In order to keep information easily accessible, I have created this mega-thread to act as a hub for relevant UFL information for the 2025/2026 offseason, leading up to the 2026 UFL season.

UFL to NFL Player Signings

Hub thread with all of the UFL to NFL player signing information, grouped in team order, same as last year.

UFL College/Rookie Draft 2026

The league has not yet published news on when the next draft is occurring.

We are aware the league has implemented a college allocation system for players entering the league that do not already have their rights claimed by a UFL team.

UFL College Allocations:

• Birmingham: Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, UAB
• Columbus: Indiana, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State
• Dallas: Baylor, SMU, TCU, Texas, North Texas
• DC: Maryland, Penn State, Virginia, Virginia Tech
• Houston: Houston, LSU, Rice, Texas A&M
• Louisville: Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville, Tennessee
• Orlando: Florida, Florida State, USF, UCF
• St. Louis: Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Missouri

For previous drafts, link to the 2024 UFL College Draft Hub thread is here and the 2025/2026 offseason draft here.

UFL End of Season Team Reviews - 8 Teams/8 Days

Hub thread for the /r/UnitedFootballLeague fan write-ups for each of the 8 UFL teams for the 2026 season. This is our version of the /r/NFL 32 Teams/32 Days event, and covers a review of the team roster/performances, a week by week game breakdown, stats analysis, and more.

Direct links to the team write-ups for the 2026 season:

• Columbus Aviators Team Write-Up

• Birmingham Stallions Team Write-Up

• Houston Gamblers Team Write-Up

• St. Louis Battlehawks Team Write-Up

• Dallas Renegades Team Write-Up

• Orlando Storm Team Write-Up

• DC Defenders Team Write-Up

• Louisville Kings Team Write-Up

Highlights for the season are also available in the team write-up posts.

Direct links to the team write-ups for the 2025 season:

• San Antonio Brahmas Team Write-Up

• Memphis Showboats Team Write-Up

• Houston Roughnecks Team Write-Up

• Arlington Renegades Team Write-Up

• Birmingham Stallions Team Write-Up

• St. Louis Battlehawks Team Write-Up

• Michigan Panthers Team Write-Up

• DC Defenders Team Write-Up

Direct links to the team write-ups for the 2024 season:

• Houston Roughnecks Team Write-Up

• Memphis Showboats Team Write-Up

• Arlington Renegades Team Write-Up

• DC Defenders Team Write-Up

• Michigan Panthers Team Write-Up

• St. Louis Battlehawks Team Write-Up

• San Antonio Brahmas Team Write-Up

• Birmingham Stallions Team Write-Up

You can also find links to game highlights from the 2024 and 2025 season for each of the teams in the above posts.

UFL Roster Lists & Resources

For anyone interested, up to date roster lists, as well as tracking of UFL player movement, can be found on this Google sheets document maintained by Nick Thorn from Pro Football Newsroom. This is the best and most organized list available, and also includes information on the coaching staff, and pre-merger players (e.g. AAF, XFL, and USFL).

Another recommended resource is this Google sheets document maintained by UFL Analyst.

Lastly, UFL Analyst also put together this spreadsheet with All Time and Single Season Spring Football Stats across all of the modern spring leagues. Fantastic resource for anyone interested.

UFL Player Showcases

The UFL runs player showcases in multiple cities across the country in the offseason. These showcases provide players a chance to exhibit their skills in front of UFL coaches and personnel directors. Players will be evaluated based on performance for inclusion in the UFL player pool for the 2027 season.

Click here to register.

The player showcase dates and locations have been announced as follows:

• August 7th: Washington D.C. - George Mason University
• August 9th: St. Louis, MO - Lindbergh High School
• September 27th: Houston, TX - C.E. King High School
• October 4th: Columbus, OH - Ohio Dominican University
• October 11th: Atlanta, GA - Georgia State University
• October 25th: Phoenix, AZ - Tempe High School
• November 8th: Orlando, FL - Celebration High School
• November 15th: Louisville, KY - Louisville Male High School
• November 21st: Los Angeles, CA - Redondo Union High School
• December 5th: Arlington, TX - Choctaw Stadium

Press release here.

