Matt Corral named starter for the Birmingham Stallions

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Last month former Ole Miss standout quarterback Matt Corral put pen to paper to sign with the United Football League's Birmingham Stallions. The signing marked his return to professional football as he was away from the National Football League for the majority of his sophomore season in 2023.

Now, just over a month later, he's also back to being a starting signal-caller.

Thursday night the Stallions publicly announced that Corral would be the team's season-opening starter this Saturday (Mar. 30). The 25-year-old quarterback was not guaranteed to be the team's starter when initially signed. He had to beat out both J'Mar Smith and Adrian Martinez for the starting gig.

Corral is now set to lead the Stallions in Texas, against the Arlington Renegades on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. CT at Choctaw Stadium.

Though the former Rebel appeared to be missing in action at various points last fall, the Stallions' head coach is not worried about Corral's commitment to the team.

"I had some great conversations with Matt before we ever signed as we were in the recruiting process in free agency," Stallions' head coach Skip Holtz previously said of Corral following the signing. "And we were on the phone and we were visiting, that was one of the questions I wanted answered: 'What's the commitment level here? Why did things happen in the past the way they happened, and what's going to change moving forward, why are we not going to be in that situation again?'

"But I felt really comfortable in talking with him, and hearing him explain his situation, take ownership for some of the things he could've done better, and why he made the decisions he did and why he's excited about continuing to play."

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