Eight former Philadelphia Stars players have signed on to NFL squads as the league kicks off their first week of the preseason. The USFL’s 2022 player contracts allowed for players to leave for NFL opportunities, but bars players from signing with competing leagues like the XFL or Canadian Football League as the players are signed to two-year agreements.
If a player is cut from the NFL, their rights revert to the USFL, but it’s ultimately up to the player whether they choose to continue playing football. Ex-USFL players who are cut by NFL teams cannot return to any other leagues except the USFL or NFL until their USFL contract is terminated.
For now, eight standout Stars players are fighting for their NFL careers before NFL teams are forced to reduce their rosters to 53 players and establish a 16-player practice squad. The remaining players will either get placed on reserve lists or will be free to sign with other teams. The approximately 15-20 players from each NFL team who fall out of the NFL will become prime candidates for the USFL’s 2023 season.
None of the Philadelphia Stars’ NFL signees received any sort of guarantees, either verbally or financially. Each player’s situation is different and below I examined each player’s situation and their chances of making the 53-man roster or 16-man practice squad.
Channing Stribling – CB – Washington Commanders
Stribling is listed as a third string outside cornerback right now on the Commanders’ media depth chart. Behind the starters, the Commanders have holdover Danny Johnson and rookie seventh rounder Christian Holmes as heavy favorites to make the team. Stribling will need to show better than the likes of Corn Elder, Troy Apke, and Josh Drayden and fellow ex-USFLers DeVante Bausby and DeJaun Neal. Undrafted rookie Drayden and Troy Apke, a special teamer, appear to currently have the leg up on Stribling. Elder will also have a shot at making the team due to his…
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