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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 2022 USFL season was the inaugural season of the United States Football League, and the first season of a league using that name since 1985. The season began on April 16 and concluded on July 3. The league's eight teams represent various geographical locales and associated team names that were part of the 1984 season of the original USFL. For 2022, all regular-season games were played in Birmingham, Alabama, at Protective Stadium (Weeks 1–7, 9) and at Legion Field (Weeks 8 & 10).

The USFL played its postseason games at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The Birmingham Stallions won the USFL Championship game against the Philadelphia Stars on July 3.

Background

On June 3, 2021, The Spring League founder Brian Woods announced that he had acquired the remaining extant trademarks of the United States Football League with intent of launching a USFL-branded league in 2022, with Fox Sports remaining as a partner in the new USFL. What was to become of The Spring League remained, at the time, an unresolved question, but according to the initial announcement TSL was to continue, probably as a scouting showcase or developmental operation. It was later reported that TSL in no longer associated with the new USFL, and Woods would later state that TSL was "no longer operational."

On October 12, 2021, Tad Snider, the executive director of the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority, announced that the league was in serious discussions with the board of directors of the BJCC about the possibility of the USFL playing all of its games in Birmingham, Alabama. According to initial information, USFL players/staff would be housed in Birmingham during the season for an estimated economic impact of about $15 million (47,000 hotel nights), while the league would play the bubble season at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. The "bubble" setup may possibly continue in the league's second year, with as many as four teams playing in Birmingham and as many as four in their respective cities. The teams would then be expected to play in their own cities by Season 3.

The proposal included an eight-team 10-week season with two additional playoff rounds, from April 16 through July 3, 2022, with the broadcast proposal as follows: 25% each on Fox, NBC, FS1 and USA. Later on December 15, 2021, Fox and NBC had finalized their agreement. NBC announced that it would air nine games on NBC itself, eight on USA, and four on its streaming service Peacock.

Location

The city of Birmingham and the USFL announced that the city would host all eight teams. The regular-season games would be played at Protective Stadium and Legion Field.

The choice of Birmingham as the league's sole city led to substantial crowds for the Birmingham Stallions and to very small crowds for games involving only teams named after other cities and states. The opening-week matchup between the Tampa Bay Bandits and Pittsburgh Maulers, rescheduled to Monday night, was played in an almost entirely empty stadium. USA Today reported that during the Week 2 matchup between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, crowd shots included more Fox broadcast staff members than fans.

On February 16, 2022, the league announced that the 2022 playoffs would be held in Canton, Ohio, at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium instead of Birmingham due to schedule conflicts with the 2022 World Games. Playoffs were held on June 25 and July 3.

Teams

The eight teams competing in the USFL's 2022 season all feature the names and colors of USFL teams that existed in 1984. During the 2022 season, all regular-season games were held at Protective Stadium (Week 1–7, 9) and Legion Field (Week 8 & 10) in Birmingham, Alabama.

Team	Head coach
colspan="4" style="Шаблон:Gridiron primary style;" |North Division
Michigan Panthers	Jeff Fisher
New Jersey Generals	Mike Riley
Philadelphia Stars	Bart Andrus
Pittsburgh Maulers	Kirby Wilson
colspan="4" style="Шаблон:Gridiron alt primary style;" |South Division
Birmingham Stallions	Skip Holtz
Houston Gamblers	Kevin Sumlin
New Orleans Breakers	Larry Fedora
Tampa Bay Bandits	Todd Haley

Players

For the 2022 season, all eight carried a 38-man active roster and a seven-man practice squad (45 total). After week 5 the league announced they'll expands game-day rosters by two, total rosters by five (40/10). Contrary to other leagues, since injured players did not get paid, they were released after they got injured instead of reverting to "injured reserve list".

In May, 2022 the organization contacted players from the newly formed USFL in attempt unionize, with a petition to represent the approximately 360 USFL players was later filed at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The UFPA would later join forces with the United Steelworkers as the players union representation on behalf the USFL players.

