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Katherine Webb and AJ McCarron: All About Their Relationship and Family AJ McCarron, quarterback for the St. Louis Battlehawks, passes during an XFL game on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, versus the Arlington Renegades.Dilip Vishwanat/XFL

When the St. Louis Battlehawks revealed on Friday that the former Alabama All-American will be rejoining the squad for another spring season, it was the other shoe that dropped for AJ McCarron.

The news came after the Cincinnati Bengals announced on Wednesday that the quarterback had been released by the NFL team, making him a free agent who could join with any team right now.

Last season, McCarron topped the XFL in touchdown passes, completion %, and passing efficiency rating while serving as the quarterback for the St. Louis Cardinals.

St. Louis was among four XFL franchises that joined four USFL franchises to form the United Football League. The UFL teams start training camp later this month, and the inaugural season kicks off on March 30.

When the St. Louis Battlehawks revealed on Friday that the former Alabama All-American will be rejoining the squad for another spring season, it was the other shoe that dropped for AJ McCarron.

The news came after the Cincinnati Bengals announced on Wednesday that the quarterback had been released by the NFL team, making him a free agent who could join with any team right now.

Last season, McCarron topped the XFL in touchdown passes, completion %, and passing efficiency rating while serving as the quarterback for the St. Louis Cardinals.

An All-State football and baseball player at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Mobile, McCarron served as the starting quarterback for two BCS national-championship teams at Alabama. While with the Crimson Tide, McCarron won the Maxwell Award, finished as the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy and set the Crimson Tide’s career records for passing yards and yards of total offense, among other marks.

McCarron was selected by the Bengals in the fifth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played in the NFL for Cincinnati, the Oakland Raiders, and the Houston Texans before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee on August 21, 2021, during an Atlanta Falcons preseason game.
Following the injury, McCarron was unable to play football until he joined the Battlehawks.

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