The New Jersey Generals will take to the field for the first time since 1985 this weekend when the second iteration of the USFL kicks off in Birmingham.
The league will feature eight teams, all drawn from the 1980s USFL, and will play a 10-game regular season. Although neither team will play an actual home game, with each game taking place at Legion Field and Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, presumably to reduce league overhead.
The teams all have familiar names and this story is a series on DKNation that examines the roster composition of each of the eight teams in the league’s new season. This one in particular is about the New Jersey generals.
The team has 47 players on its roster with names football fans might be familiar with. One of the more familiar faces is Alonzo Moore who played WR for Nebraska during his college years. He also spent time in the NFL, AAF and XFL. He was also the first WR selected in the USFL draft earlier this year.
At quarterback, the team has Luis Perez as a likely starter, who won a Division II national title at Texas A&M Commerce in 2017. He was undrafted but spent time on three separate practice squads of the NFL. He also played the starting quarterback for the AAF and XFL.
Especially for college football fans, this coaching staff is very familiar. Former Oregon State and Nebraska head coach Mike Riley leads the Generals. He spent time in both the AAF as a head coach and the XFL as an offensive coordinator. He will be assisted by Bob Diaco as defensive line coach. He was brilliant as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator before going to UConn as the team’s head coach and hasn’t been the same since.
List of New Jersey generals
| OFFENSE | No. | POS | AGE | excluding tax | WT | UNIVERSITY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFFENSE | No. | POS | AGE | excluding tax | WT | UNIVERSITY |
| Alonzo Moore | 13 | WR | 29 | 6’1″ | 195 pounds | Nebraska |
| Ben Holmes | 2 | QC | 27 | 6’0″ | 215 pounds | Tarleton State |
| Braedon Archer | 80 | AND | 28 | 6’4″ | 235 pounds | Southern Alabama |
| Brandon Haskin | 76 | LO | – | 6’3″ | 315 pounds | State of Tennessee |
| calvin ashley | 71 | J | – | 6’6″ | 310 pounds | Florida A&M |
| carson williams | 88 | AND | – | 6’5″ | 254 pounds | Western Kentucky |
| Christopher Platt Jr. | 18 | WR | – | 5’11” | 172 pounds | Baylor |
| Darius Victor | 27 | RB | – | 5’8″ | 209 pounds | Towson |
| Darrius Berger | ten | WR | 26 | 5’10” | 185 pounds | North Dakota State |
| De’Andre Johnson | 1 | QC | – | 6’2″ | 188 pounds | south texas |
| Evan Heim | 69 | LO | 25 | 6’3″ | 305 pounds | Minnesota-Mankato State |
| Garrett McGhin | 51 | J | 27 | 6’5″ | 320 pounds | East Carolina |
| J’Mon Moore | 6 | WR | 26 | 6’2″ | 226 pounds | Missouri |
| Jake Lacina | 68 | LO | 25 | 6’4″ | 300 pounds | Augustane (SD) |
| KaVontae Turpin | 5 | WR | – | 5’9″ | 155 pounds | TOS |
| mike brown | 57 | g | – | 6’4″ | 320 pounds | West Virginia |
| Michael Weber | 9 | RB | 24 | 5’10” | 211 pounds | ohio state |
| Nick Truesdell | 85 | AND | 32 | 6’6″ | 252 pounds | Grand Rapids CC (MI) |
| Randy Satterfield | 81 | WR | 26 | 6’4″ | 210 pounds | College of Lyon (AR) |
| Robert Myers | 70 | LO | – | 6’5″ | 325 pounds | State of Tennessee |
| Terry Poole | 72 | J | 30 | 6’5″ | 325 pounds | San Diego State |
| Trey Williams | 3 | RB | 29 | 5’11” | 230 pounds | Texas A&M |
| DEFENSE | POS | AGE | excluding tax | WT | UNIVERSITY | |
| Angelo Garbutt | 49 | KG | 25 | 6’2″ | 232 pounds | state of missouri |
| Bryson Young | 56 | OF | 24 | 6’5″ | 250 pounds | Oregon |
| Chris Orr | 45 | KG | 24 | 6’0″ | 227 pounds | Wisconsin |
| christian tutt | 22 | BC | – | 5’11” | 185 pounds | Auburn |
| D’Juan Hines | 4 | KG | 27 | 6’1″ | 235 pounds | Houston |
| David RiversIII | 8 | BC | 27 | 6’1″ | 185 pounds | Youngstown State |
| De’Vante Bausby | 41 | BC | 29 | 6’0″ | 190 pounds | Pittsburgh State (KS) |
| By Juan Neal | 26 | BC | – | 6’0″ | 190 pounds | Shepherd (WV) |
| Destiny Vaeao | 97 | DT | 28 | 6’4″ | 301 pounds | washington state |
| Deyon Sizer | 0 | OF | 25 | 6’4″ | 280 pounds | CSU Pueblo |
| Dravon Askew-Henry | 7 | S | 26 | 6’0″ | 203 pounds | West Virginia |
| Kalani Vakameilalo | 98 | DT | 25 | 6’3″ | 322 pounds | Oregon State |
| Kolin Hill | 55 | OF | – | 6’2″ | 235 pounds | Texas technology |
| Mike Bell | 12 | S | – | 6’2″ | 210 pounds | Fresno State |
| Paris-Ford | 24 | S | 23 | 6’0″ | 190 pounds | Pittsburgh |
| Shalom Louani | 25 | S | 27 | 6’0″ | 201 pounds | washington state |
| Tim Walton Jr. | 15 | KG | – | 6’2″ | 230 pounds | south texas |
| Toby Johnson | 90 | DT | 30 | 6’4″ | 320 pounds | Georgia |
| Trae Elston | ten | BC | 28 | 6’0″ | 184 pounds | Ole Miss |
| Rendering Tyshun | 99 | OF | 25 | 6’3″ | 255 pounds | state of central tennessee |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | POS | AGE | excluding tax | WT | UNIVERSITY | |
| Brock Miller | 19 | K | 31 | 6’0″ | 195 pounds | Southern Utah |
| Nick Rose | 11 | K | 27 | 5’11” | 178 pounds | Texas |
| Scott Flanick | 89 | LS | – | 6’1″ | 235 pounds | Army |
