Serbia decided to take a different approach, and is set to play imports and other European athletes gathered around Pro Hunt.
National Teams across Europe are currently playing each other in international friendlies, while Serbia decided to take a different approach, and is set to play imports and other European athletes gathered around Pro Hunt.
- Last year we have set a few international friendlies against other national teams, to be played this year. Our idea was to have at least 2 prep games. However, this summer, national teams scheduled to play us - started to cancel on us. Pro Hunt's founder, Darrell Tate, heard that we were looking for an opponent, and has came to us with a proposal where he'd gather his clients, and play Serbia. Of course, we accepted, since they are handling their own expenses, and we'd get to play a far superior opponent, than some of the countries we had scheduled (prior to cancellation). - said Nikola Davidovic, in front of Serbian Association of American Football.
Pro Hunt is a recruiting agency, helping American coaches and athletes find teams in Europe. We already wrote about its founder, Darrell Tate, where we broke the story of him sneaking into Tampa Bay facility, in order to get coaches attention - for an opportunity to play in the NFL. To read the full story - click HERE.
- Our team consists of a dynamic variety of athletes with different backgrounds. I should tell you that all Pro Hunt athletes have been verified via our registration process which involves a tedious analysis of their character via online interviews. We take pride in finding humble athletes who are able to be true ambassadors for the teams they sign to. We seek to provide help to a large variety of teams, down to underdeveloped start-ups, all the way to prominent teams within the highest level.
I have decided to limit our roster at only 30 players to ensure that they get lots of playing time. Exposure is a must! Just to make sure they don't get tired, there will be heavy rotation.
One thing that all of our athletes have in common is that they want exposure. As you may already know, Serbia has very experienced athletes within the football world. Many of whom are already members of top leagues such as GFL and AFL. The is a great opportunity for our athletes to be seen in hopes of moving themselves into better opportunities within football regardless of their experience. Furthermore, it's an opportunity for Serbia to compete against a highly competitive opponent, besides their most previous opponents (Hungary and Italy).
I am extremely excited as this will be Pro Hunt's first international game. We definitely want to keep expanding and compete against other countries to broaden opportunities for our athletes. We highly encourage other league federations to join our cause in promoting athletes and developing teams within all levels of football! - said Tate.
Game is scheduled for October 29, and will be held in Belgrade, Serbia. Match will be livestreamed. And, for the athletes who may be interested to join the Pro Hunt team for this game - to be considered, register online or contact Pro Hunt via Facebook, as there are 4 open slots remaining.
Team Serbia roster is still in the works, while Team Pro Hunt roster is available:
1. #5 QB Steadman Bell
2. #1 QB/WR Khalid Ali
3. #71 OL Tim Hirsch
4. #60 OL Lukas Huber
5. #57 OL Dominik Zielewski
6. #72 OL Krzysztof Zawadzki
7. #70 OL Robert Roth
8. #50 OL/DE Ruja Dan Paul
9. #77 OL Nicu Triffan
10. #72 OL Ebada Yasser
11. #80 TE/DE Marco Brown
12. #92 TE/DE Jason South
13. #39 FB/DE David Mattea
14. #24 RB/LB Darrell Tate
15. #22 RB/WR Triston McCathern
16. #3 RB Tyree Caesar
17. #31 RB/LB Joel Lay
18. #7 WR Timothy Moore Jr.
19. #13 WR LaMarco Crawford
20. #14 Garrett Lasley
21. #9 P/K Luca Zigliani
22. #2 DL/LB Chris Murray
23. #99 DL Szasz Csaba
24. #49 LB Miles Oney
25. #46 LB Jason Conception
26. #23 DB Lee Edwards
Coaching Staff:
(Offense)
Darrell Tate *Player/coach (Offensive Coordinator)
Paweł Pankau (assistant coach)
Łukasz Kołodziejczyk (assistant coach)
(DEFENSE)
Chris Murray *Player/coach
Jared Stokes (Defensive Coordinator)
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