Off The Wall

On the show this week we have the Head Coach of the Duluth Harbor Monsters of The Arena League, Coach Tony O'Neil! We dive into his journey that led to him being a head coach in TAL, what makes TAL unique compared to other arena leagues, the inaugural 2024 season, graduating players into bigger leagues, and how things are shaping up for 2025 and beyond! Give Duluth & The Arena League a follow and...

On the show this week we have legendary DB Dwayne Hollis! He's been in the arena game for over a decade and truly has one of the most unique journeys in the sport. We talk through his career, including getting his pro football career started in Finland, coming back to the states to play arena ball, his run with the Philadelphia Soul, playing in the Chinese Arena Football League, playing and coachi...

On the show this week we have Nashville Kats WR Rob Jones Jr! The Kats have been ROLLING over the past month — and Jones is a major reason why! We dive into his football journey, growing up in Florida, getting involved in arena ball after college, his athletic training business where he works with NFL players in the offseason, getting featured in East Bay, this year's Kats team and what makes this...

On the show this week we have Salina Liberty WR Malik Honeycutt! The Liberty are fresh off of a big win against Billings and are really starting to piece things together on offense. We dove into Malik's football journey, how he got connected with the indoor game, the handful of places that he has been to over the past couple of seasons that have and haven't worked out, this year's Salina team and...

On the show this week we are rolling guest-free! Just talking ball about the action we saw across the arena football landscape this past week.   Intro - 0:00 AF1 Week 6 Recap - 1:55 Nashville vs Washington - 2:04 Oregon vs Salina - 7:49 SW Kansas vs Corpus Christi - 12:44 Albany vs Billings - 17:50 IFL Week 5 Recap - 23:05 Massachusetts vs Jacksonville - 23:19 Bay Area vs Fishers - 28:55 San Anton...

On the show this week we have Beaumont Renegades LB Malcolm McCoy! Renegades are fresh off of a big win against the Omaha Beef, so we talked shop about the game, this year's Renegades team, their 'bye month', becoming a podcast co-host on The FAN Show while rehabbing an injury & his football journey that led him to arena ball.  Please give Malcolm a follow and let him know you heard him on Off The...

On the show this week we have former Orlando Predators player & head coach EJ Burt, who recently started a new podcast called Arena Goat Talk! Arena Goat Talk sits down with legends of the arena football game and dives into their story, lessons learned playing the game and advice they would give the players of today! It's a great listen and they have already had some GREAT guests on — Barry Wagner...

On the show this week we have Oregon Lightning DB Nick Brassell! He is a veteran of the arena football game and notably caught the walk-off Hail Mary at the end of this past week's Oregon-Southwest Kansas thriller! We talked through his football journey, his time at Ole Miss, learning from past mistakes, venturing into arena football, many of the stops he has had along the way and the Oregon Light...

On the show this week we have former Buffalo Bills WR Stevie Johnson! He spent 8 years in the NFL, he's an entrepreneur, he's a podcast host and he is the Executive Ambassador for Media & Community Relations for the San Diego Strike Force!   It was really great being able to chop it up with Stevie about his football career, his connection with the city of Buffalo, transitioning to entrepreneur lif...

On the show this week we have jumbo episode featuring a big IFL Preview with Alec Schuberth from Sports Coast to Coast!   He is the Lead IFL Contributor for SCtoC and the host of the new show Wager Wednesdays, where he talks through IFL betting lines and sees where there is value and previews the weekend ahead.   If you watched an IFL stream on YouTube at any point last season, you probably saw Al...

On the show this week we are joined by the standout star of AF1 Week 0, SW Kansas Storm DB Michael Lawson!   We dove into his football journey through college and into the pros, getting his shot in the XFL, making his way to Germany to play professional football, coming back to America to play arena football, the SW Kansas football culture with Coach Thomas and we talk through Week 0.   Please go...

On the show this week we have the 2024 IFL MVP QB Ja'Rome Johnson of the Vegas Knight Hawks! Ja'Rome had an outstanding season in his first season with Vegas in 2024 and is looking to build on that success into 2025 with a championship on his mind. We dove into his football journey, his college career at UVA-Wise & Bowie State, how he found his way to Indoor Football, learning the game in his rook...

