14 SaberCats available in Expansion Draft
October 5, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
San Jose SaberCats News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2006) - The San Jose SaberCats have left 14 rostered players unprotected and available for the Arena Football League's 2006 Expansion Draft, which will take place on Friday, October 6, at 10:00 a.m. (PT).
The draft will help stock the roster of the New Orleans VooDoo, making its return to the AFL in 2007 following a one-year hiatus due to Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans may choose a player from any current team who is designated as being "unprotected." Each team is allowed to protect 16 players off its current roster who cannot be selected in the Draft. All other rostered players whose rights they currently control are deemed "unprotected" and eligible to be selected. Each time a team loses a player that team is allowed to pull a player back from its unprotected list.
Six SaberCats who saw game action in 2006 were left unprotected, including: Linemen ALBREY BATTLE, FITU TU'UA and VAN BROWN, FB/LB JAJUAN HUDDLESTON, WR/DB CHARLES PAULEY and K BRIAN SCHMITZ.
Fans may follow the draft live and view a team-by-team breakdown of draft eligible players on the AFL's official website, www.arenafootball.com.
Expansion Draft Eligible SaberCats
Pos Name Ht Wt College
WR/DB Kevin Arbet 5-11 200 Southern California
OL/DL Albrey Battle 6-4 317 Arizona State
OL/DL Van Brown 6-6 273 Northwest Oklahoma St.
WR/DB Rashied Davis 5-10 180 San Jose State
OL/DL Sam Hernandez 6-3 250 Sonoma State
WR/LB Adam Herzing 6-3 205 Cal Poly - SLO
FB/LB Jajuan Huddleston 6-2 255 Fresno State
OS James Hundon 6-1 176 Portland State
OL/DL Darrin Kenney 6-4 277 Lycoming
FB/LB John Kuhn 6-0 255 Shippensburg
QB Chris Lewis 6-3 215 Stanford
DS Tremain Mack 6-1 213 Miami (Fla.)
WR/DB Charles Pauley 5-10 165 San Jose State
K Brian Schmitz 6-1 170 North Carolina
OL/DL Fitu Tu'ua 6-6 350 Fresno State
The SaberCats are a premier franchise in the AFL, having captured two ArenaBowl titles, six Western Division championships, seven consecutive playoff appearances and owning the league's best regular season record this decade. San Jose will begin its 13th season in the AFL next February.
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