2011 UIFL season

The 2011 Ultimate Indoor Football League season was the first season of the league. The regular season lasted from February 18 to May 29^[1] and the postseason, will be held the following two weeks with the championship game being held at the highest remaining seed. The 2011 season went off without any teams folding or any games being missed or rescheduled. The Northern Kentucky River Monsters finished with the best regular season record, finished 11–3. However, due to league sanctions they were not able to host an playoff games and were dropped to a four seed.

2011 UIFL season
League	Ultimate Indoor Football League
Sport	Indoor Football
Duration	February 18, 2011 – June 9, 2011
Regular season
Season champions	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
Season MVP	Jared Lorenzen, NKY
League postseason
1 vs 4 UIFL Semifinals champions	Saginaw Sting
1 vs 4 UIFL Semifinals runners-up	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
2 vs 3 UIFL Semifinals champions	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
2 vs 3 UIFL Semifinals runners-up	Huntington Hammer
Ultimate Bowl I
Champions	Saginaw Sting
Runners-up	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
Finals MVP	Tommy Jones (SAG)

Saginaw finished 9–5, followed by Eastern Kentucky 8–6, Huntington 7–7, Johnstown 6–8 and Canton 1–13.

Saginaw defeated Northern Kentucky, 48–47, in the first semifinals of the Ultimate Bowl I playoffs, sponsored by Trophy Awards. In the other semifinal game, Eastern Kentucky advanced to the championship game with a 20–4 victory over Huntington.^[2] The 2011 Ultimate Bowl, sponsored by Trophy Awards, was played Friday, June 9 at the Dow Center in Saginaw, MI with the Sting claiming an 86–69 victory over the visiting Drillers.^[3]

Following the elimination of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters from the playoffs, NKY owner Jill Chitwood and the UIFL came to terms that allowed the River Monsters to leave the UIFL, but the team folded after rumors of joining the Continental Indoor Football League.

UIFL draft

* = First-team All-UIFL selection ^ = Second-team All-UIFL selection

Positions key C Center CB Cornerback DB Defensive back DE Defensive end[a] DL Defensive lineman DT Defensive tackle FB Fullback FS Free safety G Guard[b] K Kicker[c] KR Kickoff returner LB Linebacker LS Long snapper MLB Middle linebacker[d] OT Offensive tackle OL Offensive lineman OLB Outside linebacker[a] NT Nose tackle P Punter PR Punt returner QB Quarterback RS Return specialist RB Running back S Safety SS Strong safety TE Tight end WR Wide receiver Sometimes referred to as an edge rusher (EDGE) Also known as an offensive guard (OG) Also known as a placekicker (PK) Also known as an inside linebacker (ILB)

The following is the breakdown of the 24 players selected by position:

7 Defensive lineman 7 Wide receivers 6 Defensive backs 4 Offensive lineman

3 Linebackers 1 Quarterbacks 1 Fullbacks 1 Placekicker

Round	Pick	Position	Player	Team
1	1	DL	Victor Sesay	Johnstown Generals
1	2	DL/LB	Josh Kaltsas	Huntington Hammer
1	3	WR/DB	Sly Brumfield	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
1	4	K	Seth Burkholder	Canton Cougars
1	5	WR/DB	Taneareus Collins	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
1	6	WR	Nico Smith	Saginaw Sting
2	7	DL	Michael Robinson	Huntington Hammer
2	8	DL	Chris Foster	Huntington Hammer
2	9	OL	George Frisch	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
2	10	DL	Donald Foster	Canton Cougars
2	11	OL	Steve Pytosh	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
2	12	DB	Tony Norman	Saginaw Sting
3	13	LB	Daniel Eason	Johnstown Generals
3	14	WR	Jeff Phillips	Huntington Hammer
3	15	LB	Jon D'Angelo	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
3	16	OL/DL	Brian Pittman	Canton Cougars
3	17	WR/DB	David Pickett	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
3	18	DB	Rodney Daniels	Saginaw Sting
4	19	OL/DL	Mike Murphy	Johnstown Generals
4	20	QB	Jeremy Greenleaf	Huntington Hammer
4	21	DB	Greg Johnston	Northern Kentucky River Monsters
4	22	FB	Kevin Robinson	Canton Cougars
4	23	WR	Chris Downer	Eastern Kentucky Drillers
4	24	WR	Brian Ritter	Saginaw Sting

Standings

2011 UIFL standings[ref 1] view talk edit
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
y-Northern Kentucky River Monsters[ref 2]	11	3	0	.786	569	417	L1
x-Saginaw Sting	10	4	0	.714	473	415	L2
x-Eastern Kentucky Drillers	8	6	0	.571	390	373	W1
x-Huntington Hammer	7	7	0	.500	377	328	W2
Johnstown Generals	6	8	0	.429	292	416	W2
Canton Cougars	1	13	0	.071	370	522	L10

1. http://www.theuifl.com/01/UIFLStats/confsked.htm
2. Although Northern Kentucky were awarded the season title, they entered the postseason as the 4 seed due to salary cap violations.

