Los Angeles Wildcats (XFL)

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For the 1926 AFL football team, see Los Angeles Wildcats (AFL). For the original Los Angeles XFL team, see Los Angeles Xtreme.
Los Angeles Wildcats
Team logo
Established2018; 4 years ago (2018)
Based inLos Angeles, California
Home stadiumDignity Health Sports Park
Carson, California
Head coachWinston Moss
General managerWinston Moss
Team presidentHeather Brooks Karatz
Owner(s)Alpha Acquico, LLC[1]
  • (RedBird Capital
  • Dwayne Johnson
  • Dany Garcia)
LeagueXFL
DivisionWest[2]
ColorsBlack, red, light orange[3]
     
Websitexfl.com/teams/los-angeles
Current sports event 2020 Los Angeles Wildcats season

The Los Angeles Wildcats (LA Wildcats) are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and is an owned-and-operated member of the new XFL owned by Dwayne Johnson’s Alpha Acquico. The Wildcats play their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park/

History[]

Los Angeles joined New York, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa Bay and Washington, D.C. as the league's inaugural cities. Teams have 40-man active rosters and play a 10-week season. Vince McMahon said "the game will feature simplified rules for a faster pace of game that should complete in under three hours", and draw from former college and NFL players.[4]

On May 7, 2019, Winston Moss was announced as the team's head coach.[5]

On August 21, 2019, the team revealed its name, logos, and identity as the Los Angeles Wildcats, alongside the rest of the XFL teams.[6] A secondary logo was released August 24.

On February 8, 2020, the team played its first game losing to the Houston Roughnecks 37–17 in Houston.[7] Chad Kanoff scored the first touchdown in franchise history with a scramble left for a five yard score.[8]

On February 23, 2020, the Wildcats earned their first win in franchise history, defeating the DC Defenders 39–9.[9]

Market overview[]

Los Angeles is one of two cities to have also hosted a team in the original XFL, the other being New York/New Jersey; the Los Angeles Xtreme was the champion of the earlier XFL in the league's only season. (A third broader megalopolis, Central Florida, has also hosted teams in both the 2001 and 2020 incarnations of the league.)

As television networks have required alternative leagues to field teams in New York and Los Angeles to secure television coverage without brokering the airtime,[10][11] Southern California has a long history of alternative professional teams. In addition to the Xtreme, the city has hosted: the Los Angeles Avengers, LA KISS, Anaheim Piranhas and Los Angeles Cobras in the Arena Football League; the Los Angeles Express in the USFL; the Southern California Sun in the World Football League; the Orange County Ramblers and short-lived Long Beach Admirals in the Continental Football League; and numerous teams in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Wildcats are in one of the most heavily crowded sports markets in the United States, competing for sports dollars against two NFL teams (Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers), two NHL teams (Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks), two NBA teams (Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers), multiple NCAA Division I college basketball and college football programs, and in March and April, both the LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC in MLS and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels in the MLB.

Staff[]

Los Angeles Wildcats staff
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Front office
  • Director of player personnel – Joey Clinkscales
  • Director of football operations – Charles Bailey
  • Manager of football operations – Ty Knott
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator/Quarterbacks – Norm Chow
  • Running backs – Dave Atkins
  • Receivers – Mike Wilson
  • Offensive line – Jerry Fontenot
  • Offensive quality control – Kade Rannings
  
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
East Division
DC
NY
STL
TB
West Division
DAL
HOU
LA
SEA

Roster[]

Los Angeles Wildcats roster
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Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • -- Sean Brown T
  • 59 Fred Lauina G
  • 75 Lene Maiava T
  • 73 Jaelin Robinson T
  • 56 Nico Siragusa G
  • 66 Patrick Vahe C
  • 62 Dwayne Wallace G

Defensive linemen

  • 99 Latarius Brady DE
  • 90 Roderick Henderson NT
  • 95 Alex Jenkins DE
  • 91 Boogie Roberts DE
  • 96 Andrew Stelter NT
  • 98 Devin Taylor DE
 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 82 Brandon Barnes TE (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Ryan Cummings G (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Toa Lobendahn G (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 44 Willie Mays OLB (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Anthony Morris OT (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  •  9 Nick Novak K (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • -- Damian Prince OT (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  • 93 Trevon Sanders DE (IR) Injury icon 2.svg
  •  6 Colton Schmidt P (IR) Injury icon 2.svg


Roster updated July 10, 2021
Depth chart
45 active, 9 inactive

→ XFL rosters

References[]

  1. ^ Perry, Mark (August 3, 2020). "More Details On The Rock Purchase Of The XFL, How Many Bidders". XFL News Hub. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "FOX Sports announces 2020 XFL schedule". KMPH. January 7, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Los Angeles Wildcats' uniforms, helmet". XFL.com (Press release). December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  4. ^ "L.A., N.Y. among 8 cities picked for new XFL". ESPN.com. 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ Markazi, Arash (May 7, 2019). "Winston Moss, who played for L.A. Raiders, to be named coach and GM of L.A.'s XFL team". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  6. ^ The XFL team name and logo reveal, retrieved 2019-08-21
  7. ^ "Los Angeles Wildcats fall to Houston Roughnecks in XFL opener". Los Angeles Times. 2020-02-09. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  8. ^ "XFL Live Stats". stats.xfl.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  9. ^ "Wildcats roll to first win in upset over Defenders, 39-9". NFL.com. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  10. ^ These failings aside, Byrne's observations on the league's extraordinary capacity for self-destruction are right on target. He painstakingly details the myriad problems: the overly restrictive TV contract with ABC in which the USFL was left powerless(...)
  11. ^ Taube was the first USFL owner to notice the rather stringent clauses in the league's television contract with ABC, and fought hard over the league's three years to get them renegotiated.

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