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With the roster secured and training camp looming, the Alaska Wild made three key signings to upgrade the defense Thursday including a former defensive lineman for the Chicago Bears.
Tory Collins, a 6’2, 294 lbs defensive lineman who played for the Chicago Bears has signed to play for the Alaska Wild for the 2010 Season. An undrafted defensive tackle out of Northwestern State University Collins earned All-Conference and All-American recognition. Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, where his family lived until their home was destroyed by the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe in 2005 Collins cites his desire to help his family as one of his biggest motivations to excel as a professional athlete. He also noted honoring the memory of Marquise Hill, a professional football player and close friend, who died on May 28, 2007.
Mika Kane, is a 6’2, 311 lbs defensive end from Kaulia, HI. In high school Kane was named the Honolulu Advertiser's Defensive Player of the Year after leading the school to it’s first Interscholastic League of Honolulu Division I championship since 1979. In 2004 Rivals.com ranked him the 33rd best defensive tackle in the nation and he was offered a scholarship to the University of California. He opened the 2007 season with five tackles, including one for a loss, against Tennessee and was in on five tackles against Arizona. Kane assisted on six tackles against Oregon State and posted five takedowns, including one for a loss, versus USC. In 2007 he recorded 36 tackles in 11 games with seven starts. In 2008, he shared time at the nose tackle position with Derrick Hill where he had three tackles at Oregon State and finished with two tackles vs. Miami in the Emerald Bowl.
Wesley Holmes, a 6’2, 255 lbs linebacker was also signed Thursday. Holmes, a Nashville, Tennessee native, attended Pearl Cohn High School, and started his college career at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville before transferring to Tennessee State University. His senior year at TSU he recorded 86 tackles and 3.5 sacks. He was selected to play in the Magnolia Classic All-Star Game and went on to earn All-OVC first team defense honors at Linebacker. Wesley played 3 games for the Odessa Roughnecks in 2009 and recorded 9 solo and 5 assisted tackles.
With significant upgrades roster wide, 2010 is shaping up to be an outstanding season for professional football in Alaska. “This is the most talented roster we’ve had by far in the history of this franchise.” commented Abe Hernandez, General Manager for the team. Combined with a three time league championship coach in Head Coach Darnell Lee (50-9 record) 2010 brings much excitement.
Training camp begins Monday, February 15th and the season opener is Sunday February 28th, 5:05pm at the Sullivan Arena against the rival Fairbanks Grizzlies.
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Richmond, VA: The Indoor Football League is proud to announce the 2010 IFL Playoff format. Last week at the IFL’s Pre-Season Meetings in San Antonio, TX, all 25 members voted unanimously to increase the number of playoff teams from 12, in 2009, to 16 for the 2010 season.
2010 Playoff Format
Number of Teams: 16
Number of Rounds: 4
Qualifiers: Top team in each of the 6 Divisions plus 5 Wild Cards in each Conference
Week 1: First Round
- Teams ranked 1-4 will host will host games versus teams ranked 5-8 in each conference based on geographic proximity
Week 2: Conference Semi-Finals
- Teams will be re-ranked 1-4 based on regular season record in each conference
- 1st seed will host 4th Seed in each Conference
- 2nd seed will host 3rd Seed in each Conference
Week 3: Conference Finals
- Remaining two teams play at the higher advancing seeds venue
- Winners will be crowned Conference Champions
Week 4: League Championship
- Higher Conference Champion hosts Lower Seeded Conference Champion
- Winner will be crowned United Bowl Champion
“The 2010 playoff format is just one of the many great concepts to come out of the pre-season meetings in San Antonio” stated Brooks York, IFL Director of Football Operations. “The league is very eager to kickoff the 2010 season next month.”
The Indoor Football League was created in 2008 from a merger between the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football Association. It consists of 25 teams located across the United States from Alaska to Washington D.C. The 2010 Season is set to kickoff February 26th and will culminate in July for the United Bowl.
Additional news from the 2010 Pre-Season Meetings will be available in the coming days. For more information on the Indoor Football League or other IFL topics log onto www.GoIFL.com or contact Mike Allshouse, IFL Director of Communications, at the league office, (804)643-7277.
