Tag: St. Louis Battlehawks

Brahmas spoil Battlehawks’ hopes for home UFL Championship Game

The San Antonio Brahmas are XFL Conference Champions in the UFL

The stage was set. The St. Louis Battlehawks had to defeat the San Antonio Brahmas on Sunday and they would play at home in the UFL Championship Game against the Birmingham Stallions.

The Brahmas had other ideas and played the role of party-wreckers, downing St. Louis, 25-15.

San Antonio is the XFL Conference Champion and will face the Stallions on June 16 in St. Louis.

The crowd of 30,237 at the Dome at America’s Center was muzzled early when the Brahmas took a 19-3 lead.

The Battlehawks then scored two touchdowns in 13 seconds and the place was rocking.

However, St. Louis was unable to score again and San Antonio got a pair of field goals to seal the victory.

Battlehawks QB AJ McCarron drops expletive during interview in UFL playoff game

AJ McCarron was quite honest during a TV interview on how he felt during the UFL playoff game

AJ McCarron was playing through pain during the St. Louis Battlehawks’ playoff game with the San Antonio Brahmas on Sunday.

Brock Huard interviewed the quarterback as the game was ongoing in the second half. McCarron, the former, Alabama great, didn’t mince words when asked how he was doing.

“I feel like expletive,” McCarron said.

Immediately after the question and salty response, the Battlehawks forced a turnover and picked the football up for a scoop and score to close their deficit.

Coach Anthony Becht was pumped as was McCarron’s wife, Katherine Webb, and mom, DeeDee McCarron.

AJ McCarron probably feels worse now as the Battlehawks lost to the Brahmas, 25-15, in the XFL Conference Championship Game.

Former Carolina Panthers WR wins 2024 UFL Offensive Player of the Year award

Hakeem Butler, once a Carolina Panther for 11 days, has been named the UFL’s Offensive Player of the Year.

For the second time in the last four months, a former Carolina Panther has been named an offensive player of the year.

On Friday, the United Football League announced wide receiver Hakeem Butler as their 2024 Offensive Player of Year. (Yes, he was a former Carolina Panther.)

Butler, a fourth-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft, was waived by the Arizona Cardinals at the beginning of his second pro campaign. The Panthers came calling shortly after, inking the Iowa State University standout to their practice squad on Sept. 18, 2020.

But just 11 days later, the Philadelphia Eagles swooped in—signing Butler away from the group and onto their active roster. He’d appear in just two games before being waived by the Eagles on Oct. 31.

Following a brief stint in the Canadian Football League, Butler was taken in the fifth round of the 2023 XFL Supplemental draft by the St. Louis Battlehawks. He went on to record 51 catches for 599 yards and eight touchdowns that season.

The 6-foot-5, 227-pounder returned to the Battlehawks in late 2023, when the organization had moved into the UFL. Butler’s award-winning season saw him amass a league-leading 652 receiving yards on 45 receptions.

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AJ McCarron set to return to Alabama this weekend as the St. Louis Battlehawks play at Birmingham

After over a decade, AJ McCarron set to return to Alabama as St. Louis Battlehawks play at the Birmingham Stallions

After leaving the state of Alabama in 2013 as a 3x national champion with the Alabama Crimson Tide, A.J. McCarron will be making his long-awaited homecoming this Saturday. McCarron and his (5-1) St. Louis Battlehawks will be traveling to Birmingham, AL to take on the (6-0) Stallions in the season’s biggest game.

McCarron was initially a fifth-round pick to the Cincinnati Bengals back in the 2014 NFL draft but spent time in the league with five different teams. After over a year away from the game, McCarron was drafted to the Battlehawks of the XFL in November of 2022 and spent the 2023 spring with the team. McCarron was a superstar for St. Louis as he was the league passing TD leader, the completion percent leader and the passer rating leader.

The Bengals called McCarron in September of 2023 to join their practice squad to which he obliged. McCarron spent the remainder of the season with the Bengals, but asked for his release in February of 2024 to return to the Battlehawks.

This time, the Battlehawks are in the newly made UFL – a merger of the USFL and XFL, two formerly-seperate spring football leagues. With St. Louis coming from the XFL and Birmingham coming from the USFL, McCarron’s return to Alabama would not have been possible if not for the merger. It will be awesome to see No. 10 back in his home state for first time since 2013.

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Highlights from AJ McCarron’s big day for the St. Louis Battlehawks

The former Alabama QB put on a show!

The St. Louis Battlehawks, led by former Alabama Crimson Tide star quarterback [autotag]AJ McCarron[/autotag] earned their fifth straight victory on Saturday thanks to the strong play of McCarron taking down the Houston Roughnecks 22-8.

After getting off to a bit of a slow start against the Roughnecks, McCarron found his rythmn on his way to going 24-of-37 on his pass attempts for 255 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.

With the victory, McCarron and the Battlehawks move to 5-1 on the season in the UFL.

Following the impressive performance, the X account (formerly Twitter) of the Battlehawks released McCarron’s highlights.

Take a look!

McCarron will have a homecoming of sorts next weekend when the Battlehawks travel to Birmingham to take on the undefeated Stallions at 3 p.m. CT on FOX.