y - clinched regular-season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long
Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	282	490	57.6	3,473	81	19	48
Tommy Jones (SAG)	304	488	62.3	3,400	87	25	46
Allan Holland (EKY)	200	381	52.5	2,386	53	18	42
Martevious Young (HUNT)	201	432	46.5	2,199	39	20	45
Ray Marrow (CAN)	84	167	50.3	1,243	31	8	47

Rushing

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Martevious Young (HUNT)	85	358	4.2	12	33
Maurice Douse (NKY)	80	268	3.3	12	33
Dray Mason (HUNT)	76	309	4.1	9	25
Terrell Simms (JOHN)	80	240	3.0	7	18
Robert Haynes (SAG)	30	123	4.1	4	27

Receiving

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	116	1,359	11.7	34	48
Matthew Barbour (EKY)	94	1,216	12.9	25	42
Willie Idlette (NKY)	91	1,178	12.9	21	40
LaVaughn Macon (SAG)	101	1,184	11.7	32	41
Zac Nichols (SAG)	71	1,013	14.3	25	46

2011 playoffs

	Semifinals					Ultimate Bowl I
	3	Huntington	4
	2	Eastern Kentucky	20
						2	Eastern Kentucky	69
						1	Saginaw	86
	4	Northern Kentucky	47
	1	Saginaw	48

Awards

• Most Valuable Player, Jared Lorenzen QB Northern Kentucky
• Offensive Player of the Year, Tommy Jones QB Saginaw
• Defensive Player of the Year, Thomas McKenzie DL Northern Kentucky

First-team All-UIFL

Offense Quarterback Jared Lorenzen, Northern Kentucky Tommy Jones, Saginaw Running back Dray Mason, Huntington Wide receiver Ricardo Lenhart, Northern Kentucky Ryan Brinson, Canton Aric Evans, Eastern Kentucky Offensive line Khalil El-Amin, Northern Kentucky Matt Rahn, Northern Kentucky Rashaud Mungro, Eastern Kentucky

Defense Defensive line Mike McFadden, Saginaw Thomas McKenzie, Northern Kentucky Michael Robinson, Huntington Linebacker Phillip Smith, Saginaw Jill Jon D'Angelo, Northern Kentucky Cornerback David Jones, Eastern Kentucky DeQwan Young, Johnstown Safety Matt Speed, Johnstown

Special teams
Kicker	Dustin Zink, Northern Kentucky
Special Teams	Maurice Douse, Northern Kentucky

Second-team All-UIFL

Offense Quarterback None Running back Maurice Douse, Northern Kentucky Wide receiver Willie Idlette, Northern Kentucky LaVaughn Macon, Saginaw Harry Lewis, Northern Kentucky Offensive line George Frisch, Northern Kentucky Eric Brim, Saginaw Steve Michalek, Saginaw

Defense Defensive line Antonio Reynolds, Canton D'arrell Brown, Northern Kentucky Victor Sesay, Johnstown Linebacker Santino Turnbow, Northern Kentucky Jill Cody Smith, Canton Cornerback Jaret Sanderson, Huntington Jason Connor, Eastern Kentucky Butch Abshire, Eastern Kentucky Safety Tez Morris, Northern Kentucky

Special teams
Kicker	Daniel Edison, Eastern Kentucky
Special Teams	Dray Mason, Huntington

Players of the Week

Week
	Offense[4]	Defense[5]	Special Teams[6]
Week 1	Aric Evans (EKY)	Kevin Allen Jr. (HUN)	David Jones (EKY)
Week 2	Tommy Jones (SAG)	Kenneth Joshen (NKY)	Brandon Miller (EKY)
Week 3	Harry Lewis (NKY)	Victor Sesay (JOH)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 4	Allan Holland (EKY)	DeQwan Young (JOH)	Maurice Douse (NKY)
Week 5	Martevious Young (HUN)/Ryan Brison (CAN)	Thomas McKenzie (NKY)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 6	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Andre Portis (HUN)	Chris Kolias (SAG)
Week 7	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Santino Turnbow (NKY)	Matt Demunkus (JOH)
Week 8	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	Phillip Smith (SAG)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 9	Ray Marrow (CAN)	Brett Hamblen (NKY)	Andrew Beaver (SAG)
Week 10	Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	John Jacobs (SAG)	Daniel Eidson (EKY)
Week 11	Ricardo Lenhart (NKY)	Marcus McClinton (EKY)	Dustin Zink (NKY)
Week 12	LaVaughn Macon (SAG)	Toheeb Akinola (JOH)	Matt Demunkus (JOH)
Week 13	Tommy Jones (SAG)	Jon D’Angelo (NKY)	Chris Kolias (SAG)
Week 14	Jared Lorenzen (NKY)	DeQwan Young (JOH)	Victor Smith (HUN)
Week 15	Ryan Wells (NKY)	Aaron Princes (JOH)	Daniel Eidson (EKY)

2011 Ultimate Indoor Football League seasons
Canton	Eastern Kentucky	Huntington	Johnstown	Northern Kentucky	Saginaw