Virginia Armada
Team logo
Founded2022 (2022)
Based inVirginia Beach, Virginia
Home stadiumVirginia Beach Sportsplex
Head coachTerry Shea
Owner(s)Major League Football, Inc.
(publicly traded company)
LeagueMajor League Football
Websitewww.mlfb.com/Virginia

The Virginia Armada are a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team is a member of the Major League Football (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at Virginia Beach Sportsplex.

The Force are part of the league "Core Four" teams.[1] They are the first pro football team in Virginia since the United Football League Virginia Destroyers.

History

On March 18, 2022, Major League Football launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season.[2] On March 22 the league reveled their second coach in Terry Shea.[3] The league would later reveal he will coach the Virginia Armada.[4]

The Armada started their training camp on July 21.[5] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down.[6]

Staff

Virginia Armada staff
Head coaches
  • Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator – Terry Shea
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches

Players

Virginia Armada roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 George Bowen
  •  4 Tyquell Fields
  • 12 D'Angelo Fulford
  •  5 Nik Rango

Running backs

  • 31 Tomas Newman
  •  3 BJ Smith
  • 22 Elliott Taylor
  • 21 Leroy Wilson

Wide receivers

  •  1 Erick Brundidge
  • 11 Marquise Irvin
  • 18 Arthur Jackson III
  • 16 Charlie Jones
  • 13 Alexis Rosario
  • 25 Cole Thurness
  •  2 Jaetavian Toles
  • 15 Melvin Vaughn
  •  8 Tevon Wright

Tight ends

  • 83 Quentin Chaplin
  • 88 Daniel Crawford
  • 80 Ceejhay French-Love
  • 85 Taron Mallard
Offensive linemen
  • 65 Pailake Aiono OL
  • 68 Terrance Ames OL
  • 72 Chris Boles OG
  • 63 Dustin Burns C/T
  • 77 Shane Carpenter OG
  • 60 Niko Culnan C
  • 62 Brad-Edward Davis G/C
  • 71 Daishawn Dixon OG
  • 74 Joseph Park OG
  • 76 T.J. Roundtree OG
  • 51 Taylor Tappin OT

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Javier Edwards DT
  • 93 Kaiona Fuiava DT
  • 95 Sha-Ki Holines DL
  • 96 Avien Peah DT
  • 90 Nick Raby DE
  • 48 Ethan Skarnas DE
  • 97 Shymere Vesels DT
  • 98 Lionell Wiggins DT
  • 94 John Williams DT
  • 99 Savian Williams DE
 Linebackers
  • 44 Blair Brown
  • 46 Denzel Feaster
  • 49 Chrishom Frazier
  • 41 Patrick Howell
  • 45 Mark McLaurin
  • 40 Manoa Pikula
  • 47 Talyor Powell
  • 42 Phillip Redwine

Defensive backs

  • 27 M.J. Hampton
  • 20 David Jones
  • 41 Michael Palmer
  • 29 Derrion Rakestraw
  • 10 Delon Smith
  • 19 Kaseem Smith
  • 17 Boniface Stevens
  • 24 Roman Tatum
  • 28 Alex Thomas
  • 32 Jaylen Thomas
  • 14 Michael Witherspoon
  • 33 Coray Williams

Special teams

  •  9 Tyler Basch K
  • 50 Clay Dzizkan LS
  •  6 Clark Riedel P
 Injured reserve
  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • Currently vacant

Inactive

  • Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 24, 2022
66 Active, 0 Inactive

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References

  1. ↑ "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season".
  2. ↑ "MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed". March 18, 2022.
  3. ↑ "PR: Major League Football (MLFB) Announces New HC Terry Shea".
  4. ↑ "Major League Football (MLFB) Announces First Two Cities for Inaugural 2022 Season". 6 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings". SGPN. 17 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Major League Football League 'shut down': players, coaches sent home". WKRG News 5. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Interview with Kyle Gallagher – Offensive Coaching Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 18)". 23 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Interview with Mike James – Defensive Intern Virginia Armada - Inside MLFB (Ep. 17)". 22 July 2022.
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