Aviators Talking With Former Chiefs Running Back!

Columbus, Ohio:  A spokesman for the Columbus Aviators has stated that former Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt has been involved in talks with the Aviators organization.

Hunt played college football at the University of Toledo, where he finished his college career rushing for 4,945 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2017 draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

In 2017 he rushed for 1,327 yards and was the NFL rushing leader. He was voted to the 2017 Pro Bowl. He won the PFWA Rookie of the Year award and voted to the PFWA All Rookie Team.

In 2018, Hunt played in 11 games where he rushed for 824 yards and 7 touchdowns. He was released by the Chiefs in November for an off field incident involving supposedly striking a female at a hotel.

The spokesman stated that no deal had been struck and that talks are only in the preliminary stages. No other details have been revealed.

FREEZE IN ST. LOUIS, STRONG IN ORLANDO!

St.Louis, Missouri:  The St. Louis Scouts announced that they have hired former Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze as there new head coach.  Freeze replaces Les Miles who left to take the head coaching position at the University of Kansas. 

Freeze (47) compiled a 69-32 college coaching record. He recently coached at Liberty College.  From 2012-2016 Freeze coached at Ole Miss and in 2012 coached at Arkansas State University. 

Also:

The Orlando Vipers have announced the hiring of former University of Louisville and University of Texas head coach Charlie Strong to become the team's new head coach . Strong takes the place of Larry Corker who retired earlier this off season. 

Strong comes in with a 70-44 college head coaching record. He led the University of Louisville to two Big East Championships in 2011 and 2012. He was named Big East Coach of The Year in 2010 and 2012 before taking the head coaching job at the University of Texas.  He most recently was head coach at the University of South Florida. 

Both hirings come just a couple weeks before teams open mini camps.  Training Camps officially open around the middle of January. 

2019 Associated Football Franchises of America Season Schedule

2019 AFFA Season Schedule 
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Week One 
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Friday, February 22
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Sacramento Crusaders @ Utah Mammoths

Saturday, February 23
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Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Hartford Sentinels
Michigan Panthers @ Chicago Stags
Omaha Bulls @ St.Louis Scouts
Portland Pioneers @ Oakland Renegades
Memphis HoundDogs @ Los Angeles Pharoahs
Dallas Outlaws @ New York Empire
Oklahoma Slingers @ Columbus Aviators

Sunday, February 24
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Philadelphia Freedom @ Virginia Tritons
Orlando Vipers @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Carolina Breakers @ Georgia Generals
Miami Sharks @ Albuquerque Aztecs
Houston Knights @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Birmingham Beast @ San Antonio Cimarrons

Week Two 
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Friday, March 1
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New York Empire @ Virginia Tritons

Saturday,  March 2
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Philadelphia Freedom @ Hartford Sentinels
Michigan Panthers @ St.Louis Scouts
Miami Sharks @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Utah Mammoths
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Albuquerque Aztecs

Sunday,  March 3
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Columbus Aviators @ Chicago Stags
Orlando Vipers @ Georgia Generals
Sacramento Crusaders @ Oakland Renegades
Dallas Outlaws @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Omaha Bulls @ Carolina Breakers
Portland Pioneers @ Birmingham Beast
Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Memphis HoundDogs

Week Three 
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Friday,  March 8
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Columbus Aviators @ Hartford Sentinels

Saturday, March 9
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Houston Knights @ Miami Sharks
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Michigan Panthers
Orlando Vipers @ Virginia Tritons
Dallas Outlaws @ Albuquerque Aztecs
Portland Pioneers @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Chicago Stags @ Memphis HoundDogs

Sunday,  March 10
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Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Philadelphia Freedom
Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Georgia Generals
New York Empire @ Carolina Breakers
Utah Mammoths @ St.Louis Scouts
Birmingham Beast @ Oakland Renegades
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Oklahoma Slingers
Sacramento Crusaders @ Omaha Bulls

Week Four 
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Friday,  March 15
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Memphis HoundDogs @ Louisville Thoroughbreds

Saturday,  March 16
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Michigan Panthers @ Birmingham Beast
Portland Pioneers @ Dallas Outlaws
Houston Knights @ Omaha Bulls
Miami Sharks @ Utah Mammoths
Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Columbus Aviators
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Hartford Sentinels