Compensation

USFL players and staff will be able to receive a college degree "tuition-free and debt-free", through a partnership with for-profit universities Strategic Education's Capella University and Strayer University. They will be able to take classes online or in-person.

USFL players receive weekly salaries of $4,500 for active roster players, $1,500 for practice squad players, and $600 during training camp, while injured players did not get paid. Players also receive bonuses of $850 per regular-season or postseason win and $10,000 for winning the championship. Players had to cover their own housing costs, but the league offered hotel rooms at a discounted price of $75 per room per day, with an option for two players to share a room.

Draft

Шаблон:See also The 2022 USFL draft occurred on February 22 and 23, 2022, and had a format similar to the 2020 XFL draft, where players were selected in phases based on positions. Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson was the first overall pick by the Michigan Panthers.

Player movement

Шаблон:Small

The USFL has instituted a standard professional football system where players who are cut by a team will be put on waivers for 24 hours. During this period, a player can be claimed by any other team. After the third regular-season game, the League based its waiver priority on inverse league standings. Players clearing waivers with no claim were released, no longer be under USFL contract, and became free agents.

• On April 1, New Jersey Generals first round draft pick Ben Holmes 2022 due to a toe injury and replaced by Luis Perez.
• On May 26, quarterback Shea Patterson was released by Michigan and claimed by New Orleans.
• On May 28, quarterback KJ Costello Stanford signed a contract with Philadelphia Stars.
• On June 2, Houston Gamblers starting quarterback Clayton Thorson was placed on the inactive list after suffering an elbow injury.

Season schedule

The league announced in November 2021 that teams would each play a ten-game schedule, with each team facing divisional opponents twice and non-divisional opponents once. The champion and runner-up of each division will qualify for the playoffs, which will consist of two semifinal games played on June 25 and a championship game played on July 3. Most games were played on Saturdays and Sundays, with some "special broadcasts" on Fridays. On January 6, 2022, the league announced on its website that the season would begin on April 16.

The full 2022 season schedule was released March 7, 2022, with the highlights including a then-planned tripleheader of Week 1 games on Easter Sunday.

Regular season

All games at Protective Stadium during Weeks 1–7 and 9, and at Legion Field during weeks 8 and 10. All times listed are ET. All games on NBC are simulcast on Peacock.

Changes to game schedules or broadcasting are listed in notes after each week's matchups.

All matchups will be officially announced by the league no later than 2 weeks ahead of game time and may be flexed from cable to broadcast if needed.

The playoff bracket was set after the Week 9 contests, rendering Week 10's games to be effectively exhibition games. In an effort to avoid tanking, the USFL declared that the two lowest-ranked teams—both coincidentally set to play each other that day—would be playing for the rights to the first overall pick in the 2023 USFL draft, with the winner receiving that selection.

Week 1

Week 1
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
April 16, 7:30 p.m.	New Jersey Generals	24–28	Birmingham Stallions	Fox and NBC	3.07	1.8
April 17, 12:50 p.m.	Houston Gamblers	17–12	Michigan Panthers	NBC	2.15	1.1
April 17, 5:00 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	17–23	New Orleans Breakers	USA	0.77	0.4
April 18, 7:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Bandits	17–3	Pittsburgh Maulers	FS1	0.27	0.2

Week 2

Week 2
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
April 22, 8:00 p.m.	Michigan Panthers	6–10	New Jersey Generals	USA	0.36	0.2
April 23, 12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Maulers	23–30	Philadelphia Stars	Fox	1.06	0.7
April 23, 7:00 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	33–28	Houston Gamblers	FS1	0.42	0.2
April 24, 3:00 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	34–3	Tampa Bay Bandits	NBC	0.81	0.5

Week 3

Week 3
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
April 30, 4:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Bandits	27–26	Houston Gamblers	Fox	0.83	0.5
April 30, 8:00 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	22–13	New Orleans Breakers	Fox	1.11	0.7
May 1, 2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh Maulers	0–24	Michigan Panthers	USA	0.29	0.2
May 1, 8:00 p.m.	New Jersey Generals	24–16	Philadelphia Stars	Peacock	N/A

