# Arkansas Attack

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The **Arkansas Attack** were a proposed professional [American football](/source/American_football) team based in [Little Rock, Arkansas](/source/Little_Rock,_Arkansas) that has never played a game. The team is a member of the [Major League Football](/source/Major_League_Football_(MLFB)) (MLFB), a public traded professional football league, and plays its home games at [War Memorial Stadium](/source/War_Memorial_Stadium_(Arkansas)).

The Attack are part of the league "Core Four" teams.[1] They are the first pro football team in [Little Rock, Arkansas](/source/Little_Rock,_Arkansas) since the [Arkansas Diamonds](/source/Arkansas_Diamonds), which played in the [Continental Football League](/source/Continental_Football_League) and later in the [American Football Association](/source/American_Football_Association_(1977%E2%80%931983)). (In 1992, a team called the Arkansas Miners was set to call the War Memorial home in the proposed [Professional Spring Football League](/source/Professional_Spring_Football_League), but the circuit folded without playing a game.)

## History

On March 18, 2022, Major League Football launched a new website and revealed that there will be only four teams for the first season.[2] On May 6, after some delays and many candidates, MLFB hired their fourth coach for 2022 season [Earnest Wilson](/source/Earnest_Wilson),[3] which was most recently the head coach at [Defiance College](/source/Defiance_College).[4] The league would later reveled he will coach the Arkansas Attack.[5]

The Attack started their training camp on July 21.[6] One week later, the team was evicted from its hotel amid unpaid bills and reports of the league shutting down.[7]

## Staff

Arkansas Attack staff Head coaches Head coach and Offensive Coordinator – Earnest Wilson Offensive coaches Wide Receivers - Rodney Blackshear Tight Ends/Running backs - Dale Carlson Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Derrius Bell Defensive Line - Bernard Holsey Linebackers – Mike Fanoga

## Players

Arkansas Attack roster Quarterbacks Running backs FB Wide receivers KR Tight ends Offensive linemen OG OT OT OT OG C C OG OT OG Defensive linemen DE[8] DT DT DT DT DT DE DT DE DT DE Linebackers Defensive backs Special teams LS K P Injured reserve Currently vacant Practice squad Currently vacant Inactive Currently vacant Rookies in italics Roster updated July 24, 2022 66 Active, 0 Inactive → More rosters

## References

1. ["Major League Football (MLFB) Announces Mobile as Final Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season"](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-league-football-mlfb-announces-165000748.html)

1. ["MLFB Updates Website — Team Names Revealed"](https://xflnewsroom.com/mlfb/mlfb-updates-website-team-names-revealed/). March 18, 2022.

1. Pelletier, Adam (May 6, 2022). ["Earnest Wilson named as Fourth Major League Football Coach"](https://www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com/2022/05/06/earnest-wilson-named-as-fourth-major-league-football-coach/). *Sports Gambling Podcast*. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

1. Nissen, Shayne. ["DC football: Earnest Wilson steps down as Jackets head coach"](https://www.crescent-news.com/sports/local_sports/dc-football-earnest-wilson-steps-down-as-jackets-head-coach/article_3ba90a50-cce7-11ec-9697-0bd30abf4bdc.html). *The Crescent-News*. Retrieved May 6, 2022.

1. ["PR: MLFB Announces Little Rock as Host City for Inaugural 2022 Season"](https://xflnewshub.com/alt-football/pr-mlfb-announces-little-rock-as-host-city-for-inaugural-2022-season/)

1. ["MLFB Training Camp Report Day One: Players Arriving and Teams Start Meetings"](https://www.sportsgamblingpodcast.com/2022/07/17/mlfb-training-camp-report-day-one-players-arriving-and-teams-start-meetings/). *SGPN*

1. ["Major League Football League ‘shut down’: players, coaches sent home"](https://www.wkrg.com/mobile-county/major-league-football-league-shut-down-players-coaches-sent-home/). *WKRG News 5*. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-07-29.

1. ["Michael Badejo on the Precipice of Playing Professional Football"](https://www.si.com/college/hbcu/football/michael-badejo-on-the-precipice-of-playing-professional-footballl)

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