Former Alabama superstar already leading all quarterbacks as the United Football League kicks off

As our A to Z Cincinnati Bengals beat writer John Sheeran mentioned last month, McCarron made headlines just over a year ago with an MVP season for St. Louis when they were still a part of the XFL (merged with USFL this year to form UFL). The former Cincinnati Bengals fifth round draft pick led the XFL in completion percentage (68.8) and touchdown passes (24) in 2023, the latter being a single-season XFL record.

Despite winning back to back national championships with Alabama back in 2011 and 2012, throwing 46 touchdowns to just eight interceptions in those two years, AJ McCarron couldn't avoid the "game manager" label, falling to round five of the 2014 NFL Draft. Since then he's never been given a fair shot to earn an NFL starting job, and actually washed out of the league following the 2020 season. Thank goodness for the creation of leagues like the XFL, USFL, and now the UFL.

If McCarron continues to find success for his second spring of football in a row he'll have no problem landing back in the NFL. The question will be, where does he land? Back with the Bengals? Somewhere new? And since several teams have such horrible quarterback situations, could McCarron possibly be given his first fair opportunity to start for a full NFL season?

There's a lot of football left to be played this spring, but the former Alabama Football superstar is off to a dominant start in the inaugural season of the United Football League.

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