Michigan Panthers (2022)

The Michigan Panthers are a professional American football team. The Panthers compete in the United States Football League (USFL) as a member of the North Division. The team plays their home games at Protective Stadium and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, which also hosts the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers.

This article is about the second edition of the USFL. For the original USFL from the 1980s, see Michigan Panthers.
Michigan Panthers
Current season
Established 2021
Play in Protective Stadium/
Legion Field
in Birmingham, Alabama
League/conference affiliations
United States Football League (2022–present)
  • North Division (2022–present)
Team colorsRoyal Plum, Champagne Silver, Light Blue
     
MascotPablo
Personnel
Owner(s)National Spring Football League Enterprises Co, LLC, (Fox Sports)
Head coachJeff Fisher
Team history
  • Michigan Panthers (2022–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home stadium(s)

History

The Michigan Panthers were one of eight teams that were officially announced as a USFL franchise on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on November 22, 2021.[1]

On January 27, 2022, it was announced on The Herd with Colin Cowherd that former NFL Head coach Jeff Fisher was named the head coach and general manager of the Panthers.[2]

Personnel

Current roster

Each team will have a 38-man active roster and a 7-man practice squad.[3]

Michigan Panthers roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  3 Reggie Corbin
  • 15 Cameron Scarlett
  • 25 Stevie Scott III

Wide receivers

  •  9 Ray Bolden
  •  7 Lance Lenoir
  • 18 Devin Ross
  •  8 Joe Walker

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers
  •  4 Frank Ginda OLB
  • 44 Terry Myrick OLB
  • 10 Alexander Vainikolo

Defensive backs

  • –– Corrion Ballard S
  •  5 Tino Ellis CB
  •  1 Jameson Houston CB
  • 21 Dominique Martin CB
  • 14 Joseph Putu CB
  •  6 Orion Stewart S
  • 20 Kieron Williams S
  • 24 Sean Williams S

Special teams

  • 17 Michael Carrizosa P
  • 52 Shane Griffin LS
 Reserve lists

Inactive roster


Rookies in italics

Roster updated May 5, 2022

38 active, 3 reserve(s), 7 inactive

→ USFL rosters

Staff
Michigan Panthers staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches


Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator – Daniel Carrel
  • Defensive line – Kwahn Drake
  • Assistant defensive line – Tony Brown
  • Defensive backs/Special teams - Jeff Imamura

References
  1. "USFL unveils team cities, nicknames and logos for 2022 debut". FOX Sports. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  2. "USFL 2022: Jeff Fisher, Larry Fedora named as final two coaches". Fox Sports. January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. "USFL to have a "player selection meeting" on February 22–23". ProFootballTalk. 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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