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Salt Lake Stallions Daily Update

January 5, 2019 - Alliance of American Football (AAF)
Salt Lake Stallions News Release


TODAY'S NEWS

- The 2019 Salt Lake Stallions players and staff have arrived in San Antonio for the start of the Alliance of American Football's inaugural Training Camp.

- The Stallions hit the field for the first time in 2019 on Saturday afternoon as head coach Dennis Erickson and his staff put the 75-man squad through a two-hour practice at Comalander Field in San Antonio. The players donned helmets and shorts for today's workout as the temperatures reached 73 degrees under a clear blue/sunny skies. The Stallions will stay in shorts and helmets through the weekend and won't practice in full pads until early next week.

- A member of The Alliance of American Football, The Salt Lake Stallions are led by an experienced professional coaching, playing and front office staff featuring head coach Dennis Erickson, general manager Randy Mueller and team president Tyler Howell.

- The Stallions compete in The Alliance of American Football with The Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Orland Apollos, Arizona Hotshots, San Antonio Commanders and San Diego Fleet. The name Stallions honors the spirit of the region and the rumbling presence of horsepower, harkening back to the Speed Kings of the Sixties on Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats. The Stallions' colors are derived from the shimmering silver of the whitecap Wasatch mountaintops which blends with the reflection of the blue sky off Salt Lake for a picturesque color scheme.

- Salt Lake Stallions' home games will be played at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Fans can purchase season tickets for as low as $75 at www.saltlakestallions.com or by calling (833) AAF-2019. For more information on The Stallions, visit the team's website and be sure to follow The Stallions on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram .

- The Salt Lake Stallions team headquarters while in training camp in San Antonio will be Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Landmark.

2019 SALT LAKE STALLIONS QUOTES

Stallions Head Coach Dennis Erickson spoke about the opening of training camp following today's practice:

- On getting out on the practice field:

"Today was like most first days of practice. We have 75 (players) out here and they are all trying to make this team, we were without pads, but it was a good start."

- On what he saw on the field today:

"I thought it went very well. Obviously with the first day there is a lot of enthusiasm, we will see how that goes after about five practices when your tired. We got a lot of things done that we needed to get done and we can go back as coaches and look at the players on tape. It's always an evaluation, every day is an evaluation for these players because we have to get down to (52 players) in a month. So, every day is an evaluation, so we will evaluate them after every practice. There is a lot of enthusiasm and we have got some good players out here so it will be fun to see them grow and get better. It was fun, we haven't been in pads and we won't go in pads until Tuesday (January 8) but there was a lot of learning done out there."

- On his what his expectations are going forward:

"Pretty much the same thing. As I said earlier, we have to cut down to (52 players) and right now we are at 75 players, so there is a lot of competition and we have to make some decisions when we leave here at the end of January who is going to be on our (52 player) squad, so basically that is what we are going to do in the next month. It's all about evaluation, but at the same time it is developing what we want to do as a football team offensively, defensively and in the kicking game. Every day is new and every day is a learning period."

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