Current season 2016 Owner(s) Florida Tarpons Group Arena Germain Arena (2012–) | Division Southern (2016) Founded 2012 Based in Estero | |
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League Ultimate Indoor Football League (2012–2014)
X-League Indoor Football (2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
Arena Pro Football (2017–) Team history Florida Tarpons (2012–present) Colors Royal Blue, Red, Sea Blue, Grey, Orange White | ||
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The Florida Tarpons are a professional indoor football team based in Estero, Florida and is currently a member of the Arena Pro Football. They began play in 2012 as an expansion team of the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL). The Tarpons joined the X-League Indoor Football (X-League) during the 2015 season when the UIFL merged with the X-League.
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- Florida tarpons highlights 2 14 16
- 2012 Expansion
- 2016 Move to the AIF
- 2017 Arena Pro Football
- Awards and honors
- Head coaches
- Season by season results
- References
The Tarpons are Estero's second indoor football team; their first since arenafootball2's Florida Firecats which played from 2001 until the af2's demise in 2009. In addition, they are the fourth indoor football team in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area, with them and the Firecats joining the unrelated Fort Myers Tarpons which played in the National Indoor Football League's final season of 2007 and the Florida Stingrays which played the 2008 American Indoor Football Association season. (Both teams played at the Lee County Civic Center). The founders of the Tarpons are Andrew & Leah Haines and Michael & Anna Taylor. The Tarpons play their home games at Germain Arena.
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2012: Expansion
In July 2011, the Tarpons were announced as an expansion team for the 2012 UIFL season. On July 6, 2011, the Tarpons named, UIFL Co-Founder, Michael Taylor, as the team's inaugural head coach. The Tarpons went undefeated during the regular season, and advanced to Ultimate Bowl II after defeating the Lakeland Raiders in the UIFL South Finals. The Tarpons lost Ultimate Bowl II to the Cincinnati Commandos. Four players from the Tarpons 2012 roster were invited/signed to NFL Rookie Mini Camps: DL Joshua Long, WR Dwayne Frampton, DB Willie Williams, and DB E.J. Whitley. WR Carlos Singleton signed with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League after the Tarpons season ended.
2016: Move to the AIF
On October 7, 2015, the Tarpons announced that they were joining American Indoor Football. On July 18, 2016, the AIF ceased operations, leaving the Tarpons without a league.
2017: Arena Pro Football
On October 20, 2016, the Tarpons were added to the Arena Developmental League (ADL) for the league's inaugural 2017 season. However, on November 10, the Tarpons later announced they had joined the new Arena Pro Football (APF) instead and removed any mention of the ADL from their website.
Awards and honors
The following is a list of all Tarpons players who have won league awards:
Head coaches
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2016 American Indoor Football season
Season-by-season results
Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play.
* Season currently in progress
