Virginia Armada

Virginia Armada
Virginia Armada logo
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General information
Founded2022; 4 years ago (2022)
StadiumVirginia Beach Sportsplex
HeadquarteredVirginia Beach, Virginia
Websitewww.mlfb.com/Virginia
Personnel
OwnersMajor League Football, Inc.
(publicly traded company)
Head coachTerry Shea
League / conference affiliations
Major League Football

The Virginia Armada are a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a publicly traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.

The Force are part of the league "Core Four" teams. They are the first pro football team in Virginia since the United Football League Virginia Destroyers.

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. On March 22 the league reveled their second coach in Terry Shea. The league would later reveal he will coach the Virginia Armada.

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

Staff

Virginia Armada staff
Head coaches
  • Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator – Terry Shea
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches

Players

Virginia Armada roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 George Bowen
  •  4 Tyquell Fields
  • 12 D'Angelo Fulford
  •  5 Nik Rango

Running backs

  • 31 Tomas Newman
  •  3 BJ Smith
  • 22 Elliott Taylor
  • 21 Leroy Wilson

Wide receivers

  •  1 Erick Brundidge
  • 11 Marquise Irvin
  • 18 Arthur Jackson III
  • 16 Charlie Jones
  • 13 Alexis Rosario
  • 25 Cole Thurness
  •  2 Jaetavian Toles
  • 15 Melvin Vaughn
  •  8 Tevon Wright

Tight ends

  • 83 Quentin Chaplin
  • 88 Daniel Crawford
  • 80 Ceejhay French-Love
  • 85 Taron Mallard
Offensive linemen
  • 65 Pailake Aiono OL
  • 68 Terrance Ames OL
  • 72 Chris Boles OG
  • 63 Dustin Burns C/T
  • 77 Shane Carpenter OG
  • 60 Niko Culnan C
  • 62 Brad-Edward Davis G/C
  • 71 Daishawn Dixon OG
  • 74 Joseph Park OG
  • 76 T.J. Roundtree OG
  • 51 Taylor Tappin OT

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Javier Edwards DT
  • 93 Kaiona Fuiava DT
  • 95 Sha-Ki Holines DL
  • 96 Avien Peah DT
  • 90 Nick Raby DE
  • 48 Ethan Skarnas DE
  • 97 Shymere Vesels DT
  • 98 Lionell Wiggins DT
  • 94 John Williams DT
  • 99 Savian Williams DE
 Linebackers
  • 44 Blair Brown
  • 46 Denzel Feaster
  • 49 Chrishom Frazier
  • 41 Patrick Howell
  • 45 Mark McLaurin
  • 40 Manoa Pikula
  • 47 Talyor Powell
  • 42 Phillip Redwine

Defensive backs

  • 27 M.J. Hampton
  • 20 David Jones
  • 41 Michael Palmer
  • 29 Derrion Rakestraw
  • 10 Delon Smith
  • 19 Kaseem Smith
  • 17 Boniface Stevens
  • 24 Roman Tatum
  • 28 Alex Thomas
  • 32 Jaylen Thomas
  • 14 Michael Witherspoon
  • 33 Coray Williams

Special teams

  •  9 Tyler Basch K
  • 50 Clay Dzizkan LS
  •  6 Clark Riedel P
 Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Inactive

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster Archived July 28, 2022, at the Wayback Machine updated July 24, 2022
66 Active, 0 Inactive

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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. ↑ "PR: Major League Football (MLFB) Announces New HC Terry Shea".
  4. ↑ "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces First Two Cities for Inaugural 2022 Season". June 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN. July 17, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. July 28, 2022. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Interview with Kyle Gallagher – Offensive Coaching Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 18)". July 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Mike James – Defensive Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 17)". July 22, 2022.