2018 The Spring League season | |
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League | The Spring League |
Sport | American football |
Duration | April 7 – 12 |
Number of games | 2 per team |
Number of teams | 4 |
TV partner(s) | B/R Live |
Season champions | West |
Season MVP | Bryan Scott [1] |
The 2018 The Spring League season was the second overall in league history, which was played in Round Rock, Texas.
On December 7, 2017, The Spring League announced it would play its second season in Austin, Texas beginning in late March 2018. The league was also to have a football-specific tech forum and a joint internship program with the University of Texas’ Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation. [2] Turner Sports announced in mid-January 2018, while the league games would be on its new streaming service B/R Live, the league was also finalizing a deal to practice and play games at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. [3] On March 3, the league did not execute on the contract to play the 2018 season at the Circuit of the Americas and instead announced events to take place at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Round Rock. [4]
The league had try-outs in various cities in October and November 2017 and February 2018. [5]
On February 14, the league announced the signing of Heisman Trophy winner and former Cleveland Browns first round pick Johnny Manziel to the league playing on the South team. Games to be played on April 7 and 14. [6] Other former NFL commitments to the league were former Cleveland Browns first round pick Kellen Winslow Jr. and former Baltimore Ravens running back Lorenzo Taliaferro. [7]
The following coaches were part of the 2018 season:
Robert Gordon was the Wide receivers coach. [8]
Date | Team | score | opponent | score | Ref |
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April 7 | North | 13 | West | 30 | [10] [ better source needed ] |
South | 7 | East | 11 | [11] [ better source needed ] | |
April 12 | South | 17 | West | 34 | [12] |
North | 27 | East | 10 |
Spring League 2018 | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | ||||
West [13] | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 64 | 30 | ||||
North [14] | 1 | 1 | .500 | 40 | 40 | ||||
East [15] | 1 | 1 | .500 | 21 | 34 | ||||
South [16] | 0 | 2 | .000 | 24 | 45 |
The following players signed with NFL, CFL or AAF teams following their involvement with The Spring League in 2018:
Following the April games another "Summer Showcase" was announced for July 2018. [48] [49] [ better source needed ]
The Spring League announced a "Fall Showcase" for Miami, Florida to take place November 6–9, 2018, which the league intends to prepare players for the AAF and XFL, which play winter/spring seasons. [50]
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