On the show this week we have DB Bryce Hampton of the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL! Bryce was the 2024 IFL Defensive Rookie of the Year & All-IFL First Team DB with the Vegas Knight Hawks and will be making his way North for the 2025 season. We dove into his football journey, how he ended up at Purdue, how a childhood friend got him involved with the Knight Hawks, adjusting to the indoor game, mem...

On the show this week we have WR Aakiel Greer of the Arizona Bandits! Aakiel had a breakout year in 2024, where he finished strong with the Wichita Regulators and will be a part of a very talented Bandits squad hitting the field for the first time in 2025. We chatted through the his football journey, trials and tribulations he's faced along the way in the arena & indoor world, almost giving up on...

On the show this week we have QB Andre Sale of the Orlando Predators chatting it up! Andre has been in the Indoor football world for a couple years now and is going to make a big splash next season in AF1 down in central Florida. We chatted through the his football journey that led him to LSU, life after college football, getting back into playing, learning from Nate Davis, playing in Tulsa, his t...

On the show this week we have the color commentator for the Quad City Steamwheelers of the IFL — his name is Ron Luce! We talked about how he fell in love with arena & indoor football growing up in Chicago, how he got his start doing color commentary, getting his opportunity with the Quad City Steamwheelers, what he has learned along the way and his own blogging and podcasting journey with On Tap...

On the show this week we have a rising star in the indoor football world — San Antonio Gunslingers LB Dylan Pettway! We chatted through the his football journey so far, including playing abroad in Romania(!), playing with the Omaha Beef in the 2024 NAL season, the CRAZY NAL championship game, landing with the Sioux Falls Storm and how he ended up choosing to sign in San Antonio. He's signed with t...

On the show this week we have one of the premier QBs of Arena Football in the 2000s, it is Ray Philyaw! We chatted through his arena football career, including starting off with such a talent roster and staff in Albany & Indiana, playing with Eddie Brown, things he learned from specific coaches, his most memorable games, his ridiculously good TD:INT ratio and the Raymond Philyaw Academy that he ru...

On the show this week we have newly signed WR for the Tulsa Oilers of the IFL, it's Max Novak! We chatted through the beginning of his indoor football career, adjusting to the game as a WR, his roller coaster of a 2024 season with the AFL, his ACL & meniscus injuries and rehab, and what he is excited for in 2025. His career so far is such a great story of perseverance and he is set to have a break...

On the show this week we the Director fo Communications for the Northern Arizona Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, Mr. Tucker Welch!  It was great to be able to chat with him about his career so far with the Wranglers, what it's like behind the scenes of an indoor football team, lessons he has learned along the way, that 2022 IFL National Championship run and, of course, what he is excited...

On the show this week we a member of The Gridiron Crew, Oscar Scott! The Gridiron Crew is a football agency that represents players at multiple levels of football including the arena & indoor game. It was a great time chatting with Oscar about his personal football journey, how he started working with The Gridiron Crew (including being the first ever signing for the agency as a player!), what some...

On the show this week we have one of the very best offensive linemen in Arena Football, Jamezz Kimbrough! Jamezz was an All-Off The Wall 1st Teamer & All-AFL 2nd Teamer in 2024 with the Billings Outlaws, but most importantly he was an ArenaBowl champion! We talk about his football journey, MACtion, arena football, the culture in Billings, what made it all work for the Outlaws, his brand More Vibez...

The first ever live streamed Off The Wall, with guest appearances from AF1 Commissioner Jeff Fisher & AF1 Director of Communications Adam Pelletier! (Audio from the live stream itself.) 0:26 - Jeff Fisher 28:58 - Adam Pelletier 1:13:30 - Outro With Jeff Fisher, we talk about the offseason growth and the grind to get to finalized teams & schedule, his first introduction to Arena football & how he g...

On this week's show, we have a legendary veteran of the indoor and arena football game, none other than the most interesting man in indoor football himself — Ernesto Lacayo! We talk through his arena football journey and talk about players and mentors that helped him along the way, what people may not realize about kicking in arena football, dropkicks, how many onside kick styles he has in his bag...

On this week's show, we have former NAL Defensive Player of the Year and current Linebacker for the Salina Liberty of AF1 — Kerry Starks! We talk through his arena football journey and some of the unideal situations that he has faced, Louisiana football culture, playing ironman rules, pregame rituals, getting involved in coaching youth sports, his injury in 2024 & what he is excited about with the...