Ohio Force

Ohio Force

Founded	2022;3 years ago (2022)
Based in	Canton, Ohio
Home stadium	Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium
Head coach	Bill Conley
Owner(s)	Major League Football, Inc. (publicly traded company)
League	Major League Football
Website	www.mlfb.com/Ohio

The Ohio Force are a professional American football team based in Canton, Ohio. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

The Force are part of the league "Core Four" teams. ^[1] They are the first pro football team in Canton since the NFL former champions Canton Bulldogs.

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 March 30 former Ohio Dominican head coach and former Ohio State assistant, Bill Conley, was announced as the league third HC. ^[3] The league would later reveled he will coach the Ohio Force. ^[4]

The Force started their training camp on July 21. ^[5] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down. ^[6]

Staff

Ohio Force staff

	Head coaches Head coach and Defensive Coordinator – Bill Conley Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line - Mitch Browning Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers - Morris Watts Running Backs - Reggie Mitchell Defensive coaches Defensive Line - Winfield Garnett Linebackers - Ted Daisher Defensive Backs – John Lovett

Players

Ohio Force roster
Quarterbacks 10Connor Kaegi 17Nick Watson 13Cody Wilstead 14Mathew Winzeler Running backs  2Demario McCall  8Christian Turner 22Charles West 24Devin Wynn Wide receivers 11Andre Bodison 23Devin Childress 16Travier Fields-Jackson 18Reggie Hemphill-Mapps 21 Jon'Vea Johnson  4Kameron Pleasant  9Alonso Russell 82 Dez Stewart  3Reggie Todd 30David Turner 20Jordan Williams Tight ends 85Keandre Bledsoe 40Vincent Hobbs 46Troy Shallow 40Anthony Totta 88Matthew Wilkinson		Offensive linemen 73Marcus Owens C 76David Brown OG 59Luke Juriga OG 64Dennis Bardwell OT 70Ruben Holcomb OT 74Nick Roos OT Defensive linemen 56Jaylon Abdul-Karim DE 90Nathaniel Brison-Fast DE 54Sydney Omameh DE 89Ch'aim Smith DE 91JoJo Wicker DE 57Gibson Ziah DE 94 Dakavian Champion DT 98DaShawn Crawford DT 93Kelvin Pinkney Jr DT 92Travonte Valentine DT 66Joseph Wallace DT		Linebackers 44Tavante Beckett 33Denzel Johnson 41Tristen Vance 36Jordan Williams Defensive backs  7Antwaine Carter Jr 35Rishard Dames  6Jhavonte Dean  5Heath Harding  1Dedrick Mackey 28Joshua Miller 34David Simmons Jr 25Richard Dames 15Jonathan Alston 12Victor Hubbard 27Max Redfield 26Jalon Thigpen Special teams 45Dominic DiMaccio K/P 48Kenny Doak K/P 42Logan Neidhardt K/P 53Sean Mills LS		Injured reserve Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Did not report  Kayaune Ross  Aaron Tiller Inactive Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 24, 2022 61 Active, 2 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. Perry, Mark (March 30, 2022). "Bill Conley Named Third Head Coach In MLFB". XFL News Hub.
4. "Former Ohio State player/coach named head coach in MLFB".
5. "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN.
6. "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. July 28, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.