Having already Dosed on the Atlantic Indoor Football League, here’s another place where former Division III players are still playing the game they love.
Reggie Hayes’ most recent column in the Fort Wayne (IN) News Sentinel focused on former Defiance College cornerback Scott Heighland who plays for the city’s team in the United Indoor Football League.
Heighland isn’t the only Division III player on a UIFL roster. Hayes’ column also mentions Coe College alum and 2002 D3football.com All-American Fred Jackson. Jackson leads the league in touchdowns with 31, only 16 in front of the league’s number two.
Players from across the Division III landscape — Coe, Lakeland, Montclair State, Mount Union, Union, Washington & Jefferson, UW-Whitewater to name a few — dot UIFL rosters.
Plus the UIFL answered the eternal question pondered by philosophers and astrophysicists for years — “Where’s the Beef?†(A: Omaha)
Another team within UIF that has DIII players is the Black Hills Red Dogs who have two players from Menlo College (probably one of the smallest colleges to filed a football team – only 500-600 students). Charles Dutra, a formar preseason All American lineman and Frank Borba, a quarterback, are on the Red Dogs roster
Two Linfield Wildcats that are on Indoor rosters right now….
Standout running back Tomas Ford (Class of ’04) is playing DB/RB roles for the Tri-Cities (Wa.) Fever in the NIFL
Also, All-NWC Defensive Tackle Ricky Gaspar (Class of ’02) is playing OL/DL for the Central Valley (Ca.) Coyotes of the Arena League 2.
Don’t forget Josh Peters, 4-time All-MIAA performer and All-American from Alma College playing for the Lakeland Thunderbolts of the NIFL