Avengers sign OL Branden Hall and WR Nichiren Flowers
February 19, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Los Angeles Avengers News Release
LOS ANGELES -- Offensive lineman Branden Hall and wide receiver Nichiren Flowers have signed free agent contracts with the Los Angeles Avengers, head coach Ed Hodgkiss announced today. Both players inked two-year deals that will keep them with the club through the 2008 season.
The Avengers also placed wide receiver Ataveus Cash on the injured reserve list (ruptured Achilles). The team is currently at the Arena Football League's 37-man limit for training camp, which continues this week at Oak Stadium on the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indian Reservation.
Hall (6-foot-4, 330 pounds) was on the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad in 2004, the year they advanced all the way to Super Bowl XXXIX. Following the 2004 NFL Draft, he signed a free agent contract with the Detroit Lions, but was waived prior to the start of the regular season. A week later, however, Hall was signed by the Eagles.
He was a four-year letterman at Troy (Ala.) University as an offensive guard. As a senior in 2003, Hall was named to ESPN.com's All-Independent team.
Flowers (6-2, 205) played in 45 games during his four-year career at the University of Nevada (Reno, Nev.). He caught a total of 214 passes for the Wolf Pack, finishing his collegiate career with 2,648 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. As a junior in 2004, Flowers had 91 receptions (second in the Western Athletic Conference) for 1,126 yards and six scores. In one game against Buffalo, he caught nine passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns.
The Avengers will kick off their eighth season of play in the 21-year-old AFL versus the San Jose SaberCats on Sunday, March 4, at STAPLES Center. That contest, which features the past two Western Division champions (Los Angeles in 2005 and San Jose in 2006), will kick off at 7 p.m.
Avenger season tickets, which include nine games played at STAPLES Center, are on sale now at 1-888-AVENGERS or www.laavengers.com.
Single-game tickets, which range in price from $10 to $69.50, are also on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com and the STAPLES Center box office.
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