Soul sign pair of fullbacks
January 17, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Philadelphia Soul News Release
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Soul have signed FB's Matt Bernstein and George Layne. As per club policy, terms of their deals were not disclosed.
Bernstein (6'0", 261, Wisconsin) joins the Soul after a brief stint in the NFL with the Detroit Lions. Prior to joining the Lions while at Wisconsin, he started every game as a junior and finished third on the team with a career-high 300 rushing yards with one touchdown. He played every game as a sophomore and emerged as the starting fullback. The former Badger was a preseason All-American and All-Big Ten Conference first team selection.
Layne (5'11", 250, Texas Christian University) enters the Arena Football League with the Soul after spending four seasons in the NFL with the Atlanta Falcons and briefly with the San Diego Chargers. He was signed by the Falcons. In his four year NFL career he played in 10 games and had four receptions for 20 yards and carried the ball three times for 32 yards. He spent the majority of his time blocking for Warrick Dunn. Layne was a two year starter at TCU as a fullback and was a lead blocker. He was largely responsible for creating huge holes for All-American and current Charger LaDainian Tomlinson. He finished his college career with 482 rushing yards with eight touchdowns on 97 carries.
Fun. Family. Football. It begins this March as the Soul travel to take on the Nashville Kats on Friday, March 9 at 8:00 p.m. in the Gaylord Entertainment Center to kickoff the 21st season of the AFL. Season tickets for the Soul's 2007 season are on sale now with tickets starting as low as $96. For more information call (888) PHIL-AFL or log on to www.philadelphiasoul.com. The Soul are entering their fourth season in the AFL and in their three seasons they have sold out 93% of the venue while drawing a League best 387,491 fans combined.
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