Both Undefeated AFL Teams Include Two NFL Players
Published on April 14, 2011 under Arena Football League (AFL) News Release
TULSA, Okla. - A fourth NFL player has jumped to the Arena Football League in wake of the National Football League's lockout. Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman Cliff Louis has signed with the Cleveland Gladiators.
With the addition of Louis, the Gladiators' roster now features two NFL players. Dallas Cowboys receiver Troy Bergeron signed with the franchise in March.
The Gladiators (4-0) are one of only two franchises in the League to remain undefeated. The Arizona Rattlers (4-0) also have two NFL players, receiver Rod Windsor and kicker Fabrizio Scaccia.
Louis, a 6-foot-8, 315-pound offensive lineman from Morgan State, signed a futures contract with the Cardinals in January. He played on the practice squads of the Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions and New York Giants during the 2010 NFL season and also spent time with the Hartford Colonials of the United Football League.
Louis remains under contract with the Cardinals. Following the NFL lockout, players were permitted to sign with another league, but each respective NFL team still owns the players' NFL rights.
Louis and the undefeated Gladiators host the New Orleans VooDoo (0-4) on Saturday, April 16.
In the NFL Network "Arena Football Friday" Game of the Week, new team President Derrick Brooks and the Tampa Bay Storm (1-3) will challenge Ron Jaworski's Philadelphia Soul (1-3) on Friday, April 15 at 8 p.m. EST. NFL Network will host "Arena Football Friday" for 23-straight weeks leading up to ArenaBowl XXIV on August 12, 2011.
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