Tuberville excited for USFL's start, offers advice to players looking for shot at the pros

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The United States Football League (USFL) is ready for kickoff, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is excited to have the league back, especially in his backyard.

The USFL will start Saturday night with the Birmingham Stallions taking on the New Jersey Generals. It will be the first game of the league’s spring season. Each game will be played in Birmingham at Protective Stadium and Legion Field. The games will be broadcast on FOX and NBC.

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) looks at a map during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill March 15, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Tuberville, the former head coach at Auburn and a few other college football programs, told Fox News Digital in a recent interview he was happy for the young players to have an opportunity to go out on the field and prove themselves in the upstart league.

"First of all, it’s good to have it back. I don’t care where it’s at to be honest with you because there’s a lot of kids out there that are just borderline on making it to the big leagues, especially linemen. Linemen take so much of the technique process from college to pro," Tuberville said. "A lot of those guys can’t manage to get their foot in the door and I think it’s really gonna help a lot of those linemen on both sides, but it’ll help every position.

"It’ll give quarterbacks a chance to even improve and get better and have a chance to build some depth. There’s not a lot of depth in quarterbacks in the NFL. The ones behind the first-team quarterback, they never play. I think that’s the big advantage of