2007 AFL free agency begins October 2

Published on September 29, 2006 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release

NEW YORK - First-team All-Arena OL/DL HENRY TAYLOR (Orlando) and veteran QB MARK GRIEB (San Jose), who set a new single-season record with 4,841 passing yards in 2006, are among the 161 free agents eligible to be signed by the 19 AFL teams, including the New Orleans VooDoo who will return for the 2007 season, when the free-agent signing period begins October 2.

The list of 2007 free agents also includes: two of the 20 Greatest Players in AFL History (FB/LB BOB MCMILLEN, WR/LB GREG HOPKINS), 2004 Offensive Player of the Year OS MARCUS NASH, ArenaBowl XV MVP WR/LB TERRILL SHAW, 2006 All-Ironman Team selection OL/DL HUGH HUNTER and QB SHANE STAFFORD, who last season set Tampa Bay Storm career records for pass completions (1,357), passing touchdowns (289) and passing yards (15,669).

A complete list of 2007 AFL free agents follows:

ARIZONA RATTLERS: OL/DL Sebastian Barrie (6-3, 268, Liberty), QB Travis Cole (6-2, 200, Minnesota), DS Wendell Davis (5-10, 180, Oklahoma), FB/LB Joey Dozier (6-0, 240, New Mexico State), OS Damien Groce (5-10, 190, Iowa State), OL/DL Anthony Hutch (6-3, 295, Murray State), OL/DL Kelvin Ingram (6-5, 285, Oklahoma State), WR/DB Corey Johnson (5-9, 190, Georgia), FB/LB Bo Kelly (6-1, 235, East Texas State), K Gary Kral (6-0, 175, Pittsburg State (KS)), DS Clarence Lawson (5-8, 180, Utah), OL/DL Jerry Sharp (6-4, 300, Syracuse), FB/LB Frank Trentadue (6-1, 260, Elmhurst College), OL/DL Mark Tucker (6-3, 295, Southern California), FB/LB Steve Warren (6-1, 305, Nebraska)

AUSTIN WRANGLERS: OL/DL Tom Briggs (6-3, 270, West Virginia), WR/DB Brent Browner (5-8, 175, Northern Iowa), FB/LB Henry Bryant (6-0, 250, Kansas State), OL/DL Desmond Byrd (6-3, 280, Oregon), WR/LB Darrin Chiaverini (6-2, 220, Colorado), OL/DL Bernard Holsey (6-2, 286, Duke), OL/DL Larrell Johnson (6-2, 320, South Carolina), OL/DL DeAngelo Lloyd (6-6, 275, Tennessee), FB/LB Torrance Marshall (6-2, 255, Oklahoma), OL/DL Marcus McKenzie (6-3, 294, North Dakota), WR/DB P.J. Winston (6-0, 185, New Mexico St.)

CHICAGO RUSH: FB/LB Bob McMillen (6-3, 260, Illinois Benedictine), OL/DL John Sikora (6-3, 303, Slippery Rock), DS Marvin Taylor (6-0, 195, Florida A&M)

COLORADO CRUSH: QB Todd Hammel (6-2, 210, Stephen F. Austin), OL/DL Hugh Hunter (6-2, 265, Hampton), FB/LB John Peaua (6-3, 266, Nevada), K Clay Rush (6-3, 220, Missouri Western)

COLUMBUS DESTROYERS: WR/DB Carl Bond (5-11, 200, Connecticut), FB/LB Chris Browning (6-2, 255, Western Michigan), QB Billy Dicken (6-2, 205, Purdue), DS Cecil Doggette (5-8, 180, West Virginia), WR/DB Ira Gooch (6-0, 190, Central Michigan), OL/DL Chris Janek (6-2, 315, Wisconsin), OL/DL Ken Kocher (6-3, 315, UCLA), K Mark Lewis (6-0, 200, Florida International), OL/DL Hardy Mitchell (6-4, 290, Buffalo), OL/DL Dan Rumishek (6-4, 273, Michigan), FB/LB Leroy Thompson (6-2, 270, Delaware State)

