Orlando Predators (NAL)

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This article is about the National Arena League team that launched in 2019. For the defunct Arena Football League team that operated from 1991 to 2016 of the same name, see Orlando Predators.
Orlando Predators
Current season
Established 2019
Play in Orlando, Florida
at the Amway Center
OrlandoPredatorsFootball.com
Orlando Predators logo
League/conference affiliations
National Arena League (2019–present)
Team colors Black, red, gold, white
                   
Personnel
Owner(s) Nate Starling[1]
John Cheney[2]
General manager Shawn Knapp[3]
Head coach Herkie Walls
Team history
  • Orlando Predators (2019–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
NAL: 2021
Home arena(s)

The Orlando Predators are a professional indoor football team based in Orlando, Florida, with home games at the Amway Center and is a member of the National Arena League. They played their first season in 2019 and are marketed as a revival of the Orlando Predators, who played 25 seasons in the Arena Football League from 1991 to 2016. The original owners of the NAL team acquired the Predators' trademarks in late 2018 after the previous owner, David A. Siegel, allowed them to lapse.[4][5]

History

The relaunch of the Orlando Predators was announced in January 2019 and was owned by Kenny McEntyre and Nate Starling after acquiring the trademarks for the team in late 2018.[6] McEntyre and inaugural head coach Doug Miller were both former players with the AFL incarnation of the team. In their inaugural 2019 season, the team finished with a 2–12 record and last place in the league. During the season, players claimed the team was poorly operated including failed payments and evictions from team housing.[7]

Prior to the team's second season, the ownership of the Predators were removed by the league[8] and replaced by another local ownership group composed of co-owner Nate Starling and the Trideco family.[1] The new ownership group brought in former AFL Predator Ben Bennett as head coach. The 2020 season never took place due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

On May 21, 2021, the team announced the Trideco family's minority ownership had been purchased by John Cheney, allowing the Trideco family to focus on launching the expansion Albany Empire.[2] Under Bennett, the team went 4–4 and qualified for the playoffs for the first time. Bennett left the team following the season was replaced by Jeff Higgins.[9]

On September 16, 2022, the Predators announced veteran player Herkie Walls as their new head coach. [10]

Current roster

Orlando Predators roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Jabari Dunham
  • -- Jeff Legree
  • -- Jack Sheehan

Running backs

  •  5 Desmond Maxwell FB

Wide receivers

  • 15 Richy Anderson
  •  4 Larry Beavers
  • -- Jared Dangerfield
  • -- Robert Jones
  •  9 Lonnie Outlaw
  •  1 Prince Shonola
  • 22 Caleb Walls
  • 11 Clarence Williams
  • -- Rahmel Workman
 Offensive linemen
  • -- David Beale Jr.
  • -- Malik Jones
  • -- Jonathan MacCollister
  • 70 Dequan Murray
  • 75 Darius Tolbert
  • -- Jeremiah Zene Jr.

Defensive linemen

  •  7 Freddie Booth
  • -- Jamerea Bullock
  • 73 John Fennell
  • -- Tijah Henderson
  • -- Gabriel Wai
 Linebackers
  • 17 Kewan Alfred
  • -- Mahlon Slaughter
  • -- Jerimiah Spicer

Defensive backs

  • -- Anthony Davis
  •  6 Brandon Fuentes
  •  2 Joshua Jenkins
  •  3 Dezariah Johnson
  •  0 Delvon Randall

Special teams

  • Currently vacant
 Reserve lists
  • Currently vacant
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated February 21, 2023
  • 32 Active, 0 Inactive

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Statistics

Season-by-season results

League champions Playoff berth League leader
Season League Regular season Postseason results
Finish Wins Losses Ties
2019 NAL 6th 2 12 0 Did not qualify
2020 NAL Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 NAL 3rd 4 4 0 Lost semifinal (Columbus) 43–61
2022 NAL 6th 3 9 0 Did not qualify
2023 NAL
Totals 9 25 0 All-time regular season record (2019–2021)
0 1 — All-time postseason record (2019–2021)
9 26 0 All-time regular season and postseason record (2019–2021)

Head coaches

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2022 National Arena League season.

Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards
W L T Win% W L
Doug Miller 2019 2 12 0 .143 0 0
Ben Bennett 2021 4 4 0 .500 0 1
Jeff Higgins 2022 3 9 0 .250 0 0
Herkie Walls 2023–present 0 0 0 – 0 0

References

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