2023 NAL season | |
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League | National Arena League |
Sport | Indoor American football |
Duration | April 8 – August 12, 2023 |
Number of teams | 7 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Jacksonville Sharks |
2023 NAL Championship | |
Champions | Jacksonville Sharks |
Runners-up | Carolina Cobras |
The 2023 National Arena League season was the sixth season of the National Arena League (NAL). [1] The league started the season with seven teams following the additions of the expansion team, the Fayetteville Mustangs, [2] [3] and the West Texas Warbirds joining from the Arena Football Association, while the Columbus Lions left the league following the previous season.
Teams | Location | Arena | Capacity | Founded | Joined | Head Coach |
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Albany Empire [a] | Albany, New York | MVP Arena [4] | 13,785 [5] | 2020 | 2021 | Maurice Leggett |
Carolina Cobras | Greensboro, North Carolina [6] | Greensboro Coliseum Complex [7] [8] | 5,000 [7] | 2017 [8] | 2018 | James Fuller |
Fayetteville Mustangs [b] | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Crown Complex [2] [9] | 8,500 | 2022 | 2023 | Charles Gunnings |
Jacksonville Sharks | Jacksonville, Florida | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena [10] | 13,011 | 2009 | 2017 | Jason Gibson |
Orlando Predators | Orlando, Florida | Amway Center | 17,192 | 2019 | 2019 | Herkie Walls |
San Antonio Gunslingers | San Antonio, Texas | Freeman Coliseum [11] | 9,000 | 2020 | 2022 [12] | Fred Shaw [13] |
West Texas Warbirds [9] | Odessa, Texas [14] | Ector County Coliseum [15] | 8,000 [16] [17] | 2019 [18] | 2023 | Tate Smith [19] [20] |
Team | Win | Loss | PCT | PF | PA | STK |
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z – Jacksonville Sharks | 10 | 2 | .833 | 773 | 505 | W8 |
y – Carolina Cobras | 9 | 4 | .692 | 764 | 616 | W4 |
x – San Antonio Gunslingers | 8 | 4 | .727 | 569 | 606 | L3 |
x – Orlando Predators | 4 | 7 | .363 | 483 | 575 | L2 |
e – West Texas Warbirds | 2 | 11 | .143 | 533 | 732 | L7 |
DNF – Fayetteville Mustangs | 4 | 4 | .500 | 371 | 373 | L1 |
DNF – Albany Empire | 1 | 6 | .142 | 257 | 339 | L6 |
z – clinched home field advantage
y – clinched home playoff game
x - clinched playoff berth
e – eliminated from playoffs
DNF – Did not finish the season
Semifinal | 2023 NAL Championship | ||||||||
1 | Jacksonville Sharks | 62 | |||||||
4 | Orlando Predators | 18 | |||||||
1 | Jacksonville Sharks | 54 | |||||||
2 | Carolina Cobras | 45 | |||||||
2 | Carolina Cobras | 52 | |||||||
3 | San Antonio Gunslingers | 36 |
Weeks | Offensive Player of the Week | Defensive Player of the Week | Special Team Player of the Week | Ironman Player of the Week |
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1 | Rakeem Cato, Fayetteville Mustangs | Marvin Ross, Jacksonville Sharks | Kendrick Ings, Fayetteville Mustangs | Tre Long, Fayetteville Mustangs |
2 | Darius Prince, Albany Empire | Kenny Veal, Carolina Cobras | Marc Orozco, Albany Empire | Jalen Childress, West Texas Warbirds |
3 | Arvell Nelson, San Antonio Gunslingers | Sha-ki Holines, Jacksonville Sharks | Kevin Didio-Webber, Jacksonville Sharks | Phillip Barnett, San Antonio Gunslingers |
4 | Rakeem Cato, Fayetteville Mustangs | Freddie Booth-Lloyd, Orlando Predators | T. C. Stevens, Carolina Cobras | Jensen Stoshak, Jacksonville Sharks |
5 | Jalen Childress, West Texas Warbirds | Trevon Shorts, West Texas Warbirds | Kendrick Ings, Fayetteville Mustangs | Trevon Shorts, West Texas Warbirds |
6 | Zach Brown, Carolina Cobras | Mike Green, Carolina Cobras | Darius Prince, Orlando Predators | Zach Brown, Carolina Cobras |
7 | Sam Castronova, Jacksonville Sharks | Jabari Gorman, Jacksonville Sharks | Adam Smith, Carolina Cobras | Marquel Wade, Jacksonville Sharks |
8 | Sam Castronova, Jacksonville Sharks | Jabari Gorman, Jacksonville Sharks | Marc Orozco, Jacksonville Sharks | Jalen Wilson, West Texas Warbirds |
9 | Sam Castronova, Jacksonville Sharks | Sha-ki Holiness, Jacksonville Sharks | Kevin Didio-Weber, West Texas Warbirds | Devonte Baker, Fayetteville Mustangs |
10 | Malik Henry, Carolina Cobras | Joshua Jenkins, Orlando Predators | Marquel Wade, Jacksonville Sharks | Devonte Baker, Fayetteville Mustangs |
11 | Darius Prince, Orlando Predators | Dwayne Hollis, Orlando Predators | Kevin Didio-Weber, West Texas Warbirds | Trevon Shorts, West Texas Warbirds |
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