They have had more players get looked at for professional offers, Goodman said. "We get them film and ready to send off to coaches."Īfter their inaugural season, the Punishers had two players get preferred walk-on offers in the Kansas junior college ranks. "We help guys who take summer classes to get their GPAs up, and they can still play football with us," Goodman said. Minor league football is a second chance for unsigned high school, college or undrafted players to take the next step NIL deals are allowed within NCAA standards. Going to triple A, which covers all the Southeast, the Punishers finished 7-4, losing to the eventual national champions in the playoffs.īeing a developmental league, salaries are not allowed for players as some of the players are still college eligible, and they want to get back to college to improve their draft stock. We are better than we thought we were going to be." "We started out in single A, playing just Arkansas teams, and then last season we moved up. There are different levels to minor league football, just like baseball. The Punishers are part of the Amateur to Professional Developmental Football League with 32 teams who play a mix of NFL and NCAA game rules.Īfter just one season in 2021, the Punishers won the Southwest Minor League Classic championship undefeated. "We drew a pretty good crowd out there for being an hour and a half away from Little Rock," Goodman said. "We started calling every school within an hour of here and Mountain Pine answered and said, 'We don't have a problem with it,'" Punishers General Manager Chris Goodman said.įor hosting the team, the Punishers made a deal with Mountain Pine where the Red Devils could run the concessions and keep the profits from that business. Still looking for a place to play and already rescheduling Week One's game, a small Garland County school came in handy. However, there were some scheduling conflicts.Īfter missing out to the Little Rock Rangers Soccer Club for War Memorial, games were set to be played within the Pulaski County Special School District. The Punishers hoped to play their 2022 season mainly at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. Founded in May 2020 and based out of Little Rock, the Arkansas Punishers compete in a developmental football league preparing athletes for the next level of their careers in college or professional football.
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