Alabama Vipers add WR/JL Jason Geathers

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Alabama Vipers continue to get stronger as the 2010 Arena Football One season approaches.

The Vipers have been assigned four more players by AF1 and all have a wealth of experience in the NFL, Arena Football League and NFL Europe. Wide receiver CJ Johnson, wide receiver/jack linebacker Jason Geathers, defensive back Travis Coleman and defensive lineman Prentice Purnell are the team’s latest additions.

"With these signings our team just got better,’’ said Alabama coach Dean Cokinos, whose team opens training camp in early March and plays its first game April 3 at Bossier-Shreveport. “These are proven AFL veterans who are still in the prime of their careers. They are all explosive and productive players at their positions and will give us veteran leadership as well."

Geathers (6-4, 225) was a member of Miami’s 2001 BSC national championship team and the three-year AFL vet had 37 catches for 365 yards and five touchdowns to go along with 22 tackles. He was named to the AFL’s All-Ironman team in ’07 and spent the ’04 and ’05 NFL seasons with the New York Giants.

After a one-year hiatus, the Arena Football League (AFL) is poised for a triumphant return, according to league executives who unveiled the revitalized league in a teleconference today with media. The league announced plans for the upcoming season, advanced progress toward expanding into the Philadelphia, Southern California, Denver and Pittsburgh markets and details of its contract with the NFL Network to broadcast AFL games in 2010.

The regular season will kick off with a full slate of games the weekend of April 2-4.

“The game is as popular as it has ever been," - Tampa Bay Coach Tim Marcum

”The 15-team league will play a 16-game schedule leading into the playoffs and the Arena Bowl the third weekend in August. "We're back and we're not going anywhere," Commissioner Jerry Kurz said. "We are tremendously excited to bring back Arena Football to our ardent following of fans across the country. With a restructured business plan, we are poised to come back stronger than ever."



(blazenation.com)