Week 4

Week 4
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
May 6, 10:20 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	26–25	Michigan Panthers	FS1	0.21	0.1
May 7, 2:30 p.m.	New Jersey Generals	21–13	Pittsburgh Maulers	Peacock	N/A
May 7, 7:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Bandits	10–16	Birmingham Stallions	Fox	1.05	0.6
May 8, 3:00 p.m.	Houston Gamblers	16–23	New Orleans Breakers	NBC	1.16	0.7

Week 5

Week 5
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
May 13, 8:00 p.m.	Michigan Panthers	20–27	Tampa Bay Bandits	USA	0.25	0.2
May 14, 3:00 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	17–27	New Jersey Generals	Fox	0.72	0.5
May 15, 12:00 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	30–17	Philadelphia Stars	NBC	0.91	0.6
May 15, 4:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Maulers	21–20	Houston Gamblers	Fox	0.69	0.4

Week 6

Week 6
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
May 21, 1:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Bandits	28–35	Philadelphia Stars	NBC	0.79	0.5
May 21, 7:30 p.m.	Michigan Panthers	17–33	Birmingham Stallions		1.20	0.7
May 22, 12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Maulers	16–26	New Orleans Breakers	FS1	0.28	0.2
May 22, 4:00 p.m.	Houston Gamblers	25–26	New Jersey Generals	Fox	0.67	0.4

Week 7

Week 7
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
May 28, 12:00 p.m.	New Jersey Generals	20–13	Tampa Bay Bandits	USA	0.23	0.2
May 28, 9:00 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	31–27 Шаблон:Small	Michigan Panthers	FS1	0.27	0.2
May 29, 2:00 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	26–16	Pittsburgh Maulers	Fox	0.83	0.5
May 29, 6:00 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	35–24	Houston Gamblers	Peacock	N/A

Week 8

Week 8
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
June 3, 8:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh Maulers	18–29	New Jersey Generals	USA	0.21	0.1
June 4, 3:00 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	9–10	Birmingham Stallions	Fox	0.63	0.4
June 5, 12:00 p.m.	Michigan Panthers	24–46	Philadelphia Stars		0.77	0.5
June 5, 4:00 p.m.	Houston Gamblers	3–13	Tampa Bay Bandits	Peacock	N/A

Week 9

Week 9
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
June 11, 1:00 p.m.	New Jersey Generals	25–23	Michigan Panthers	NBC	0.82	0.5
June 11, 6:00 p.m.	Houston Gamblers	17–15	Birmingham Stallions	USA	0.21	0.2
June 12, 4:00 p.m.	Tampa Bay Bandits	6–17	New Orleans Breakers	Fox	0.74	0.5
June 12, 7:30 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	17–16	Pittsburgh Maulers	FS1	0.39	0.2

Week 10

Week 10
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
June 18, 12:00 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	23–26	New Jersey Generals	USA	0.24	0.2
June 18, 4:00 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	21–18	Tampa Bay Bandits	Fox	0.65	0.4
June 19, 12:00 p.m.	Michigan Panthers	33–21	Pittsburgh Maulers	USA	0.28	0.2
June 19, 8:30 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	3–20	Houston Gamblers	FS1	0.18	0.1

Playoffs

The playoffs started on June 25 and ended with the championship game on July 3. All games were played at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium. Шаблон:2022 USFL playoffs

Division Finals
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
June 25, 3:00 p.m.	Philadelphia Stars	19–14	New Jersey Generals	Fox	0.96	0.6
June 25, 8:00 p.m.	New Orleans Breakers	17–31	Birmingham Stallions	NBC	1.00	0.7

USFL Championship
Date and time	Away team	Score	Home team	Broadcast			Refs
				Network	Viewership Шаблон:Small	Rating
July 3, 7:30 p.m.	Birmingham Stallions	33–30	Philadelphia Stars	Fox	1.52	0.9

Awards

Players of the Week

The following Players of the Week were named the top performers (by the fans voting in a poll) during the 2022 season:

