Tag: Philadelphia Stars

Reggie Corbin scores on 88-yard run for Michigan Panthers

Reggie Corbin with the longest run in the USFL 2022 season

The Michigan Panthers and Philadelphia Stars met in late USFL action Friday in Birmingham.

The Panthers’ Sean Williams Jr. picked off Case Cookus and that set up a quick strike … on the ground.

Reggie Corbin took a handoff and 88 yards later he was in the end zone. Corbin rushed for 2,300 yards in college at Illinois.

A two-point conversion gave the Panthers a 17-10 lead in the second quarter.

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Former WRU member still making plays

A former Clemson Tiger hopes an impressive season in the USFL will lead to an opportunity to in the National Football League. Diondre Overton had a good game for the Philadelphia Stars on Saturday. Overton finished the day with three catches for 42 …

A former Clemson Tiger hopes an impressive season in the USFL will lead to an opportunity to in the National Football League.

Diondre Overton had a good game for the Philadelphia Stars on Saturday. Overton finished the day with three catches for 42 yards and one touchdown.

New Orleans Breakers outlast Philadelphia Breakers in USFL opener

The New Orleans Breakers had a succesful debut in the new USFL

The New Orleans Breakers and the Philadelphia Stars gave football fans a little of everything in their USFL opener in Birmingham on Sunday.

Kyle Sloter used a different cadence with 1:49 left to draw Philadelphia offside on a third-and-2 and that first down sealed the 23-17 victory for the Breakers.

The first score of the game was the first pick-six in the 2022 incarnation of the league.

Former UConn LB Vontae Davis picked the pass off and took it back for six.

Then, New Orleans went up 9-0 on a blocked punt that was smothered and knocked out of the end zone.

One cool aspect of the broadcast was how quickly a call could be overturned USFL rules analyst and FOX Sports’ Mike Pereira spoke to the USA Network announce booth as he was talking to referee Larry Smith and said an incompletion should be reversed. It was in a blink.

The Stars got their first touchdown on a pass to former UNC player Bug Howard, who has been in five NFL camps.

After a Breakers TD in the second half, T.J. Logan somehow came up with this pass on a 2-point coversion. Magic!

Darnell Holland brought Philly back into a 17-17 tie in the third quarter.

Jordan Ellis then  gave New Orleans a 23-17 lead but the PAT was no good early in the fourth quarter.

WATCH: Former Nittany Lion Shareef Miller makes nice defensive play in USFL

WATCH: Former Penn State QB breaks down replay of former PSU DL in USFL broadcast

The USFL officially kicked off a new era of spring football this weekend, and those paying attention to Sunday’s game between the New Orleans Breakers and Philadelphia Stars may have seen some familiar names. In the broadcast booth for USA’s coverage of the game was former Penn State quarterback [autotag]Michael Robinson[/autotag], who has enjoyed a nice career in sports media since his playing days came to an end in the NFL. But one player looking to keep his career going, [autotag]Shareef Miller[/autotag], was seen making a nice defensive play in the backfield for New Orleans.

And Robinson was more than happy to break down the play and give a little shoutout to the alma mater.

Miller had 100 career tackles during his time at Penn State, between 2015 and 2018. Miller was a three-star recruit in Penn State’s Class of 2015, and he finished his career with two solid back-to-back seasons in 2017 and 2018 with 5.5 sacks and 7.5 sacks, respectively.

Miller went on to be a fourth-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2019 NFL draft. After just one season, Miller was waived by the Eagles just before the start of the 2020 season. He was quickly signed by the Carolina Panthers and spent one season with the team before being waived once again and returning to the Eagles as a practice squad member. Miller was released again by the Eagles in December 2020, and he made a couple more quick stops with NFL franchises in Arizona and Atlanta before being drafted by the New Orleans Breakers in the inaugural USFL draft.

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Former Tiger signs with new team

A former Clemson Tiger was drafted by a professional team on Wednesday. The Philadelphia Stars of the new USFL spring football league selected former Clemson wide receiver, Diondre Overton, with the first pick in the 16th round on the second day of …

A former Clemson Tiger was drafted by a professional team on Wednesday.

The Philadelphia Stars of the new USFL spring football league selected former Clemson wide receiver, Diondre Overton, with the first pick in the 16th round on the second day of the inaugural USFL draft.

Overton, 23, played 51 games over four seasons at Clemson from 2016-20, winning national championships with the Tigers in 2016 and 2018.

During his college career, the 6-4, 210-pound native of Greensboro, North Carolina recorded 52 receptions for 777 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.

Overton signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the Canadian Football League this past summer but was released by the team shortly after. He was most recently with the Vienna Vikings of the European League of Football.

The USFL is scheduled to kick off on April 16.

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First look at new USFL jerseys and helmets for all 8 teams

The USFL is back and the jerseys are just as wild as you’d expect

Like most things in pop culture these days, the United States Football League is getting a reboot.

Unlike its predecessor, the league will feature just eight teams instead of 18. The New Jersey Generals and Tampa Bay Bandits are back along with the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Gamblers, Philadelphia Stars, Pittsburgh Maulers, Michigan Panthers and New Orleans Breakers.

On Thursday, the new-look USFL—which begins play this spring—unveiled each team’s uniform and they are certainly embracing a level of creativity we don’t typically see in the NFL.

Fans will have a chance to see their team’s players finally try on the threads once the inaugural draft begins on Feb. 22 in Birmingham. Until then, the league’s models will have to do.

Here’s a preview of how each of the eight clubs will look once they take the field.

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