IPFL to hold tryouts in Mobile on June 7

Published 2:00 pm Friday, May 30, 2025

: The logo for the Indie Pro Football League. The league plans to launch this summer and will pay per-game salaries to players as young as 8. (Submitted to The Vicksburg Post)

The Indie Pro Football League will hold another tryout and scouting combine for its inaugural season.

The tryout is scheduled for June 7, at 1 p.m. at Sage Park in Mobile, Alabama. Check-in will begin at noon. Online registration through the league’s web site, indieprofootball.com, is required. The tryout fee will be waived with the promo code Mobile2025.

The tryouts will be co-hosted by IPFL teams the Mississippi Tsunami and Alabama Forge. The Forge are owned by former NFL player Jamarcus Russell, a Mobile native. The Tsunami is owned by Dr. Kaeita Rankin, a Fayette native.

The IPFL is a national professional league for youth players ages 8 to adult. Players are paid a salary ranging from $125 to $625 per game in the youth divisions, and $2,500 for adults. The league plans to hold a draft in mid-June and begin its season later in the month.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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