SaberCats Sign DB Hunter; OL Pino on IR; Haglund Wins Weekly Award
March 20, 2008 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Mar. 20, 2008) - Veteran Arena Football League defensive back KELVIN HUNTER, who played against San Jose in ArenaBowl XVIII as a member of the Arizona Rattlers, today joined the defending AFL champions signing a free agent contract, Head Coach and General Manager Darren Arbet announced.
Hunter (5-10, 180) has played with five teams during his seven-year AFL career amassing 11 interceptions, 54 pass breakups and 257.0 tackles. His finest season came in 2006 when he led the expansion Utah Blaze with four interceptions, 17 pass breakups and 64.0 total tackles in 14 games. One of his interceptions came against the SaberCats in that season's opening game.
The former University of Arizona Wildcat has also been with the Chicago Rush (2001), Arizona (2002-04) and New Orleans VooDoo (2006).
Hunter is expected to be in uniform for San Jose on Saturday when the SaberCats battle the undefeated Dallas Desperados (3-0) in HP Pavilion at 7:30 p.m.
The SaberCats also placed offensive lineman CHRIS PINO on injured reserve after the rookie sustained a severe left knee injury in the third quarter of the team's 63-43 win over Arizona on March 15.
SaberCats' kicker A.J. HAGLUND was tabbed âSpecial Teams Player of the Week' by OurSports Central after making a team record-tying four field goals (33, 18, 24, 17) in his four attempts and extending his streak of consecutive regular season made PATs to 42 with a 7-for-7 effort last Saturday in a 63-43 win over Arizona. Haglund's 19 points also established a new San Jose record for kick scoring, breaking the 1999 mark of 18 set by Carlos Huerta, which also came against the Rattlers.
A premiere franchise in the Arena Football League, San Jose has won three ArenaBowl championships and captured seven Western Division titles, eight consecutive playoff appearances and owns the league's best regular season record this decade.
Season and group tickets for the 2008 season are now on sale. Contact a SaberCats' account executive at (408) 573-5577 to reserve your seats today. Individual game tickets can be purchased at the HP Pavilion ticket office, all Northern California Ticketmaster locations and on line at ticketmaster.com. More information is also available on the team's official website www.sanjosesabercats.com.
TRANSACTIONS
San Jose SaberCats - Signed DB Kelvin Hunter. Placed OL Chris Pino on IR.
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