2025 Arizona Rattlers season

2025 Arizona Rattlers season
OwnerRon Shurts
General managerJeff Jarnigan
Head coachKevin Guy
Home stadiumDesert Diamond Arena
Results
Record8–5
Conference placeT-3rd in Western

The 2025 season will be the Arizona Rattlers' eighth in the Indoor Football League (IFL), their 32nd overall, and their 16th under head coach Kevin Guy.

Staff

2025 Arizona Rattlers staff

Front office

  • Majority owner/CEO – Ron Shurts
  • President – Kevin Guy
  • General manager – Jeff Jarnigan
  • Team operations – Maurice Brown
  • Director for football operations – Peyton Riggs

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Peyton Riggs
  • Running backs – Dante Moses
  • Offensive line – Kevin Ashak
Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Maurice Brown

Coaching staff
Front office
Ownership

Roster

2025 Arizona Rattlers roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

  •  7 Isaiah Huston
  •  2 Jamal Miles
  •  9 Corey Reed Jr.
  •  6 Yo'Heinz Tyler

Tight ends (TE)

  • None
Offensive linemen (OL)
  • 69 Que Baker-McCaulay
  • 79 Kordell Brewster
  • 57 Michael Brown
  • 78 Kristopher Stroughter

Defensive linemen (DL)

  • 92 Isaiah Coe
  • 97 James Nyamwaya
  • 27 Kevin Simes Jr.
  • 91 Rashawn Yates
Linebackers (LB)
  • 53 Jalen Campbell
  • 52 Va Lealaimatafao

Defensive backs (DB)

  • 24 Omari Alexander
  • 28 Ethan Caselberry
  • 21 Rashie Hodge
  • 22 Isaiah Huff
  •  8 Davontae Merriweather
  • 15 Deontae Overstreet

Special teams (ST)

  •  4 Dawson Evitts K

Reserve

  • 99 Jaylon Bass DL (IR)
  • -- Michael Boykin DL (DNR)
  •  3 Shannon Brooks RB (PUP)
  • 17 Trey Dixon WR (IR)
  • 78 Isame Faciane OL (IR)
  •  9 Trae'varis Ferrell LB (IR)
  • -- Shaun Lewis DB (Susp.)
  • -- Juan Lua DB (Susp.)
  • 13 Jaiave Magalei QB (IR)
  • 53 Chris Martinez OL (IR)
  • 62 Noel Ofori-Nyadu OL (IR)
  • -- Deiyantei Powell-Woods OL (Left squad)
  • -- Kameren Stewart OL (DNR)
  • 12 Darren Wilson WR (IR)
Rookies in italics
25 active (5 exempt), 11 reserve

Regular season

Schedule

The IFL schedule was announced on October 31, 2024.[1]

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 Bye
2 March 30 Tucson Sugar Skulls W 56–28 1–0 Desert Diamond Arena Recap
3 April 6 at Green Bay Blizzard W 51–47 2–0 Resch Center Recap
4 April 12 San Antonio Gunslingers W 63–55 3–0 Desert Diamond Arena Recap
5 Bye
6 April 26 Northern Arizona Wranglers W 49–20 4–0 Desert Diamond Arena Recap
7 May 3 at Tucson Sugar Skulls L 35–42 4–1 Tucson Arena Recap
8 May 10 Bay Area Panthers W 53–48 5–1 Desert Diamond Arena Recap
9 May 17 Vegas Knight Hawks W 50–47 6–1 Desert Diamond Arena Recap
10 May 24 at Northern Arizona Wranglers Findlay Toyota Center
11 May 31 at Vegas Knight Hawks Lee's Family Forum
12 June 7 at Jacksonville Sharks VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
13 June 14 Tucson Sugar Skulls Desert Diamond Arena
14 June 21 at Bay Area Panthers SAP Center
15 June 28 Green Bay Blizzard Desert Diamond Arena
16 Bye
17 July 12 San Diego Strike Force Desert Diamond Arena
18 July 19 at San Antonio Gunslingers Freeman Coliseum
19 July 27 at San Diego Strike Force Frontwave Arena
Notes:
* Intra-conference opponents are in bold text.
Legend:
 –  Light green background indicates a victory.
 –  Light red background indicates a loss.

Game summaries

Week 2: vs. Tucson Sugar Skulls

Week 2: Tucson Sugar Skulls at Arizona Rattlers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Sugar Skulls 0 0 000
Rattlers 0 0 000

at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona

  • Date: March 30, 2025
  • Game time: 3:05 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: None (indoor arena)
  • TV: IFL Network
Game information

Standings

Western Conference
W L PCT GB CONF PF PA STK
Bay Area Panthers 10 2 .833 1.0 4–2 - - W4
San Diego Strike Force[a] 8 4 .667 3.0 3–4 - - W5
8 5 .615 5–1 - - W2
Vegas Knight Hawks 8 5 .615 2.0 2–2 - - W2
Tucson Sugar Skulls[a] 6 7 .462 3.0 2–3 - - W1
San Antonio Gunslingers 3 10 .231 4.0 2–2 - - L4
Northern Arizona Wranglers 1 12 .077 5.5 0–5 - - L6

Notes

  1. ^ a b San Diego holds the tiebreaker over Tucson by conference record.

References

  1. ^ Van Beek, Eric (October 31, 2024). "2025 IFL SCHEDULE RELEASED". Indoor Football League. Retrieved February 24, 2025.