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FCS: Nearly 60 FCS Products Already Have Signed With New Pro League AAF

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September 18, 2018
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FCS: Nearly 60 FCS Products Already Have Signed With New Pro League AAF

UPDATE (Sept. 19): The Alliance of American Football is just getting started in building its rosters for the new eight-team spring league, and already nearly 60 FCS players are on board — most being players who were in the FCS just last fall.

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Five HERO Sports All-Americans from 2017 are already signed up — Furman's Matthew Schmidt, Incarnate Word's Joe Zema, Lehigh's Troy Pelletier and North Dakota State's Tre Dempsey and James Fisher. Nearly 40 are on board (see full list below). The AAF will crank up its inaugural season next spring — starting one week after the NFL's Super Bowl and wrapping before May NFL camps begin following the NFL Draft. The league openly embraces giving players Alliance-American-Footballanother shot to prove themselves to the NFL, and the schedule is catered to fit that.

Each player will receive a three-year, $250,000 contract with medical benefits and an "out clause" to go to the NFL. There are several other rule differences, such as no kickoffs. The season will be 10 weeks long, the rosters will have 50 players, and below are the franchises, their stadiums and their head coaches:

FRANCHISE STADIUM CAP. COACH
Atlanta, Georgia Georgia St. Stadium 24,333 Brad Childress
Birmingham, Alabama Legion Field 71,594 Tim Lewis
Memphis, Tennessee Liberty Bowl  58,207 Mike Singletary
Orlando, Florida Spectrum Stadium 44,206 Steve Spurrier
Tempe, Arizona Sun Devil Stadium 57,078 Rick Neuheisel
Salt Lake City, Utah Rice–Eccles Stadium 45,807 Dennis Erickson
San Antonio, Texas Alamodome 64,000 Mike Riley
San Diego, California SDCCU Stadium 70,561 Mike Martz

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THE PLAYERS

FCS PROGRAM PLAYER POS AAF TEAM
Abilene Christian Carl Whitley WR San Antonio
Abilene Christian Daryl Richardson RB San Antonio
Alabama State Brandon Barnes TE Birmingham
Alcorn State John Gibbs QB Birmingham
Alcorn State Tim Gardner OL San Antonio
Campbell Carlos Merritt DB Atlanta
Chattanooga Alejandro Bennifield QB Memphis
Chattanooga Dale Warren LB Memphis
Chattanooga Davis Tull LB Memphis
Chattanooga Josh Cardiello OL Memphis
Columbia Cameron Nizialek P Orlando
Columbia Lord Hyemang DT Salt Lake City 
Dartmouth Jack Heneghan QB signed – team TBD
Duquesne Wayne Capers WR San Diego
FAMU Brian Tyms WR Orlando
Furman Matthew Schmidt OL Atlanta
Hampton Justin Williams DB San Diego
Holy Cross Nick McBeath LB Orlando
Idaho Alfonso Onunwor WR Salt Lake City 
Idaho Austin Rehkow P Salt Lake City 
Idaho Matt Linehan QB signed – team TBD
Illinois State Marshaun Coprich RB Birmingham
Incarnate Word Jamari Gilbert DB San Antonio
Incarnate Word Joe Zema P San Antonio
Jacksonville State Eli Jenkins QB Birmingham
Jacksonville State Josh Barge WR Birmingham
Jacksonville State Max Shortell QB Birmingham
James Madison Andrew Ankrah DL Orlando
James Madison Ishmael Hyman WR Orlando
Lehigh Matt Cohen OL San Diego
Lehigh Troy Pelletier WR Atlanta
Maine Jason Matovu DB San Diego
Missouri State Malik Earl WR San Antonio
Montana Ryan McKinley DB Memphis
Murray State Jordan Gandy WR San Diego
Murray State K.D. Humphries QB Orlando
North Dakota State James Fisher LS Phoenix
North Dakota State John Crockett RB Arizona
North Dakota State Tre Dempsey DB Orlando
Penn Alek Torgersen QB Phoenix
Portland State Khalil Bass LB Atlanta
Portland State Tyler Foreman DB Memphis
Rhode Island Jose Duncan DL San Diego
SE Louisiana Chris Briggs WR Memphis
SEMO Jess Hosket QB Memphis
Southern Illinois Deondre Barnett LB Orlando
Southern U. Arthur Miley DL San Antonio
Southern U. Willie Quinn WR Orlando
Southern Utah Steve Wroblenski TE Salt Lake City 
Tennessee State Anthony Morris OL Memphis
Tennessee State Patrick Smith WR Memphis
Tennessee State Robert Myers OL Memphis
Tennessee State Terrell Bonds DB Memphis
Tennessee State Ty Allen OL Memphis
Tennessee-Martin Abou Toure RB Memphis
Tennessee-Martin Brett Thompson TE Memphis
Tennessee-Martin Troy Cook QB Memphis
Villanova Ed Shockley LB San Antonio
William & Mary Andrew Caskin TE Atlanta

 

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