Noah Costantino

The (10-2) Braunschweig New Yorker Lions will travel to Illerstadion in Kempten to take on the (9-3) Allgäu Comets Saturday, September 23 as the German Football League playoffs kick off. The Comets wound up in second place in the GFL South while Braunschweig were third place finishers in the North division. This will be the second time these teams will meet this season. In their last matchup, Braunschweig were dominantas they cruised to an easy 42-14 victory over the Comets in front of the Lions home crowd. One thing the Comets have on their side this time around is their

The Braunschweig New Yorker Lions needed two overtime periods before they finally got past a tough Allgäu Comets 36-34 this past weekend to advance to the German Football League semifinals. To say this was a back-and-forth affair would be an understatement. After an unsuccessful first drive from the Comets, they were forced to punt the ball away. However, it didn't take long to see the first turnover as Lions punt return man Nigel Lawrence fumbled his first touch of the game. Given new life on offense, Allgäu wasted no time as quarterback Terrence Shambry connected with Ahsan Moore for the

Sunday, October 1st, we will see the second of the two German Football League semifinal matchups as the (2) Braunschweig New Yorker Lions travel to face the (1) Potsdam Royals. The matchup at quarterback is just as intriguing as the game itself as Braunschweig quarterback and Jackson State product Karé Lyles goes head to head with Potsdam's Jaylon Henderson who played for Boise State. This will be the second time this season that Lyles and Henderson will go head-to-head. While Potsdam walked away with the 40-33 victory in that first matchup, it was an all-out duel between the quarterbacks. So,

The Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns have been one of the pinnacle teams in the German Football League the for the better part of the last 10 years having reached the title game nine straight times and won the championship three. However, there were some definite question marks heading into the 2023 GFL season for the Unicorns. Just a little over a year ago, following the Unicorns fifth championship win since 2011, the European football world was shocked to hear that long time Schwäbisch Hall head coach, Jordan Neuman, would be leaving the Unicorns to take over the Stuttgart Surge of the

After finishing off their German Football League season with an 11-1 record and ripping off nine straight wins, the Potsdam Royals are sitting the driver seat as they have a chance to win this year’s GFL Bowl against the defending champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns Leading them into the game against the Unicorns is quarterback Jaylon Henderson. This year’s championship game will be a rematch of last year’s championship final, as the Unicorns walked away with a 44-27 victory. While Henderson was not on that Potsdam team, there's no question that he will want nothing more than to help avenge that

SBB Vukovi Belgrade are bringing back quarterback Ryan Barabe to be the signal caller for another season in Serbia's Prva Liga. The 6'4', 215-pound Barabe will be entering his third year with the team. The Pinetree, Georgia native led Vukovi to back-to-back Serbian Bowl appearances winning in 2022, beating the Kragujevac Wild Boars 24-17. This past season Vukovi lost to the Wild Boars in a championship rematch 48-7. Before coming to Europe, Barabe played his college football at Seton Hill University (NCAA Division II) in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. In his two seasons as a Griffith, Barabe threw for 3,226 yards and

After an amazing season that saw Jaylon Henderson lead the Potsdam Royals to their first ever German Football League title after defeating the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 34-7 in the 2023 GFL Bowl, the former Boise State signal caller agreed to a new contract with the Royals for the 2024 season. In 2023, the dual-threat Henderson was one of the best players that the GFL had to display. The Royals quarterback finished his 2023 campaign putting up tremendous numbers. Henderson threw for 4,036 yards and 49 touchdowns. With his league leading 73.9% completion percentage, Henderson was very accurate with the ball

After spending his first two years with NCAA Division III program John Hopkins University serving as a backup. Switzerland's Bay Harvey is now making the most of his chances as the lead signal caller for the Blue Jays. Harvey has led John Hopkins, located in Baltimore, Maryland, to an 8-0 start. The 6’2, 215-pound quarterback has been more than impressive this season. Harvey has thrown for 2,052 yards and 26 touchdowns in eight games with a 70% completion average while rushing for another 377 yards and four scores. While Harvey lived in Switzerland for almost 15 years, he was born in the

The German Football League kicks off the 2024 season with the Kiel Baltic Hurricanes playing host to the Braunschweig New Yorker Lions Saturday, May 11 at Kilia Stadion in Kiel. After a successful regular season and deep playoff run, the New Yorker Lions will look to start the 2024 season off right as they travel to Kiel to face the Hurricanes. Braunschweig had a very successful season going 10-2 and making it to the semifinals before falling short to the eventual champs, the Potsdam Royals. They were able to bring back defensive coordinator Dave Likins to lead the defense and

The Berlin Rebels (2-2) will travel to face the defending champion and undefeated Potsdam Royals (3-0) in a German Football League North matchup Saturday, June 15.