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 The Alaska Wild roster continues to put the finishing touches on a revamped and talented roster. Today four player signings were confirmed. Quarterback Donald Carrie, defensive back Jameel Brady, and former Grizzly defensive back Brandon Matthews are new additions to the roster. Defensive back James Griffin also rejoins the team. Donald Carrie, 6'3", 240 is coming to camp extremely excited about competing for the starting quarterback position. Known for his tremendous size and pure passing ability, Carrie played for the San Angelo Stampede Express in 2007 where he passed for 330 yards and 6 TD's in one game. He played collegiality at Alcorn State University where he was an All Conference Performer. Defensive back Jameel Brady out of Miami Killian was coached by Billy Rolle, who also coached Antonio Bryant and Torrie Cox at Miami Northwestern High School, and helped convince Brady that Pitt would be the right choice for him. Jameel was considered one of the top defensive back prospects coming out of Florida. He registered 5 Interceptions as a junior. Brady played strong safety his senior year and helped lead his team to an 11-1 record. Brady will bring a strong, physical presence to the secondary. Brandon Matthews, former Fairbanks Grizzly is coming to the Wild as a DB/CB. He attended Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School in Baltimore, MD, where he was Captain of the football team. Brandon was a multi-sport star who also played basketball, baseball, and track. Playing semi-pro football with the Baltimore Bay Atlantic Sharks in 2007 and 2008, He helped them to play for the championship in 2007, held in Las Vegas for the NAFL1. Brandon made the All-Star team both years with a total of 14 interceptions.
Returnee James Griffin played with Corpus Cristie last season and recorded 35 solo tackles, 14 assisted tackles and 4 interceptions. Griffin was a human highlight reel for the Wild in 2008, recording 14 interceptions for the season. Griffin, 6'2", 195 lbs will be returning as a defensive back for a second season with the Wild. Griffin is looking forward to major talent infusion for this year's roster.
After months of signings only to upgrade the those picks with new signings the team is beginning to take shape. A local tryout will take place at the Sullivan Arena on January 24th in search of any diamonds in the rough. Training camp will begin shortly afterward to allow the team to gel. The intensity of the off season gives the Alaska Wild front office a lot to look forward to. "Some eyebrows will definitely be raised once the fans can see the on the field product." commented Wild General Manager Abe Hernandez, "The combination of talent and a coach with a proven championship background in this league will be very apparent."
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The Indoor Football League is proud to release the official 2010 league divisions. The league will compete with 26 teams participating in 2 conferences. The United and Intense conferences are split into 6 total divisions. Each team will once again play a fourteen game regular season with either three or four rounds of playoffs to follow. This playoff format will be determined and announced by the league over the coming weeks. The Wild is in the Pacific North Division in the Intense Conference. Below is a list of our opponents for this division:
Billings Outlaws
Fairbanks Grizzlies
Kent Predators
Tri-Cities Fever
We are excited to have new comers Kent Predators and Tri-Cities Fever in our division. Tri-Cities is coming to our league from AF2 and Kent Predators is a rookie team in the league, formally the Wasilla Predators. We’ll have a challenge with United Bowl Champions, Billings Outlaws and we’re always pleased to take on our in-state rivals, the Fairbanks Grizzlies. It’s going to be a great season, make sure you’re in on the action. The following is our Official 2010 Schedule:
Sunday, Feb. 28th Fairbanks
Monday, Mar. 8th Kent
Saturday, Mar. 13th BYE
Saturday, Mar 20th @ Fairbanks
Saturday, Mar 27th @ Chicago
Thursday, Apr 1st Fairbanks
Friday, Apr 9th @ Kent
Saturday, Apr 17th @ Billings
Saturday, Apr 24th @ Fairbanks
Saturday, May 1st @ Tri-Cities
Saturday, May 8th BYE
Sunday, May 16th Billings
Sunday, May 23rd Tri-Cities
Sunday, May 30th La Crosse
Saturday, June 5th BYE
Saturday, June 12th @ Tri-Cities
Saturday, June 19th Kent
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