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10 former Ravens are signed to UFL teams

With the NFL season now in the rearview and the UFL set to debut, we’re looking at 10 former Baltimore Ravens who are participating in the spring league

With the NFL season now complete and the offseason underway, Baltimore has one of the most extended lists of players who are getting another shot in the new eight-team UFL, which kicks off season kicks off on Saturday, March 30, 2024, with the battle of the 2023 champions: Arlington Renegades vs Birmingham Stallions.

A combination agreement (the “UFL”) is the premier spring football league that resulted from the merger of the XFL and USFL.

Russ Brandon, former President and CEO of the XFL, will lead the UFL as President and CEO. Former USFL President of Football Operations Daryl Johnston will lead football operations.

Founded in 2001, the XFL was a collaboration between NBC and WWF (WWE), spearheaded by Vince McMahon. After a hot start, poor ratings ultimately led to the league’s lasting just one season. The league returned in 2020, with McMahon again leading the reboot, but it had to close its doors again after COVID-19 shut things down after just five weeks.

The league filed for bankruptcy and was forced to sell.

A group headed by Dany Garcia, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, bought the league out of bankruptcy for $15 million, eyeing 2023 as its return season.

The UFL has eight teams in Arlington (TX), Birmingham (AL), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), San Antonio (TX), Memphis (TN), St. Louis (MO), and Washington D.C.

With action to begin this weekend, we’re looking at 10 former Ravens on UFLrosters.

15 former Eagles are signed to United Football League teams

With the NFL season now in the rearview and the UFL set to debut, we’re looking at 15 former Philadelphia Eagles who are participating in the spring league

With the NFL season now complete and the offseason underway, Philadelphia has one of the most extended lists of players who are getting another shot in the new eight-team UFL, which kicks off season kicks off on Saturday, March 30, 2024, with the battle of the 2023 champions: Arlington Renegades vs Birmingham Stallions.

A combination agreement (the “UFL”) is the premier spring football league that resulted from the merger of the XFL and USFL.

Russ Brandon, former President and CEO of the XFL, will lead the UFL as President and CEO. Former USFL President of Football Operations Daryl Johnston will lead football operations.

Founded in 2001, the XFL was a collaboration between NBC and WWF (WWE), spearheaded by Vince McMahon. After a hot start, poor ratings ultimately led to the league’s lasting just one season. The league returned in 2020, with McMahon again leading the reboot, but it had to close its doors again after COVID-19 shut things down after just five weeks.

The league filed for bankruptcy and was forced to sell.

A group headed by Dany Garcia, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, bought the league out of bankruptcy for $15 million, eyeing 2023 as its return season.

The UFL has eight teams in Arlington (TX), Birmingham (AL), Detroit (MI), Houston (TX), San Antonio (TX), Memphis (TN), St. Louis (MO), and Washington D.C.

With action to begin this weekend, we’re looking at 15 former Eagles on UFL rosters.

Report: Former XFL linebacker expected to sign with Patriots

The Patriots are reportedly making a move at linebacker.

Former XFL linebacker Carson Wells is reportedly expected to sign with the New England Patriots. The Boston Herald’s Doug Kyed reported the news on Monday.

Wells, who played college football at Colorado, spent some time with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022, before he ended up with the St. Louis Battlehawks in the XFL.

He compiled 45 total tackles last season with the Battlehawks in 10 game appearances. The Patriots have been moving talent around on their roster in recent days with the team signing running back C.J. Marable and offensive lineman Micah Vanterpool over the weekend.

Of course, that also led to the team releasing linebacker Olakunle Fatukasi and safety Jourdan Heilig.

With the reported Wells signing, the Patriots will have to make room once again by cutting a player already on the roster.

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Elorm Lumor of XFL’s Battlehawks invited to Jaguars camp

The Jaguars are bringing in a pass rusher from the XFL for camp.

Defensive lineman Elorm Lumor, who most recently played for XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks, received a camp invite from the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to the XFL.

Lumor is listed at 6’3, 242 pounds by the Battlehawks, so he may be a better fit as a linebacker in the Jaguars’ defense.

After spending the majority of his collegiate career at Rutgers, Lumor transferred to Towson for his final season in 2021. After going undrafted by the NFL a year ago, the Battlehawks picked Lumor in the XFL draft in November.

Pro Football Focus graded Lumor as one of the top players on the Battlehawks. After a relatively slow start to the year, he finished with four sacks in the last five games of the year for St. Louis.

The Jaguars finished near the bottom of the NFL in sacks a year ago, but didn’t add any defensive players in the first three rounds of the 2023 NFL draft. The team picked Louisville pass rusher Yasir Abdullah in the fifth round.

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Former Michigan football corner Lavert Hill earns All-XFL

Awesome to see! #GoBlue

It may not be the NFL, but earning big-time honors in any league is great news. And former Michigan football standout cornerback, Lavert Hill, received that news on Monday.

Hill was named to the All-XFL team on Monday. Hill played the season with the St. Louis Battlehawks, who went 7-3, and Hill recorded 25 tackles and two interceptions during the 10 games played.

The former Wolverine played with the maize and blue from 2016-2019. He came to Michigan as a four-star recruit and was a four-year letterman at Michigan. Hill was not selected in the 2020 NFL draft, but was scooped up by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent. He had short practice squad stints with a few NFL teams before landing with the Battlehawks.

During his Michigan playing days, Hill was a third-team All-American in his junior year and was a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist that same season. Hill started 38 games for the Wolverines during his career, and was a three-time All-Big Ten honoree.

Hopefully Hill did enough in the XFL to get another shot in the NFL.

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