Sunday,  March 17
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St.Louis Scouts @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
Carolina Breakers @ Oklahoma Slingers
Georgia Generals @ Sacramento Crusaders
New York Empire @ Oakland Renegades
Orlando Vipers @ Albuquerque Aztecs
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Chicago Stags

Week Five 
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Friday,  March 22
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Philadelphia Freedom @ Chicago Stags

Saturday,  March 23
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Carolina Breakers @ Utah Mammoths
Orlando Vipers @ Sacramento Crusaders
Georgia Generals @ Houston Knights
Memphis HoundDogs @ Miami Sharks
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Oakland Renegades
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Columbus Aviators
St.Louis Scouts @ New York Empire

Sunday,  March 24
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Oklahoma Slingers @ Hartford Sentinels
Omaha Bulls @ Birmingham Beast
Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Dallas Outlaws
Virginia Tritons @ Los Angeles Pharoahs
Michigan Panthers @ Portland Pioneers
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Arkansas Diamond Miners

Week Six 
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Friday,  March 29
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Birmingham Beast @ New York Empire

Saturday,  March 30
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Orlando Vipers @ Portland Pioneers
St.Louis Scouts @ Miami Sharks
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Omaha Bulls
Hartford Sentinels @ Dallas Outlaws
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Georgia Generals
Virginia Tritons @ Oklahoma Slingers

Sunday,  March 31
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Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Columbus Aviators
Oakland Renegades @ Carolina Breakers
Chicago Stags @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Sacramento Crusaders @ Houston Knights
Philadelphia Freedom @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Michigan Panthers @ Memphis HoundDogs

Week Seven 
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Friday, April 5
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St.Louis Scouts @ Houston Knights

Saturday,  April 6
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Chicago Stags @ Oklahoma Slingers
Dallas Outlaws @ Miami Sharks
Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Birmingham Beast
Columbus Aviators @ Philadelphia Freedom
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
Sacramento Crusaders @ Carolina Breakers

Sunday,  April 7
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Virginia Tritons @ Memphis HoundDogs
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Georgia Generals
Omaha Bulls @ Orlando Vipers
New York Empire @ Michigan Panthers
Hartford Sentinels @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Utah Mammoths @ Albuquerque Aztecs

Week Eight 
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Friday , April 12
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Memphis HoundDogs @ Dallas Outlaws

Saturday, April 13
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Omaha Bulls @ Chicago Stags
Miami Sharks @ Orlando Vipers
Albuquerque Aztecs @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Birmingham Beast
Portland Pioneers @ Utah Mammoths
Oakland Renegades @ St. Louis Scouts

Sunday, April 14
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New York Empire @ Philadelphia Freedom
Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Virginia Tritons
Columbus Aviators @ Michigan Panthers
Carolina Breakers @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Houston Knights @ Oklahoma Slingers
Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Sacramento Crusaders
Hartford Sentinels @ Georgia Generals

Week Nine 
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Friday, April 19
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Portland Pioneers @ Los Angeles Pharoahs

Saturday, April 20
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Hartford Sentinels @ Virginia Tritons
Omaha Bulls @ Columbus Aviators
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Oklahoma Slingers
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Memphis HoundDogs
Oakland Renegades @ Utah Mammoths
Philadelphia Freedom @ Orlando Vipers

Sunday,  April 21
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Pittsburgh Ironmen @ New York Empire
St.Louis Scouts @ Chicago Stags
Carolina Breakers @ Miami Sharks
Georgia Generals @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Houston Knights @ Albuquerque Aztecs
Dallas Outlaws @ Birmingham Beast
Michigan Panthers @ Sacramento Crusaders

Week Ten 
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Friday, April 26
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Utah Mammoths @ Pittsburgh Ironmen

Saturday ,April 27
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New York Empire @ Portland Pioneers
Georgia Generals @ Omaha Bulls
Virginia Tritons @ Michigan Panthers
Oakland Renegades @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Hartford Sentinels @ Orlando Vipers
Birmingham Beast @ Philadelphia Freedom

