a fourth-and-12 to try and keep the football after the TD.

The pass was incomplete and Birmingham had the ball and a chance to burn the rest of the clock but was unable to get a first down. The Stallions punted to Philadelphia and the ball went into the end zone for a touchback.

On the second play, Costello could not find an open receiver and threw an interception to Christian McFarland and 16 seconds later the Stallions were USFL champions.

Wright spoke about what it meant to be on a championship team after being part of two failed spring leagues.

Auburn alum playing in USFL championship game

The game will be played in Canton, Ohio, at the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The USFL’s first inaugural championship game is set to take place tonight (for this version of it, anyway) and Auburn fans have a team to root for if they’re looking to cheer on a former Tiger.

Former Auburn defensive lineman [autotag]Tony Fair[/autotag] is set to take the field tonight for the Philadelphia Stars in an effort to help bring his team some championship hardware. The Stars went 6-4 in 2022 and finished second in their division, but Fair and his squad have made it to the championship game after a playoff victory over the New Jersey Generals.

Fair hardly played for the Tigers in 2021. He came to the Plains as a transfer from UAB and played 12 games, but only managed one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss with just nine total tackles on the year. His Philadelphia Stars have been performing well with him on the line, however, and they’ll get a chance to make USFL history by being the first team in the league’s newest iteration to win the championship if they can defeat the Birmingham Stallions, who play in the state where both the teams he played for in college reside.

The game will start at 6:30 p.m. CT on Fox. It will be played at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Ohio, where the Pro Football Hall of Fame is based out of.

[listicle id=44635]

Former Clemson wide receiver is championship game bound

A former Clemson wide receiver will have the chance to play for a championship next weekend. Former Tiger wideout Diondre Overton, now a member of the United States Football League’s Philadelphia Stars, helped the Stars to an upset victory over the …

A former Clemson wide receiver will have the chance to play for a championship next weekend.

Former Tiger wideout Diondre Overton, now a member of the United States Football League’s Philadelphia Stars, helped the Stars to an upset victory over the New Jersey Generals in a USFL semifinal on Saturday at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, Ohio.

Overton recorded a team-high 65 receiving yards on two catches, including a 50-yard reception in the third quarter, in Philadelphia’s 19-14 win that sent the Stars to next weekendโ€™s USFL championship game.

The championship game is set for a 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff on Sunday, July 3, on FOX. The Stars will play the the Birmingham Stallions, who beat the New Orleans Breakers in the other semifinal on Saturday, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in the USFL’s inaugural championship game.

At Clemson, Overton finished with 52 career receptions for 777 yards and seven touchdowns in 1,021 snaps over 51 games (five starts) from 2016-19.

–Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Imagesย 

Congratulations! You did it! You graduated! Now is the time to preserve your diploma in a custom frame. Here at Clemson Variety & Frame, we build all our frames in-house โ€“ from the frame to the mats and etchings to the installation โ€“ to guarantee the quality. You worked hard for your degree. Trust us to show your diploma in the best light possible.

Former Clemson wide receiver is headed to the USFL championship game

A former Clemson pass-catcher that was a part of the 2016 and 2018 national championship teams will now play in the USFL championship game.

One of Clemson’s former wide receivers is headed to the United States Football League (USFL) championship game.

Playing in the semifinals on Saturday, Diondre Overton and the Philadelphia Stars defeated the New Jersey Generals, 19-14, to advance to the final against the Birmingham Stallions, which will be played on July 3. The Stars and the Stallions played once in the regular season when the Stallions defeated the Stars by 13 points.

In the win over the Generals, Overton finished with two receptions for a team-high 65 yards, 50 of which came on this bomb which set up a field goal attempt that was missed.

Overton spent four seasons at Clemson from 2016 to 2019, winning two national championships. In his last season, he was fifth in receiving yards for the Tigers with 352 on 22 receptions while playing in 11 games. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a four-star prospect by 247Sports Composite.

