Wild Sign Three More Players before the 2008 Training Camp Begins
February 14, 2008 - Intense Football League (Intense)
Alaska Wild News Release
Alaska Professional Sports, Inc. and the Alaska Wild are proud to announce the signings of Keith Perkins, Shannon McKenzie and former member of the 2007 Intense Football League Champions Louisiana Swashbucklers, Keith Smith.
Wide Receiver Keith Smith (5'11ft, 200lbs.) played the last two years with the IFL team, Louisiana Swashbucklers, which won the 2007 IFL Championship. Last year as a member of the Swashbucklers, Smith had 63 catches for 931 receiving yards and 32 touchdowns. Smith on two occasions last season played quarterback. He had 23 completed passes on 52 attempts for 289 passing yards and 6 touchdown passes. Before Smith was in the IFL, he was all-star impact player in the Semi- Professional Southern American Football League. In Smith's brief three year career in the SAFL, he amassed over 300 catches for over 3,800 receiving yards. Smith attended Navarro College (TX). "We are very pleased that Mr. Smith chose to run with the Wild this season and bring home an IFL championship to Anchorage," said AK Wild Head Coach Hans Deemer.
Wide Receiver Keith Perkins (6'3ft, 215lbs.) last season played with AK Wild and contributed mostly on special teams. Perkins is a former all-conference wide out at Palmer High School. Perkins has made noise in the Alaska Indoor Flag Football League and the Anchorage Flag Football Association ranks at wide-out. In four games with the Wild last season, Perkins had two tackles on special teams. The coaches believe Perkins can make a strong campaign for playing time in a talented wide receiver pool in 2008.
Linebacker Shannon McKenzie (6'1ft, 240lbs.) is a local Anchorage product that played high school football at East High. After school, McKenzie had the pleasure to be coach by the legendary Eddie Robinson of Grambling State University. McKenzie later transferred to Portland State to finish out his college football career. From high school to college and the Semi-professional football ranks, McKenzie was known as a "Sack master". McKenzie played a couple of years in the Semi-Professional Northwest Football League for the Puget Sound Jets and the Eastside Hawks. McKenzie has played the past four years in the Alaska Indoor Flag Football League and the Anchorage Flag Football Association.
The Alaska Wild is part of the Intense Football League (IFL). Founded in 2003, the IFL consists of a record nine professional indoor football teams, three of which are located outside of Texas, the Louisiana Swashbucklers of Lake Charles, the Alaska Wild of Anchorage, Alaska and the Fairbanks Grizzlies of Fairbanks, Alaska. Texas teams include the CenTex Barracudas of Belton, Corpus Christi Hammerheads, Odessa Roughnecks, San Angelo Stampede Express, Katy Ruff Riders, and Frisco Thunder.
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