Sunday, April 28
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Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Houston Knights
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Louisville Thoroughbreds
Oklahoma Slingers @ Sacramento Crusaders
Dallas Outlaws @ St.Louis Scouts
Miami Sharks @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Carolina Breakers @ Chicago Stags
Columbus Aviators @ Memphis HoundDogs

Week Eleven
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Friday, May 3
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Georgia Generals @ Miami Sharks

Saturday, May 4
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Pittsburgh Ironmen @ Philadelphia Freedom
Omaha Bulls @ Michigan Panthers
Carolina Breakers @ Orlando Vipers
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Houston Knights
Birmingham Beast @ Memphis HoundDogs
Portland Pioneers @ Sacramento Crusaders
Chicago Stags @ Utah Mammoths

Sunday, May 5
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Hartford Sentinels @ New York Empire
St.Louis Scouts @ Columbus Aviators
Oklahoma Slingers @ Albuquerque Aztecs
Dallas Outlaws @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Oakland Renegades @ Los Angeles Pharoahs
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Virginia Tritons

Week Twelve 
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Friday, May 10
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Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Portland Pioneers

Saturday,  May 11
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New York Empire @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
Columbus Aviators @ Omaha Bulls
Miami Sharks @ Carolina Breakers
Sacramento Crusaders @ Dallas Outlaws
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Michigan Panthers
Memphis HoundDogs @ Oklahoma Slingers

Sunday, May 12
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Virginia Tritons @ Hartford Sentinels
Chicago Stags @ St.Louis Scouts
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Georgia Generals
Utah Mammoths @ Oakland Renegades
Philadelphia Freedom @ Houston Knights
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Orlando Vipers

Week Thirteen 
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Friday,  May 17
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Oakland Renegades @ Hartford Sentinels

Saturday,  May 18
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Philadelphia Freedom @ New York Empire
Michigan Panthers @ Columbus Aviators
Orlando Vipers @ Miami Sharks
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Carolina Breakers
Oklahoma Slingers @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Sacramento Crusaders @ Los Angeles Pharoahs

Sunday,  May 19
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Virginia Tritons @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
Chicago Stags @ Omaha Bulls
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Houston Knights
Memphis HoundDogs @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Birmingham Beast @ Dallas Outlaws
Utah Mammoths @ Portland Pioneers
Georgia Generals @ St.Louis Scouts

Week Fourteen
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Friday,  May 24
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Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Utah Mammoths

Saturday,  May 25
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Philadelphia Freedom @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
Michigan Panthers @ Omaha Bulls
Los Angeles Pharoahs @ Oakland Renegades
Houston Knights @ Birmingham Beast
Oklahoma Slingers @ Dallas Outlaws
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Virginia Tritons

Sunday,  May 26
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New York Empire @ Hartford Sentinels
Columbus Aviators @ St.Louis Scouts
Miami Sharks @ Georgia Generals
Orlando Vipers @ Carolina Breakers
Sacramento Crusaders @ Portland Pioneers
Memphis HoundDogs @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Chicago Stags

Week Fifteen 
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Friday,  May 31
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Birmingham Beast @ Virginia Tritons

Saturday,  June 1
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Portland Pioneers @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Oklahoma Slingers @ Los Angeles Pharoahs

Sunday,  June 2
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Utah Mammoths @ Philadelphia Freedom
Houston Knights @ Oakland Renegades

Week Sixteen 
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Friday,  June 7
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Virginia Tritons @ Philadelphia Freedom

Saturday,  June 8
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Chicago Stags @ Michigan Panthers
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Orlando Vipers
Georgia Generals @ Carolina Breakers
Houston Knights @ San Antonio Cimarrons
Arkansas Diamond Miners @ Dallas Outlaws
Utah Mammoths @ Sacramento Crusaders

Sunday, June 9
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Hartford Sentinels @ Pittsburgh Ironmen
St.Louis Scouts @ Omaha Bulls
Albuquerque Aztecs @ Oklahoma Slingers
Memphis HoundDogs @ Birmingham Beast
Oakland Renegades @ Portland Pioneers
Miami Sharks @ Los Angeles Pharoahs
Columbus Aviators @ New York Empire

Week Seventeen
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Friday,  June 12
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Oklahoma Slingers @ Houston Knights

