ARLINGTON, Texas – Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic alumni are playing for a title with nine former standouts on the rosters of the four franchises playing in the 2025 United Football League conference championship games.
 
The Birmingham Stallions lead the way with six Classic alums followed by the DC Defenders, Michigan Panthers and St. Louis Battlehawks with one each.
 
Clemson tops the list with three Classic alums followed by Oklahoma with two and Cincinnati, Michigan State, Missouri and Penn State with one each.
 
The UFL conference championship games are Sunday, June 8 with the Stallions hosting the Panthers in USFL Conference title game at 2 p.m. on ABC and the Battlehawks hosting the Defenders in the XFL Conference title game at 5 p.m. on FOX. The 2025 UFL Championship game at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis is Saturday, June 14 at 7 p.m. on ABC.
 
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GOODYEAR COTTON BOWL CLASSIC ALUMS IN THE 2025 UFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Birmingham Stallions (6)
Mario Goodrich, Clemson
Harrison Melvis, Missouri
Tre Norwood, Oklahoma
Ronnie Perkins, Oklahoma
Amari Rodgers, Clemson
Myjai Sanders, Cincinnati
 
DC Defenders (1)
Montae Nicholson, Michigan State
Cornell Powell, Clemson***
 
Michigan Panthers (1)
B.T. Potter, Clemson
Kenny Willekes, Michigan State***
 
St. Louis Battlehawks (1)
Steven Gonzalez, Penn State
 
***Was a redshirt when his team played in the Cotton Bowl Classic 
^Was injured and/or did not play in the Cotton Bowl Classic