After a wild offseason, the United Football League has begun piecing together their roster with the first set of Quarterback allotments and player protections. The Battlehawks selected three quarterbacks for their roster in 2026, along with selecting three player in their regional player allocation.
Quarterbacks:
The Battlehawks will return spring football veteran Brandon Silvers along with newcomers in Michael Pratt and Ben Woolridge. Silvers has been a part of spring football since 2019 starting out with the Memphis Express of the AAF. He’s spent time with the Seattle Dragons, Houston Roughnecks, before spending 2024 and 2025 with the Battlehawks. Pratt joins the UFL after spending time with the Packers, and Buccaneers. Pratt was released by the Bucs in August of 2025, after being granted an injury settlement. Finally, Ben Woolridge joins St. Louis after spending 2025 with the New England Patriots in training camp.
Coming Back:
The Battlehawks have officially announced the return of fourth year Wide Receiver Hakeem Butler and third year running back Kevon Latulas were retained by Head Coach Ricky Proehl for the 2026 season. Butler has been one of the UFL’s most elite receivers when healthy, while Latulas has been an elite special teams player over the last two seasons with St. Louis. Butler is an alum of Iowa State, while Latulas is an alum of Missouri State.
New Face in a New Place:
The Battlehawks added Michael Ojemudia from the D.C, Defenders to their roster. Ojemudia is a former 3rd round pick out of Iowa who spent parts of five seasons in the NFL. After a strong 2025 with D.C., Ojemudia earned a contract with the Dallas Cowboys before being released by the team at the conclusion of training camp.
Final Thoughts:
While it’s not official James Larsen of PFN released several names that they are protected. Larsen stated that Pita Taumoepenu, Ryan Coll, and Bradley Ashmore were all retained on the roster. The Battlehawks will be without Juwann Bushell-Beatty who is now with the Columbus Aviators.
UFL teams will finish up their allocation and draft process on the Tuesday and Wednesday with the UFL releasing their schedule on the 22nd of January.