Week	Offensive Player of the Week	Defensive Player of the Week	Special Teams Player of the Week	Ref.
1	QB J'Mar Smith (Birmingham Stallions)	DE Davin Bellamy (New Orleans Breakers)	KR Chad Williams (New Orleans Breakers)
2	QB Kyle Sloter (1) (New Orleans Breakers)	LB Vontae Diggs (New Orleans Breakers)	K Nick Vogel (Houston Gamblers)
3	WR Johnnie Dixon (New Orleans Breakers)	LB DeMarquis Gates (Birmingham Stallions)	K Tyler Rausa (Tampa Bay Bandits)
4	RB Reggie Corbin (Michigan Panthers)	LB Scooby Wright (Birmingham Stallions)	K Taylor Bertolet (New Orleans Breakers)
5	RB C. J. Marable (Birmingham Stallions)	LB Demarquis Gates (Birmingham Stallions)	K Ramiz Ahmed (Pittsburgh Maulers)
6	RB Bo Scarbrough (Birmingham Stallions)	S JoJo Tillery (Birmingham Stallions)	K Cole Murphy (1) (Michigan Panthers)
7	QB Kyle Sloter (2) (New Orleans Breakers)	LB Donald Payne (1) (Houston Gamblers)	K Cole Murphy (2) (Michigan Panthers)
8	QB Case Cookus (Philadelphia Stars)	DE Chris Odom (Houston Gamblers)	K Ramiz Ahmed (Pittsburgh Maulers)
9	WR Joe Walker (Michigan Panthers)	CB Trae Elston (New Jersey Generals)	P Max Duffy (Pittsburgh Maulers)
10	QB Paxton Lynch (Michigan Panthers)	LB Donald Payne (2) (Houston Gamblers)	DE Chris Odom (Houston Gamblers)

All-USFL Team

The following 27 players were selected by the league as "athletes who played consistently well over the course of the season".

Offense

Position	Player(s)
Quarterback	Шаблон:Small Kyle Sloter, New Orleans Breakers
Running back	Шаблон:Small Darius Victor, New Jersey Generals Шаблон:Small Reggie Corbin, Michigan Panthers
Wide receiver	Шаблон:Small Victor Bolden Jr., Birmingham Stallions Шаблон:Small KaVontae Turpin, New Jersey Generals
Tight end	Шаблон:Small Sal Cannella, New Orleans Breakers
Offensive tackle	Шаблон:Small Terry Poole, New Jersey Generals Шаблон:Small Jarron Jones, Tampa Bay Bandits
Guard	Шаблон:Small Cameron Hunt, Birmingham StallionsШаблон:Ref label Шаблон:Small Garrett McGhin, New Jersey Generals
Center	Шаблон:Small Jared Thomas, New Orleans Breakers

Defense

Position	Player(s)
Defensive end	Шаблон:Small Chris Odom, Houston Gamblers Шаблон:Small Davin Bellamy, New Orleans Breakers
Defensive tackle	Шаблон:Small Reggie Howard Jr., New Orleans Breakers Шаблон:Small Toby Johnson, New Jersey Generals
Linebacker	Шаблон:Small DeMarquis Gates, Birmingham Stallions Шаблон:Small Donald Payne, Houston Gamblers Шаблон:Small Jerod Fernandez, New Orleans Breakers
Cornerback	Шаблон:Small Channing Stribling, Philadelphia Stars Шаблон:Small William Likely, Houston Gamblers
Safety	Шаблон:Small Shalom Luani, New Jersey Generals Шаблон:Small Bryce Torneden, Pittsburgh Maulers

Special teams

Position	Player(s)
Kicker	Шаблон:Small Brandon Aubrey, Birmingham Stallions
Punter	Шаблон:Small Brandon Wright, Tampa Bay Bandits
Kickoff returner	Шаблон:Small Maurice Alexander, Philadelphia Stars
Punt returner	Шаблон:Small KaVontae Turpin, New Jersey Generals
Special teamer	Шаблон:Small Victor Bolden Jr., Birmingham Stallions