Saturday,  June 13
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Virginia Tritons @ New York Empire
Hartford Sentinels @ Philadelphia Freedom
Georgia Generals @ Orlando Vipers
Birmingham Beast @ Arkansas Diamond Miners
Dallas Outlaws @ Memphis HoundDogs
Oakland Renegades @ Sacramento Crusaders

Sunday,  June 14
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Chicago Stags @ Columbus Aviators
St.Louis Scouts @ Michigan Panthers
Louisville Thoroughbreds @ Miami Sharks
San Antonio Cimarrons @ Albuquerque Aztecs
Utah Mammoths @ Los Angeles Angeles
Omaha Bulls @ Portland Pioneers
Carolina Breakers @ Pittsburgh Ironmen

Wild-card Playoff Round
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June 22 & 23
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TBA

Divisional Playoff Round
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June 28 & 29
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TBA

Conference Championship Round
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July 6 & 7


Pantheon Cup IV  ( Rentschler Stadium: Storrs, Ct.)
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July 19
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Eastern Conference Champions

TBD

                 Versus

Western Conference Champions

TBD

2019 Schedule Release

The Associated Football Franchises of America announced that the 2019 AFFA season schedule will be released Sunday,  December 16 2018. Sixteen game schedule over 18 weeks.

Cimarrons Head Man!

San Antonio, Texas:  The San Antonio Cimarrons announced earlier today that they have hired June Jones as their next head coach. Jones replaces Mac Brown who left for the University of North Carolina head coaching job after only a couple weeks. 

Jones (65) recently worked as offensive coordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL. He was interim head coach for 10 games with the San Diego Chargers.  From 1094-1996 he was head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. From 1997-2007 he was head coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa where he won two WAC championships ( 99, 2007). From 2008-2014 he was head coach at SMU.

" I am really excited to be here in San Antonio and eager to get to work.  We are going to bring a wide open fast paced offense, that I feel fans will find fun and exciting to watch. I am looking forward to working with these players to try and bring a Pantheon Cup here to San Antonio. " said Jones in a brief press conference held at the Alamo Dome.

June Jones coaching record:

College- 112-94

NFL-  22-36

CFL-  8-8

Overall:  142-138

SEARCH IS ON!

San Antonio, Texas;  Just weeks after signing to become head coach of the AFFA's  San Antonio Cimarrons franchise.  Mac Brown announced that he would be stepping down to accept the head coaching position at the University of North Carolina.

Brown last coached at the University of Texas and is credited with turning around the Longhorns football program. He returns to North Carolina were he coached from 1987-1992 and is credited with also turning around the Tar Heels program as well.

The Cimarrons are reportedly in talks with former Akron head coach Terry Bowden about accepting the position vacated by Brown.

Les Miles Departs!

St. Louis, Missouri:  St. Louis Scouts head coach Les Miles made it official that he would be stepping down as Scouts head coach to take the head coaching job at the University of Kansas.  Miles led the Scouts to an 11-5 record and a playoff berth in their first year in the league. Miles was voted 2018 coach of the year.

A spokesman for the Scouts organization said that the search for Miles replacement will begin immediately.

"We would like to give our thanks to coach Miles for helping get this organization off to a great start and a foundation for a great future. We wish coach Miles the best in his new venture and know he will be successful. Thank you Coach Miles. " said the spokesman.

FINAL RUN!

Louisville, Kentucky:  Louisville running back Ray Rice announced yesterday evening that he will be retiring after the 2019 season. The 32 year old was a driving force in the Thoroughbreds 2017 Pantheon Cup title run.

The controversial running back has fought injuries throughout his career both in the NFL and the AFFA.  A well publicized off the field incident ended his NFL career. His signing in 2015 with the AFFA brought mixed reactions from Media and fans as well.

In his AFFA career Rice has rushed for 4,087 yards and 54 touchdowns. He also had 27 touchdown receptions.  Despite missing six games in 2018 due to injury,  Rice still managed to gain 1,134 yards and 17 touchdowns , plus 10 recieving touchdowns.

" One more run! One more Ring!  Then off into the sunset."  Rice tweeted late yesterday afternoon giving speculation to his probable retirement . His agent later confirmed that Rice would indeed be retiring after the 2019 season.

Louisville head coach Bo Pelini could not be reached for comment as of the publication of this article.