IFL National Championship Most Valuable Player award

IFL National Championship MVP

Awarded for	Most valuable player of the IFL National Championship
Presented by	Indoor Football League
History
First award	2009
Most wins	Chris Dixon (4)
Most recent	Davontae Merriweather (1st)

The IFL National Championship Most Valuable Player award, or simply the IFL National Championship MVP, is presented annually to the most valuable player of the IFL National Championship, the Indoor Football League's (IFL) championship game.

Winners

Key for the below tables

Symbol	Description
Game	Each year is linked to an article about that particular IFL National Championship
Winner(#)	Denotes number of times the player has won the award
†	Player still active in the Indoor Football League
*	Player elected to the IFL Hall of Fame
Team(#)	Denotes number of times the team has won the award
Position(#)	Denotes number of times the position has won the award

IFL National Championship Most Valuable Players

Game	Winner	Team	Position	College	Ref.
2009	Chris Dixon*	Billings Outlaws	Quarterback	Humboldt State
2010	Chris Dixon* (2)	Billings Outlaws (2)	Quarterback (2)		[1]
2011	Chris Dixon* (3)	Sioux Falls Storm	Quarterback (3)
2012	Jeremiah Price †	Sioux Falls Storm (2)	Defensive end	Oklahoma State	[2]
2013	Terrance Bryant*	Sioux Falls Storm (3)	Quarterback (4)
2014 [a]	Chris Dixon* (4)	Sioux Falls Storm (4)	Quarterback (5)	Humboldt State
	James Terry*	Sioux Falls Storm (5)	Wide receiver	Kansas State
2015	Brandon Johnson-Farrell	Sioux Falls Storm (6)	Wide receiver (2)	Sioux Falls
2016	Lorenzo Brown Jr.†	Sioux Falls Storm (7)	Quarterback (6)
2017	Justin Shirk	Arizona Rattlers	Linebacker	Bloomsburg
2018	Ryan Balentine	Iowa Barnstormers	Wide receiver (3)	Southern Miss	[3]
2019	Lorenzo Brown Jr.†(2)	Sioux Falls Storm (8)	Quarterback (7)	Sioux Falls
2021	Alejandro Bennifield†	Massachusetts Pirates	Quarterback (8)	Chattanooga
2022	JaQuan Artis†	Northern Arizona Wranglers	Defensive end (2)	Lenoir-Rhyne
2023	Dalton Sneed†	Bay Area Panthers	Quarterback (9)	Montana
2024	Davontae Merriweather †	Arizona Rattlers (2)	Defensive back	West Texas A&M

By team

MVPs by team

Team	Total	IFL National Championship(s)
Sioux Falls Storm	8 [b]	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, [a] 2015, 2016, 2019
Billings Outlaws	2	2009, 2010
Arizona Rattlers	2	2017, 2024
Iowa Barnstormers	1	2018
Massachusetts Pirates	1	2021
Northern Arizona Wranglers	1	2022
Bay Area Panthers	1	2023

By position

MVPs by position

Position	Total
Quarterback	9
Wide receiver	3
Defensive end	2
Linebacker	1
Defensive back	1

Multiple winners

Players with multiple MVPs

Player	Position	Team(s)	Awards	IFL National Championships
Chris Dixon*	Quarterback	Billings Outlaws (2) / Sioux Falls Storm (2)	4	2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
Lorenzo Brown Jr.†	Quarterback	Sioux Falls Storm (2)	2	2016, 2019

Notes

1. Chris Dixon and James Terry were named co-MVPs of the 2014 United Bowl, the only United Bowl with co-MVPs.
2. The Storm's MVP total includes the co-MVPs of 2014 United Bowl as two different recipients. There were seven United Bowls where the Storm received MVP awards.

References

1. "Billings Repeats as IFL Champions". OurSportsCentral. Billings Outlaws. July 18, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
2. "Sioux Falls Storm win back-to-back IFL titles". Mitchell Daily Republic. July 16, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
3. Rushing, TJ (July 7, 2018). "Iowa Barnstormers take down Sioux Falls Storm for Indoor Football League championship". Des Moines Register. Retrieved February 24, 2025.