Regular season

Most Valuable Player of the Year	Offensive Player of the Year	Defensive Player of the Year	Coach of the Year	Sportsman Player of the Year	Ref.
KaVontae Turpin WR (New Jersey Generals)	Darius Victor RB (New Jersey Generals)	Chris Odom DE (Houston Gamblers)	Mike Riley (New Jersey Generals)	Matt Colburn RB (Philadelphia Stars)

Playoffs

North Division Final Player of the game	South Division Final Player of the game	USFL Championship Most Valuable Player/Player of the game
Maurice Alexander WR (Philadelphia Stars)	J'Mar Smith QB (Birmingham Stallions)	Victor Bolden Jr. WR (Birmingham Stallions)

Statistics

2022 USFL statistical leaders

Category		Player	Team	Stat
Offense
Passing	Yards	Jordan Ta'amu	Tampa Bay Bandits	2,015
	Touchdowns			14
	Interceptions			12
Rushing	Yards	Jordan Ellis	New Orleans Breakers	596
	Touchdowns	Darius Victor	New Jersey Generals	9
Receiving	Yards	KaVontae Turpin	New Jersey Generals	540
	Receptions	Lance Lenoir	Michigan Panthers	52
	Touchdowns	Isaiah Zuber	Houston Gamblers	5
Defense
Tackles		Donald Payne	Houston Gamblers	117
Sacks		Chris Odom	Houston Gamblers	12.5
Interceptions		Channing Stribling	Philadelphia Stars	7
Passes Defensed				11
Special teams
Return yards	Kick	Maurice Alexander	Philadelphia Stars	787
	Punt	Rashard Davis	Tampa Bay Bandits	224
Field goals	Made	Brandon Aubrey	Birmingham Stallions	18
	Percentage	Cole Murphy	Michigan Panthers	92%
Punting	Yards	Brandon Wright	Tampa Bay Bandits	2,176
	Average			41.1

Шаблон:Small

League finances

Fox Sports owns the league and has reportedly committed $150 million–$200 million over three years to its operations, with plans to attract an additional $250 million from investors. For the 2022 regular season, tickets cost $10 per person, with children aged 15 and under free. However, for the 2 division finals games tickets will cost $15 per person with children aged 15 and under $5, for the championship game those prices are increased by $5 (meaning $20 per person and $10 for children 15 and under) Tickets provide access to all games scheduled for the same day. On March 3, 2022, the league announced that 15 states have approved legal, regulated betting on USFL games.

On February 15, 2022, the USFL signed a multi-year partnership with Sportradar, making them the official sports data partner of the league. Sportradar will also provide betting data during USFL telecasts.

The league draws revenue of less than $10 million, making it ineligible to seek P visas for players from outside the United States; Liam Dobson, a Canadian offensive lineman, was disqualified from playing in the USFL because of the league's lack of revenue. It would later reported that the league estimated annual revenue is around $7.5 million.

Media

Broadcasting

This was the first year of the three-year rights deal agreement between NBC Sports along with Fox Sports (Fox Does not have to pay a rights free due to it being one of the owners of the league).

Telecasts for the 2022 season will air on Fox, FS1, NBC, Peacock and USA Network, Fox broadcast 13 regular season games (1 simulcast with NBC), 1 semi-final, and the championship game. NBC broadcast 8 regular season games (1 simulcast with Fox) and 1 semi-final. Peacock broadcast 4 games exclusively and simulcast all NBC games (including the opening game simulcast with Fox and NBC). Other games aired on Cable networks USA Network (9 games) and FS1 (7 games).

The opening game was broadcast on April 16, 2022, at 7:30 PM Eastern time on both Fox and NBC. Fox produced the game and NBC produced all studio coverage. It was the first football game to be simulcast across two major American broadcast networks since the 2007 New England Patriots–New York Giants game.

Fox brought back its lead XFL broadcast team from 2020, Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt, for USFL coverage. Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez serve as the second broadcast team. Brock Huard reports from the sidelines during selected games.