[mm-video type=video id=01g6chjtbf6ff5txd563 playlist_id=01fvdd1xkgcx6zr5s5 player_id=01eqbvp13nn1gy6hd4 image=https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/video/thumbnail/mmplus/01g6chjtbf6ff5txd563/01g6chjtbf6ff5txd563-f2241a177d1d4e82fedc224280b36bcf.jpg][listicle id=2674]

Philadelphia Stars gain USFL Championship Game thanks to 87-yard punt return

The Philadelphia Stars used a special, special-teams play to gain the North Division spot in the USFL Championship Game.

It took 37 years but the Stars are back in the USFL Championship Game.

Philadelphia made the title game in 1984 and again in 1985 when the team was based in Baltimore.

On Saturday, the Philadelphia Stars got an 87-yard punt return in the fourth quarter and downed the New Jersey Generals, 21-19, to gain the title spot.

The Stars will play either the New Orleans Breakers or Birmingham Stallions, who meet in the second semifinal later in the day at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton, Oh, too.

The league saw one punt return for a TD in its regular season.

There were two in the fourth quarter as the Stars and Generals traded big plays.

The winning return was by Maurice Alexander Jr. He took a punt on a bounce and took off for paydirt with less than two minutes left.

Here is a drone cam replay of the TD:

Earlier in the quarter, league MVP KaVontae Turpin returned a punt 78 yards for six points to give New Jersey the lead.

That lead held up until Alexander’s game-winning play.

The Stars sealed the victory with a late interception.

The title game will also be played in Tom Benson Stadium on July 3. It can be seen on FOX Sports.

 

USFL player gets wisdom tooth knocked out with devastating hit

Isiah Hennie of the Pittsburgh Maulers lost a wisdom tooth on a jarring hit

The Pittsburgh Maulers took another USFL loss on the field in Week 9 of the season.

Wide receiver Isiah Hennie lost more than the game.

Check out the hit Cody Brown puts on the 5-foot-7, 160-pound wideout from Sacramento State.

And when Hennie headed to the sideline he revealed the loss of a tooth, a wisdom one no less.

Jeff Fisher makes questionable decision in Panthers loss to Stars

Jeff Fisher took the conservative approach on Friday night, and it didn’t pay off.

Former Tennessee Titans and current Michigan Panthers head coach Jeff Fisher is under fire after making a very questionable decision in his team’s loss to the Philadelphia Stars in Week 4 of the 2022 USFL season.

With the Panthers trailing 26-25, Fisher’s team was at the three-yard line with 28 seconds left and two timeouts. Instead of going for the touchdown, Fisher took the ultra conservative approach and decided to run the clock down and go for the field goal to win the game.

And it ended up biting him in the rear end after his kicker who doubles as a punter, Michael Carrizosa, hit the upright and missed the 21-yard field goal, losing the game for Michigan.

Making Fisher’s decision look even worse is the fact that his kicker had been 1-for-3 on field goal attempts and 0-for-2 on extra points this season before failing to make the kick.

It has been a rough ride for Fisher in his return to coaching in the USFL thus far.

Not only has he been the butt of jokes, but his team is off to a 1-3 start. The former Titans head coach certainly didn’t do himself any favors on Friday night, which was the latest blemish in his coaching record.

[lawrence-related id=88908,88552,88578]

[listicle id=87218]

Philadelphia Stars score on long pass after interception

Case Cookus with a 41-yard touchdown pass for Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Stars saw the Michigan Panthers go 88 yards after the play after an interception Friday.

So, they returned the favor in the second quarter, too.

Shea Patterson of Michigan had his pass tipped at the line of scrimmage and it floated into the hands of Jordan Moore.

Case Cookus came onto the field and called a pass play.

Cookus, who played college ball at Northern Arizona, was making his first start in three years. He dropped for a pass and was able to get the ball over the fingertips of a Panthers defender and into the hands of Diondre Overton.

The play was good for 41 yards and after the PAT the teams went into halftime tied at 17.

Cookus explained how and why the play worked to FS1’s Brock Huard.