DALLAS DESPERADOS: OL/DL Anthony Foli (6-4, 300, San Diego State), QB Chris Greisen (6-3, 220, Northwest Missouri State), DS Hamin Milligan (6-2, 195, Houston), OS Terrill Shaw (6-0, 190, Southern Mississippi), WR/LB Jason Shelley (6-2, 192, Central State (Ohio))

GEORGIA FORCE: DS Nate Coggins (6-0, 205, West Georgia), FB/LB Chris Demaree (6-3, 265, Kentucky), QB Scott Dreisbach (6-2, 215, Michigan), K Nelson Garner (6-1, 180, James Madison), WR/DB Tyronne Jones (5-9, 170, Grambling), OL/DL Bruce McClure (6-5, 305, Oklahoma), OL/DL Dary Myricks (6-4, 270, Citadel), FB/LB Robert Thomas (6-1, 252, Henderson State)

GRAND RAPIDS RAMPAGE: FB/LB Chris Avery (6-0, 238, Kentucky State), OL/DL Nate Bell (6-6, 285, Southern), OL/DL Colin Bryant (6-7, 270, Minnesota State-Mankato), WR/DB Josh Bush (5-9, 170, Western Michigan), QB Jose Davis (6-1, 195, Kent State), WR/LB Anthony Hines (5-11, 185, Winston-Salem State), OL/DL Tim Martin (6-5, 270, Tulsa), K Peter Martinez (6-3, 185, Western Kentucky), DS Joseph Polk (5-11, 182, Northeastern State (Oklahoma)), WR/DB Jerome Riley (6-2, 195, Washington State), OL/DL Teto Simpson (6-5, 285, North Carolina), QB Ryan Van Dyke (6-5, 230, Michigan State)

KANSAS CITY BRIGADE: WR/LB Aaron Boone (6-2, 200, Kentucky), DS Cliff Green (5-8, 185, Tennessee State), OL/DL Jon McCall (6-3, 295, Central Michigan), DS Alvin Porter (6-0, 190, Oklahoma State), DS Denario Smalls (5-9, 190, East Tennessee State), OL/DL Lucas Yarnell (6-3, 320, Southwest Louisiana)

LAS VEGAS GLADIATORS: WR/LB Jamaine Blalock (5-9, 185, Western Illinois), WR/LB Joe Douglass (5-11, 190, Montana), OL/DL Jon Hall (6-5, 330, North Carolina A&T), DS T.J. Hill (5-10, 195, Northeastern), FB/LB Matt Kinsinger (6-2, 260, Slippery Rock), OL/DL Steve Konopka (6-5, 295, Central Connecticut State), OS Marcus Nash (6-4, 220, Tennessee), OL/DL Alonzo Spellman (6-4, 300, Ohio State), QB Craig Whelihan (6-5, 220, Pacific)

LOS ANGELES AVENGERS: DS Anthony Derricks (6-0, 190, Mississippi State), WR/LB Greg Hopkins (6-2, 205, Slippery Rock), OL/DL Victor Leyva (6-4, 310, Arizona State), QB Brian Mann (6-2, 205, Dartmouth), OL/DL Richard Seals (6-3, 305, Utah), DS Antuan Simmons (5-10, 195, Southern California), FB/LB Michale Spicer (6-1, 275, Western Carolina)

NASHVILLE KATS: K Jason Ball (5-9, 180, North Texas), WR/DB Cornelius Bonner (6-0, 190, Cincinnati), WR/DB Jarrick Hillery (5-11, 200, Tennessee State), DS DeRon Jenkins (6-0, 185, Tennessee), WR/LB Jermaine Lewis (6-4, 210, Western Michigan), WR/DB Jermaine Mays (5-11, 200, Minnesota), QB Leon Murray (6-3, 230, Tennessee State), OL/DL Ryan Roth (6-5, 275, Southeast Missouri State)

