After a month-and-a-half to decompress from NFL football season, the United Football League got underway Friday night.
A merger of the XFL and USFL, the UFL enters its second season hoping to grow its stature as a springtime football fix and NFL feeder league. Four former Buckeyes made one of the league's eight rosters, getting the opportunity to make a living playing football and perhaps impress enough to get another shot at the big-time.
Steele Chambers enters as a rookie to the second tier of professional football, while others hope to resurrect distant NFL memories or build on what are already established spring football careers.