Two weeks into the 2024 UFL season, much of the on-field focus so far has been — in a surprise — on the kickers.
Michigan Panthers kicker Jake Bates is making a more-than-strong case to be invited to an NFL team's training camp this summer. After hitting a 64-yard game-winning kick in Week 1, Bates made a 62-yarder last week. That even would be historic if he were kicking field goals in the NFL. Only once in NFL history has a kicker made 60-plus yard field goals in consecutive weeks (Brett Maher for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019), per ESPN Stats and Info.
Elsewhere, the football comeback of Donald De La Haye — more famously known as Deestroying — saw a major setback as he suffered a fractured neck attempting to make a tackle.
The Birmingham Stallions — who were winners of the 2022 and 2023 USFL championship games — are off to a 2-0 start. As are the Wade Phillips-coached San Antonio Brahmas, who pulled off an improbable comeback victory last week. The Arlington Renegades — who won the 2023 XFL championship game — and Houston Roughnecks are still seeking their first wins.
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The UFL is a merger between two competing spring professional football leagues, the USFL and XFL.
The recreated USFL — with team names harkening back to its 1980s ancestor — opened play in April 2022 with all eight teams headquartered and playing home games in Birmingham, Alabama. For the 2023 season, the league expanded its home stadium footprint.
Dany Garcia and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson purchased the XFL out of bankruptcy for $15 million and rebooted the 2020 version of the league. The XFL was successfully able to complete its first season in 2023.
The new, merged league was announced on Dec. 31, 2023.
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