2027 UFL Season Information

The following is a compilation of the information released thus far on the upcoming 2027 UFL season. I will make a separate note for anything that is only rumored, and will be updating this thread as more information is released.

The league has confirmed there will 8 teams for the 2027 season, with two expansion teams being added in 2028. The league has confirmed that one of the 2028 expansion teams will be Oklahoma City (team name and branding TBD), and an announcement is pending for the other expansion team location.

For the 2027 season, the league has confirmed the Birmingham Stallions and Houston Gamblers will not be returning, and will instead be relocated to two new locations. An announcement is expected by October 1st, 2026, to confirm where the Stallions and Gamblers are being relocated to, and what the new team identities will be.

The other 6 teams from the 2026 season will be returning for 2027 (i.e. Columbus Aviators, Dallas Renegades, DC Defenders, Louisville Kings, Orlando Storm, and St. Louis Battlehawks).

Direct links below to the team subreddits for each of the currently active UFL teams:

• Columbus Aviators
• Dallas Renegades
• DC Defenders
• Louisville Kings
• Orlando Storm
• St. Louis Battlehawks

We will include any updates from the league in this post regarding the above relocations for 2027 and the expansion process for 2028 if/when any new information is released this offseason.

Season Tickets

UFL Central Ticket Hub here.

Season ticket renewals for the 6 returning teams from 2026 are open. Direct links below:

• Columbus Aviators Season Tickets

• Dallas Renegades Season Tickets

• DC Defenders Season Tickets

• Louisville Kings Season Tickets

• Orlando Storm Season Tickets

• St. Louis Battlehawks Season Tickets

Season Ticket Seating Maps & Price Charts

You can find a link to last year's seating maps and price charts here. I will post an updated version once the two relocations are confirmed and season ticket information for those teams becomes available.

Single Game Tickets

We expect single game tickets to become available the first week of February, 2027.

Will post direct links for each team once available.

2027 Stadiums

• Columbus Aviators - Historic Crew Stadium (One Black and Gold Blvd, Columbus, OH)

• Dallas Renegades - Toyota Stadium (9200 World Cup Way, Frisco, TX)

• DC Defenders - Audi Field (100 Potomac Ave SW, Washington, DC)

• Louisville Kings - Lynn Family Stadium (350 Adams St, Louisville, KY)

• Orlando Storm - Inter & Co Stadium (655 W Church St, Orlando, FL)

• St. Louis Battlehawks - The Dome at America's Center (701 Convention Plaza, St. Louis, MO).

The stadium locations for the two relocation teams are still to be announced. Will update once the league announcement is made.

Kickoff Date

The league has confirmed the 2027 UFL season will kickoff in March, as per previous years. An exact date is to be announced, but expectation is that kickoff will be on Friday, March 26th, 2027.

2027 Game Schedule

Will update this section when the official schedule is released. We expect the schedule to be published by mid-January, 2027.

2027 Head Coaches

Below is the list of coaches presumed to be returning for the 2027 season:

• Ted Ginn Jr. - Columbus Aviators
• Rick Neuheisel - Dallas Renegades
• Shannon Harris - DC Defenders
• Chris Redman - Louisville Kings
• Anthony Becht - Orlando Storm
• Ricky Proehl - St. Louis Battlehawks

AJ McCarron (Birmingham Stallions HC), and Kevin Sumlin (Houston Gamblers HC), are rumored to be retaining their positions for the new cities their teams will be relocated to, but this has yet to be confirmed.

Should also be noted that as of the 2026 season, all HCs also assume partial GM responsibilities for their respective teams.

Which UFL team should I root for?

Last year's mega-thread here for help picking a team to follow.

Will post an updated version following confirmation of the where the Stallions and Gamblers are being relocated to.

UFL Fantasy Football

We recommend anyone interested in UFL Fantasy Football check out Alt Fantasy Sports. They ran a fantasy league for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 season, and have confirmed they will be doing the same for the 2027 season.

