Arkansas Attack

Arkansas Attack

Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Based in	Little Rock, Arkansas
Home stadium	War Memorial Stadium
Head coach	Earnest Wilson
Owner(s)	Major League Football, Inc. (publicly traded company)
League	Major League Football
Website	www.mlfb.com/arkansas

The Arkansas Attack are a proposed professional American football team based in Little Rock, Arkansas that has never played a game. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at War Memorial Stadium.

The Attack are part of the league "Core Four" teams. ^[1] They are the first pro football team in Little Rock, Arkansas since the Arkansas Diamonds, which played in the Continental Football League and later in the American Football Association. (In 1992, a team called the Arkansas Miners was set to call the War Memorial home in the proposed Professional Spring Football League, but the circuit folded without playing a game.)

History

On March 18, 2022, Major League Football launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season. ^[2] On May 6, after some delays and many candidates, MLFB hired their fourth coach for 2022 season Earnest Wilson, ^[3] which was most recently the head coach at Defiance College. ^[4] The league would later reveled he will coach the Arkansas Attack. ^[5]

The Attack started their training camp on July 21. ^[6] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down. ^[7]

Staff

Arkansas Attack staff

	Head coaches Head coach and Offensive Coordinator – Earnest Wilson Offensive coaches Wide Receivers - Rodney Blackshear Tight Ends/Running backs - Dale Carlson Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Derrius Bell Defensive Line - Bernard Holsey Linebackers – Mike Fanoga

Players

Arkansas Attack roster
Quarterbacks 10Ja'rome Johnson  7Jalen Jones  3Lukas O'Connor Running backs 48 LaDarius Galloway 55Bruce Jordan-Swilling 79Taylor Martin  2Raymond Taylor 40Matt Tuleja FB Wide receivers 83Laquvionte Gonzalez 19Aakiel Greer 84Jamari Hester  4Ka'Ronce Higgins 98Marquis Lawson 90Justin Manyweather  5Michael Moss 86Keith Pearson 16Thomas Reid III 15 Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi KR 51Patrick Smith Jr  1Jordus Smith 82Smith, Shavarez 80Darren Wood Jr. Tight ends 86Bryson Cannon 97David Meza 26Ronquavion Tarver		Offensive linemen 66Louis Chandler OG 73Samuel Devril OT 72Issac Jackson OT 75Cameron Johnson OT 74Chanlder Jones OG 13Lawrence Keys C 56Somadina Okezie-Okeke C 67Jaden Salley OG 77Bruce Trigg OT 62 Dwayne Wallace OG Defensive linemen 97 Michael Badejo DE [8] 68Chris Biggurs DT 91Denzel Chukwukelu DT 41Deshon Cooper DT 81Armond Lloyd DT 22Ke'Tyrus Marks DT 85Jonathan McKinney DE 99Jamal Milan DT 96 Gabe Richardson DE 50Nick Williams DT 95 Sha'haun Williams DE		Linebackers 54Kyaire Bynum 52Cecil Cherry 36Jarod Fountain 87Stanley Gee 30Alexis Ramos Defensive backs 28Isiah Bennett 23Dashawn Benton 25Brandon Brice 43Reginald Cole 31Curtis Collins 34JJ Dallas 27Alvin Davis 32Antwuan Davis 39Malik Davis 32Robert Dickerson III 58Cornelius Sturghill 38Elijah Walker Special teams 44Erik Lawson LS  9Paul Ortiz K  6Jonathan Ward P		Injured reserve Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Inactive Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 24, 2022 66 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

References

1. "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season".
2. "MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed". March 18, 2022.
3. Pelletier, Adam (May 6, 2022). "Earnest Wilson named as Fourth Major League Football Coach". Sports Gambling Podcast. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
4. Nissen, Shayne. "DC football: Earnest Wilson steps down as Jackets head coach". The Crescent-News. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
5. "PR: MLFB Announces Little Rock as Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season".
6. "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN.
7. "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
8. "Michael Badejo on the Precipice of Playing Professional Football".