As the XFL gets ready for a restart, it’s been hosting NFL combine-style workouts in the eight cities that will have teams when the league is reintroduced next year.
One of those workouts took place in Tampa over the weekend, and former Michigan quarterback Ryan Mallett was in attendance, according to a report from Pro Football Talk.
Mallett’s NFL career spanned from 2011 through 2017, last playing with the Baltimore Ravens. Marc Trestman, who will coach the Tampa Bay XFL team, was the offensive coordinator for the Ravens during Mallett’s 2015 and 2016 seasons.
On Saturday, Mallett told Chris Neyenhouse of WTVT FOX13 that other players trying to make the team would “have to match” his hunger in order to do so.
Prior to his NFL career, Mallett played one season at Michigan in 2007, starting 11 games as a freshman while he filled in for an injured Chad Henne, then decided to transfer to Arkansas.
At Michigan, Mallett was 61-of-141 for 892 yards with seven touchdown passes and five interceptions.
When Lloyd Carr retired and Rich Rodriguez took over, Mallett decided he was no longer a fit at Michigan because of the spread offense Rodriguez planned to implement.
After sitting out for a season, Mallett played the final two years of his college career with the Razorbacks. He completed 491-of-814 passes for 7,493 passing yards, 62 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions.
He was selected by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 2011 draft.
In his NFL career, which included a stop in Houston, Mallett played in 21 games. The most he played in a single season was six games with the Texans in 2015, when he was in a battle with Brian Hoyer. Mallett started four games, but was eventually cut from the team due to “punctuality issues” after missing a flight to a game. He was picked up by Baltimore, starting in two more games that season.
For his career, he has a 55.1 completion percentage (190-of-345), and 1,835 passing yards. He threw for nine touchdowns and 10 interceptions, with the longest throw of his career being 48 yards.
First Published July 1, 2019, 10:30 p.m.
