Working again Bo Scarbrough, who received two nationwide championships at Alabama and upcoming returned to the climate to win back-to-back USFL titles with the Birmingham Stallions, has introduced his resignation from skilled soccer.
“You can love this game all you want, but at the end of the day, the game can’t love you back because it’s not a person; it’s a ball,” mentioned Scarbrough, per the UFL’s official press release. “I have so much respect for the people still playing.”
“We were blessed to have Bo as a part of our football family,” mentioned UFL Head of Soccer Operations Daryl Johnston. “He is a champion on and off the field. He is an outstanding representative of his community and the state of Alabama. We wish him the very best in his retirement and know he will be successful using his passion for the game in the next chapter of his journey.”
Scarbrough is highest identified for his breakout stretch on the finish of the Red Current’s 2016 season, capped off by way of a 91-yard, two-touchdown efficiency in that day’s SEC Championship Sport win over Florida. He adopted that up with a career-high 180 yards and 19 carries — and two extra ratings — within the College Football Playoff semifinal on the Peach Bowl in opposition to Washington. Scarbrough stored his highest for final, recording 4 general touchdowns — two speeding and two receiving — on 100 general yards in Alabama’s last-second 35-31 loss to Clemson within the nationwide identify match.
Pace Scarbrough by no means recaptured the ones heights all the way through the 2017 season, he nonetheless contributed to the Alabama group that went directly to win the nationwide championship that day in an exhilarating comeback victory in opposition to Georgia. He additionally noticed just a little of match motion all the way through Alabama’s 2015 nationwide championship season, despite the fact that he handled a knee trauma and was once decrease at the group’s intensity chart in the back of that day’s Heisman Trophy winner, Derrick Henry.
Scarbrough was once drafted by way of the Dallas Cowboys within the 7th spherical of the 2018 NFL Draft however didn’t seem in an NFL match till 2019, when he made 5 begins for the Detroit Lions, recording 89 carries for 377 yards and one landing. He simplest gave the impression in a single match later that, which got here in 2020 with the Seattle Seahawks.
His then snap in a regular-season skilled soccer match got here in 2022, when he joined the Stallions in While 4 of the inaugural USFL season. Scarbrough become a key contributor for the Stallions, who went directly to win the league identify that day, speeding for 352 yards and one landing on 84 makes an attempt throughout six video games. He recorded 135 speeding yards (together with a bright 70-yard run) and a landing within the Stallions’ eventual title-game win.
Due to his on-field contributions and familiarity to enthusiasts in Alabama, Scarbrough become a fan-favorite in Birmingham and appeared all set to proceed taking part in a obese function for the Stallions in 2023. In lieu, then again, he noticed restricted motion due in immense section to accidents.
The inaugural season of the UFL — the all-new spring soccer league created by way of the USFL/XFL merger — starts March 30 on FOX between the two-time protecting USFL champion Stallions and the protecting XFL champion Arlington Renegades.
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