Eight-man football
[1] Eight-man football shares the same rules, procedures, and structure as the traditional 11-man game, with a few minor differences.
These leagues typically use a 50-yard (46 m) by roughly 25-yard (23 m) field, as professional eight-man football is usually played indoors.
For states with few eight-man teams, no official postseason is organized, instead electing for "Conference Champions".
[10] Eight-man football is noted for producing multi-skilled players that are responsible for playing several positions, which require speed, agility, and strength.
The 3-2-3 defense has gained popularity due to the increase of passing-oriented offense in the eight-man game.
Eight-man football includes special teams units similar to the traditional format.
Cohen played the same position for North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University before being selected in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft.
Salaam played college football for the University of Colorado and won the 1994 Heisman Trophy.
Nolan Cromwell – (born January 30, 1955) is an American football player and coach who currently serves as a senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns.
He was an All-Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and played for the University of Kansas in college, where he earned All-American honors.
As a teenager, Pardee moved to Christoval, Texas, where he excelled as a member of the six-man football team.
[14] He was an All-American linebacker at Texas A&M University and a two-time All-Pro with the Los Angeles Rams (1963) and the Washington Redskins (1971).
He was one of the few six-man players to ever make it to the NFL, and his knowledge of that wide-open game would serve him well as a coach.
While playing collegiately, he won the Outland Trophy (1983), Lombardi Award (1983), and the UPI Lineman of the Year (1983).
Steinkuhler is also remembered for being the player who picked up quarterback Turner Gill's intentional fumble in the 1984 Orange Bowl and ran it 19 yards for a touchdown in a play dubbed the "Fumblerooski".
Roland Woolsey – (born August 11, 1953 in Provo, Utah) is a former professional American football player who played in four NFL seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns and the St. Louis Cardinals.
In March 2008, at the end of the first season played in full gear, the Big Blue Jerusalem Lions defeated the Real Housing Haifa Underdogs 24 – 18 in overtime in Israel Bowl I.
In Israel Bowl II in April 2009, the Dancing Camel Modi'in Pioneers defeated the defending champions Big Blue Jerusalem Lions 32 – 26 after two overtimes.
The 2009–2010 season was played with seven teams, introducing two new franchises, the Beer Sheva Black Swarm and the Judean Rebels.
The South Division was made up of the three Jerusalem-area teams: the Rebels, Lions and Kings; as well as the Petah Tikva Troopers and Be'er Sheva Black Swarm.
The IFL continued to expand for the 2012–2013 season, adding another Tel Aviv-area team, the Rehovot Silverbacks.