NEW YORK DRAGONS: OL/DL Bruce Blue (6-2, 270, Western New Mexico), QB Nick Browder (6-2, 215, Valparaiso), OL/DL Jovon Bush (6-5, 313, Clemson), QB Sam Clemons (6-2, 210, Western Illinois), OL/DL Delbert Cowsette (6-1, 290, Maryland), WR/DB DaShane Dennis (5-10, 175, Delaware State), OL/DL Stacy Evans (6-2, 285, South Carolina), DS Andre Goines (6-1, 190, Tulane), WR/LB Latrez Harrison (6-2, 235, Maryland), FB/LB Joe Massey (6-2, 265, Bucknell), FB/LB Richard McCleskey (6-0, 300, Nebraska - Omaha), OL/DL Marcus Owen (6-2, 335, Kansas), OL/DL Troy Pelshak (6-3, 260, North Carolina A&T), DS Mark Ricks (5-10, 175, Western Michigan), OL/DL Steve Scifres (6-4, 300, Wyoming), OS Mutsumi Takahashi (5-7, 165, Nihon (Japan)), WR/DB Matthew Thomas (6-1, 185, South Carolina)

ORLANDO PREDATORS: WR/DB Clif Dell (5-10, 180, South Florida), QB Jake Eaton (6-2, 215, Maine), DS Jeroid Johnson (5-9, 180, Oklahoma State), OL/DL Greg Krause (6-4, 290, New Hampshire), OL/DL Doug Miller (6-2, 300, Howard), FB/LB Idris Price (6-2, 265, New Haven), OL/DL Henry Taylor (6-3, 290, South Carolina)

PHILADELPHIA SOUL: OL/DL Ernest Allen (6-4, 305, Cincinnati), OL/DL E.J. Burt (6-2, 275, West Liberty State), OL/DL Cecil Caldwell (6-1, 290, South Carolina), DS Reggie Doster (5-10, 185, Central Florida), FB/LB Chad Dukes (6-1, 255, Pittsburgh), DS Kevin Gaines (6-2, 210, Louisville), OL/DL Don Klein (6-2, 305, Temple), OL/DL Dan Koons (6-4, 305, Louisville), WR/DB Rob Milanese (5-9, 180, Pennsylvania), OS Steve Smith (5-10, 170, Utah State), WR/LB Cornelius White (6-1, 205, Virginia Tech)

SAN JOSE SABERCATS: OL/DL Karl Bates (6-4, 275, Kentucky Wesleyan), OL/DL Frank Beede (6-4, 300, Panhandle State), QB Mark Grieb (6-3, 208, California - Davis), OL/DL Alan Harper (6-1, 285, Fresno State), OS Atnaf Harris (6-1, 185, Cal State - Northridge), WR/LB Kevin McKenzie (5-11, 185, Washington State), WR/LB Calvin Schexnayder (6-0, 190, Washington State), OL/DL Wes Stephens (6-4, 265, Middle Tennessee State)

TAMPA BAY STORM: WR/DB Lynarise Elpheage (5-10, 180, Tulane), K Bill Gramatica (5-11, 195, South Florida), OL/DL Buck Gurley (6-4, 300, Florida), OL/DL Aaron Hunt (6-3, 280, Texas Tech), DS Tramain Jones (6-3, 200, Angelo State), FB/LB Umar Muhammad (5-10, 260, North Texas State), QB Pat O'Hara (6-3, 210, Southern California), DS Jonathan Ordway (5-11, 190, Boston College), WR/DB Alphonso Roundtree (5-9, 178, Tulane), WR/DB Jeff Sanchez (5-11, 180, Tulane), OS Freddie Solomon (5-11, 180, South Carolina State), QB Shane Stafford (6-3, 210, Connecticut), OL/DL Nyle Wiren (6-3, 270, Kansas State)

UTAH BLAZE: OL/DL John Culp (6-5, 295, Kansas), OL/DL Aaron Hamilton (6-5, 300, Tarleton State), DS Kelvin Hunter (5-10, 185, Arizona), OL/DL Craig Kobel (6-2, 265, South Florida), OL/DL Garrett Smith (6-3, 285, Utah), OL/DL Ronnie Washburn (6-3, 275, Livingstone)

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