Spring Forward

Spring Forward

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The Spring Forward podcast focuses on the inspirational stories of the players, coaches, staff, and partners involved with The Spring League, an elite developmental league and scouting event for professional football talent.

11/09/2020

Spring Forward Episode 36: QB JT Barrett

JT Barrett is a born and raised North Texas native who is best known for his illustrious career as the quarterback at Ohio State where he was a 3x First Team All-Big Ten selection, 2015 National Champion, and went 4-0 against the school's biggest rival. He’s at TSL2020 in San Antonio now where he's the starting QB for the 1-1 Alphas heading into their game on Tuesday, 11/10, against the Jousters. Watch the game at 8 ET on FS1.

23 min
10/26/2020

Spring Forward Episode 35: SS Tyson Graham Jr.

Tyson Graham Jr's football journey has taken him from Miami to South Dakota; from the NFL to the AAF to the XFL to the Spring League. It's an unconventional route but the prototypical safety is athletic, can play multiple positions, and has the work ethic to make it to the top of the football mountaintop. He's hoping his second trip to The Spring League, where he's a member of the Conquerors, will be the last piece of the puzzle.

32 min
08/24/2020

Spring Forward Episode 34: TE Darion Clark

Darion Clark is the second former D1 basketball player to pass through the ranks of The Spring League in an effort to switch sports. Both of those players have been able to find NFL homes. In this episode, we'll focus on Darion's story which starts at the prestigious Oak Hill Academy to three stops at the highest levels of college basketball (Charlotte, USC, and Grand Canyon) to the highest level of professional football with the Chicago Bears. Darion joins us from Bears training camp in Chicago.

22 min
05/28/2020

Spring Forward Episode 33: Dr. Paul S. Auerbach

Since 2016, Dr. Paul S. Auerbach has been working to prove that eliminating down linemen would reduce brain injuries to those in the trenches. In 2018, TSL offered Auerbach of Stanford and a team of collaborators from Purdue the perfect testing grounds: The Spring League Showcase San Diego. Listen to this episode to hear about the test's results, how it was executed with the players, and what this information could mean for the game. Application: https://bit.ly/2nNvy1x Study: https://bit.ly/3d7L1yw

34 min
04/13/2020

Spring Forward Episode 32: QB James Tabary

Happy Easter! One of The Spring League’s quarterbacks from The Spring League Showcase Atlanta 2019 and the the Japan in Dallas and Las Vegas this year, is working on the front lines of the Coronavirus pandemic in his hometown of New Orleans. Of course, we will mostly talk football with quarterback James Tabary but we wanted to make sure to especially highlight the brave work that he is doing on a daily basis while continuing to train and achieve his pro football dreams. Stay safe. Stay home.

32 min
03/11/2020

Spring Forward Episode 31: QB Zach Mettenberger

From Dallas to Las Vegas, Zach Mettenberger is kicking off 2020 with The Spring League as its marquee player for the first camps of the year. The former LSU and Tennessee Titans starting signal caller, Mettenberger led The Spring League to a 36-16 victory over Japan, the first external opponent in The Spring League history. In this episode of Spring Forward, Mettenberger discusses his football journey - one that has seen him participate in The Spring League in 2018 and 2020.

16 min
02/07/2020

Spring Forward Episode 30: WR Dontez Byrd

The first game of the XFL season will showcase the Seattle Dragons visiting the DC Defenders so in this episode we talked with WR Dontez Byrd - a Louisville-native who played at his hometown school and Tennessee Tech before spending time with the Atlanta Falcons. Byrd was a stand out at TSL Showcase Orange County II in 2019 and signed with the Seattle Dragons in January 2020. Buy tickets for The Spring League vs. Japan in Frisco, TX on 3/1 here: http://bit.ly/31z28UT

28 min
02/01/2020

Spring Forward Episode 29: P Hunter Niswander

The XFL kicks off its inaugural season the weekend after the Super Bowl so we called up one of the most successful specialists in Spring League history, Hunter Niswander, who now makes his living with the DC Defenders. Niswander, a Northwestern alum and Ohio-native, makes up a trio of specialists on the Defenders who all attended The Spring League. Hunter is the first punter to be featured on Spring Forward. Enjoy!

23 min

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The Spring Forward podcast focuses on the inspirational stories of the players, coaches, staff, and partners involved with The Spring League, an elite developmental league and scouting event for professional football talent.

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Spring Forward
Years Active

2018 - 2020
Episodes

36
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