USFL star Victor Bolden Jr talks milestone touchdown, championship game

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Birmingham Stallions wide receiver Victor Bolden Jr. stepped up last week when it counted and elevated the team at the most opportune time in their playoff game against the New Orleans Breakers.

With the game tied 14-14 in the second quarter, Bolden returned a Breakers kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown. It was the first kick-return touchdown of the United States Football League’s first season.

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Birmingham Stallions wide receiver Victor Bolden Jr. (7) returns a kickoff during the first quarter of the USFL Playoff Semifinal game between the New Orleans Breakers and Birmingham Stallions on June 25, 2022, at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton, OH. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

It would give Birmingham a 21-14 lead and help them to an eventual 31-17 win. Birmingham will now get to play the Philadelphia Stars for the USFL championship.

"It means a lot," Bolden told Fox News Digital when asked what it meant to have the milestone score. "Especially when you talk about being a playmaker you always want to come in and do something that will help the team win. It came at the most opportune time. Our special teams unit talked about it before the game that it was going to be really important this week that we helped our offense and defense with field position. I felt great."

Bolden was named to the All-USFL team as a wide receiver and as a special teamer. He had 42 catches for 415 yards and a receiving touchdown along with 618 kick-return yards.

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Victor Bolden Jr. #7 of Birmingham Stallions runs the ball as LaDarius Wiley #4 of