The NBC crew features Jac Collinsworth and Paul Burmeister handling play-by-play duties alongside analysts Jason Garrett, Michael Robinson and Cameron Jordan. Zora Stephenson and Corey Robinson are sideline reporters and Sara Perlman hosts halftime and post-game coverage.

Viewership

In millions of viewers

Broadcaster	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Division finals	Championship game	Total	Average
Fox	1.8	1.1	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.5	Шаблон:Rnd	Шаблон:Rnd
	–	–	1.1	–	0.7	–	–	0.8	–	–	–	–
FS1	0.3	0.4	–	0.2	–	0.3	0.3	–	0.4	0.2	–	–	Шаблон:Rnd	Шаблон:Rnd
NBC	1.3	0.8	–	1.1	0.9	0.8	–	–	0.8	–	1.0	–	Шаблон:Rnd	Шаблон:Rnd
	2.2	–	–	–	–	1.2	–	–	–	–	–	–
USA	0.8	0.4	0.3	–	0.3	–	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	–	–	Шаблон:Rnd	Шаблон:Rnd
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.3	–	–
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* One decimal place is shown in table but three decimal places are used in all calculations.
* Viewership figures for games streaming on Peacock were not released.

United By Football

During the season, Fox also aired a 13-part documentary series called "United by Football: A Season in the USFL" which produced by the league, NFL Films and Fox Sports. The series followed the USFL players and coaches "behind-the-scenes" during their 2022 journey, starting with the inaugural USFL Player Draft in Birmingham, and conclude with the USFL Championship game. The series averaged 720,000 viewers per episode.

The show caused conservatory before the first week, as a video clip, posted on social media, of Pittsburgh Maulers head coach Kirby Wilson releasing running back De'Veon Smith due to violating team protocol after asking to have pizza for lunch instead of the chicken salad.

Viewership and Reception

The first week of games received mixed reviews. Although 3.07 million viewers tuning in for the league first game and 2.15 million for the second and the level of play was good, some criticized the first game simulcasting and especially the camera angles and drones shots, while others praised the helmet cam and sideline access. The viewership dropped 57% in the second week, while numbers continue to decline throughout the season with a season low of 337,500 average for the final week. Regular season averaged 695,000 viewers per game. The USFL championship game averaged a 0.9 rating and 1.52 million viewers on FOX, and was the league's highest rated and most-watched telecast since week 1.

The USFL experimented by putting sensors in game balls to measure first downs. This experience cause an issue during week 1, with poor passing attempts and kicking performance for punts, field goals, and extra points, given the distribution of the extra weight of the sensor. The league changed kicking balls before Week 2.

Many were concerned about the attendance figures in the hub setting in Birmingham for non-Stallions games. While the league started strong with 17,500 fans in attendance for the first game, featuring the local Stallions vs New Jersey Generals, but the did not release figures for the other 39 regular-season games, which appeared to be played in a mostly-empty stadium. The poor attendance and the league's inability to connect with fans in most of their city-named teams' markets, believed to hurt league image and credibility amongst casual and mainstream football fans. The USFL acknowledged the issue, and promised to play next season in two to four cities, and the USFL parent company, Fox, hired investment bank Allen & Company to find minority investors to help fund the league's expansion into local markets.

Signees to the NFL

Players

After the season over 180 players got invited to NFL tryouts, 69 players were invited to NFL training camps and 13 players finished the 2022/23 season on active 53-man NFL rosters.

Legend
	Made an NFL team (active, practice squad or PUP)
Bold	Made the active roster

Note the following list notes the status of players only during the 2022 NFL season.