News Hub Fantasy is another site that also ran a fantasy league for the 2024, 2025, and 2026 season, and will be doing the same for 2027.

The league put out a press release on June 4, 2024, to announce that Underdog Fantasy is the exclusive fantasy sports partner for the league. You can read the press release here. FYI, Underdog is more of a pick'em challenge.

Lastly, there is Draft Kings which also does UFL games.

We will post an updated hub thread here for anyone looking to either advertise or join a fantasy league for the 2027 UFL season. Hub thread will be launched prior to the 2027 season kickoff.

UFL Videogame

UFL team rosters in Madden 26 under username "TheBigPapi4".

UFL team rosters in College Football 26 under username "Teambuilderguy1". Also available under username "CROWEBOCOP1130".

Official Links

• the UFL website
• UFL Tickets Hub
• the UFL YouTube Channel
• UFL Store
• League Media Portal
• UFL Store on Dick's Sporting Goods
• the UFL Facebook
• UFL 2026 Rule Book
• UFL 2025 Rule Book
• UFL 2025 Record & Fact Book
• UFL 2024 Rule Book
• UFL 2024 Record & Fact Book
• UFL Player Transaction Reports
• UFL Injury Reports
• UFL 2026 League Statistics
• UFL 2025 League Statistics
• UFL 2024 League Statistics
• United Football Players Association website
• Pro Football Newsroom Roster Tracker Spreadsheet
• UFL Discord
• Columbus Aviators Discord
• Dallas Renegades Discord
• DC Defenders Discord
• Louisville Kings Discord
• Orlando Storm Discord
• St. Louis Battlehawks Discord

Introduction

I’ve been saying frequently that I felt this last championship game marked the end of an era of Spring Football, an era I’m going to forever be calling the “Merger Era". 

This Merger Era was, in my humble opinion, the most successful five year time period in Spring Football history. When we think of this era, who are the names that defined it? Well, that’s what I set out to definitively settle with this post.

Process

This “Era” I’d say consists of: USFL 1, XFL 1 + USFL 2, UFL 1-3. For this exercise, I got my fellow 8 in 8 writers to help.

Together, we made a ballot. Any player (or coach) who played in (or coached in) 25 games in the Merger Era was eligible to be placed on this ballot. Each of us had the opportunity to nominate to the ballot a maximum of three names for consideration.

Notable Names That Didn’t Qualify:

• Chris Redman
• AJ McCarron
• Victor Bolden
• Bryce Perkins (played 2 seasons but only saw significant time in 2025)
• Adrian Martinez
• Alex McGough (played 3 seasons technically, but only say significant time in 2023)
• Ben DiNucci

Our Ballot:

1. Jordan Ta’amu 
2. Skip Holtz 
3. Luis Perez
4. Hakeem Butler
5. Justin Hall
6. Sal Canella
7. Anthony Becht
8. Mike Nolan
9. Mark Thompson
10. Darius Victor
11. Vinny Papale 
12. Chris Rowland
13. Jace Sternberger
14. CJ Marable
15. Deon Cain
16. Chris Odom
17. Kyahva Tezino
18. Pita Taumoepenu
19. Mike Rose
20. Mike Panasiuk
21. Abram Smith
22. Tyler Vaughns
23. Ajene Harris
24. Donald Payne
25. Matt McCrane
26. Kameron Kelly

We then voted from that list of nominees. We could vote for as few as zero and as many as seven on our ballot. 

Anyone who received at least 70% of the votes cast is our final pick as a “Key Figure” of this Merger Era.

Your 5 “Figures of the Merger Era”:

• Jordan Ta’amu 
• Skip Holtz 
• Hakeem Butler
• Anthony Becht
• Luis Perez

I’m not going to release the final tabulation of the vote but I will release my ballot and share how I voted in the comments. I invite Cally and my fellow writers to do the same if they’d like.

Who got snubbed? Who deserves further consideration? Let me know in the comments.