The UFL season is over for HBCU product Chris Rowland, and it was one other good audition of him to get again into the NFL.
The previous Tennessee State receiver/kick returner recorded the primary kick return for a landing this season within the league. He took a sit back 84 yards into the top zone for the DC Defenders on Sunday.
He completed the common season with a league-high 1,655 all-purpose yards. That included 262 receiving yards on 20 catches to associate with three scores as a large receiver within the ten-game season.
One one that isn’t shocked by Rowland’s success is Reggie Barlow. The Defenders’ head coach, an HBCU product as a participant and a coach, anticipated Rowland to point out his versatility coming into the season.
“Chris Rowland is an excellent soccer participant,” Barlow instructed Harry Douglas in an in-game interview. “We knew that he had a flexible sport. He could possibly be a receiver, he could possibly be a returner, play him within the slot, he could possibly be a operating again — however extra importantly he’s an ideal man. An excellent teammate.”
Rowland will now look to seek out one other alternative within the NFL. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent, after which landed on the Tennessee Titans observe squad in 2021. He then landed with the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL. He put up strong numbers in 2022 however an damage sidelined him for all however one sport within the following season. He confirmed as much as the UFL wholesome and he confirmed all of it season lengthy.
Now he simply wants one other shot within the NFL.
“This league is all about alternatives,” Rowland stated throughout an interview. “There’s loads of gamers that shouldn’t be on this league — which I’m not saying something unhealthy about that. There are gamers that may play on the subsequent degree and so they simply want a possibility.”
UFL gamers could begin to signal NFL contracts following the league’s championship sport on June 16.
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