Player	Position	USFL team	NFL team(s)	Ref.
Christian Sam	LB	New Orleans Breakers	Dallas Cowboys
DeJuan Neal	CB	New Jersey Generals	Washington Commanders
Channing Stribling		Philadelphia Stars
Doug Costin	DT	Birmingham Stallions	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jeremiah Pharms		Pittsburgh Maulers	New England Patriots
Isaiah Zuber	WR	Houston Gamblers	Las Vegas Raiders
Isiah Brown	CB	New Orleans Breakers
Sal Cannella	TE		Green Bay Packers
Carlo Kemp	DT	Pittsburgh Maulers	Los Angeles Chargers
Victor Bolden Jr.	WR	Birmingham Stallions	Arizona Cardinals/Denver Broncos
Luis Perez	QB	New Jersey Generals	Los Angeles Rams
Kyle Sloter		New Orleans Breakers	Jacksonville Jaguars
Domenique Davis	DT	Houston Gamblers	Cincinnati Bengals
Tegray Scales	LB
Osirus Mitchell	WR	Birmingham Stallions	Green Bay Packers
Rashard Davis		Tampa Bay Bandits	New York Jets
Tino Ellis	CB	Michigan Panthers	Miami Dolphins
Lance Lenoir	WR		Philadelphia Eagles/Los Angeles Rams
Bailey Gaither		Pittsburgh Maulers	Baltimore Ravens/New York Giants
Garrett McGhin	OG	New Jersey Generals	New York Giants
Ishmael Hyman	WR	Michigan Panthers	Green Bay Packers
KaVontae Turpin		New Jersey Generals	Dallas Cowboys
Bug Howard	TE	Philadelphia Stars	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Darrin Paulo	OT	Tampa Bay Bandits	Detroit Lions
Shakur Brown	CB	Pittsburgh Maulers	Tennessee Titans
Tomasi Laulile	DT	Houston Gamblers	San Francisco 49ers
Alex Akingbulu	OT	Philadelphia Stars	Washington Commanders
Sage Surratt	TE	Birmingham Stallions	Los Angeles Chargers
Derrick Dillon	WR	Tampa Bay Bandits	Cleveland Browns
Maurice Alexander		Philadelphia Stars	Detroit Lions
Terrell Bonds	CB	Pittsburgh Maulers	Tennessee Titans
De'Vante Bausby		New Jersey Generals	Washington Commanders
Darrius Shepherd	WR		Denver Broncos
Tae Hayes	CB	Birmingham Stallions	Carolina Panthers/New England Patriots
Chris Odom	DE	Houston Gamblers	Cleveland Browns
DeMarquis Gates	LB	Birmingham Stallions	Chicago Bears
Quenton Meeks	CB	Tampa Bay Bandits	New Orleans Saints
Devin Gray	WR	Philadelphia Stars	Kansas City Chiefs
Matt Colburn	RB		Jacksonville Jaguars
Cameron Hunt	OG	Birmingham Stallions	Los Angeles Chargers
T. J. Carter	DE	Michigan Panthers	New Orleans Saints
Jameson Houston	CB		Seattle Seahawks
Micah Abernathy	S	Houston Gamblers	Green Bay Packers/Atlanta Falcons
Dexter Williams	RB	Philadelphia Stars	Green Bay Packers
KJ Costello	QB		New Orleans Saints
B. J. Emmons	RB	Tampa Bay Bandits	Houston Texans
Stevie Scott	RB	Michigan Panthers	Denver Broncos
Brian Allen	CB	Birmingham Stallions	New Orleans Saints
DeAndre Torrey	RB	Michigan Panthers	Philadelphia Eagles
Ramiz Ahmed	K	Pittsburgh Maulers	Green Bay Packers
Devin Hafford	CB		New England Patriots
Taylor Bertolet	K	New Orleans Breakers	Carolina Panthers/Los Angeles Chargers
Tucker Addington	LS	Houston Gamblers	Dallas Cowboys/New England Patriots
Mitchell Fraboni		Pittsburgh Maulers	Denver Broncos
Hunter Thedford	TE/OL		New England Patriots/Denver Broncos
Case Cookus	QB	Philadelphia Stars	Los Angeles Rams
Brock Miller	P	New Jersey Generals

Officials

After the season 48 USFL officials participated in the NFL Officiating Development Program and nine of them were selected to officiate games for the 2023 NFL season.

External links

• Шаблон:Official website