1971 Post Draft

After the draft, the last remaining players in the top 25 free agents would find a new home. Longtime Mariners’ S, Jay Shepherd would be headed to Louisville to fill the shoes of recently retired S Johnny Berger. Then, former Thunder LB, Brian O’Flaherty, would land with the Providence Gold Stars on a 2-year deal. The remainder of the offseason would see the rest of the teams fill their rosters with depth pieces as they prepared for training camp. 

There were a couple of trades that also occurred. The London Tigers would grab RB Jonathan Rougeau from the Montreal Rouge in exchange for a 5th Round Pick. Rougeau, a former 4th-round pick, was slipping down the depth chart with Montreal drafting RB Bo Frazier, so they offloaded him to a team needing some depth.

Providence would make the biggest move of the rest of the offseason, acquiring former 1st round pick, OL TJ Overton and LB prospect, Ridley Robertson, from the Indiana Victors in exchange for QB Edwin Hunt, OL Alanzo Tofflers, and DB Mackenzie O’Daniels. The Gold Stars add some much-needed help to the O-line while moving on from QB Edwin Hunt, who has not performed up to his draft position of 15th overall in his first 2 seasons. For Indiana, this is a cap dump with moving Overton, while picking up some younger pieces in Tofflers and Hunt for long-term depth.

Providence would make one last move, grabbing a different 3rd string QB. They would pick up QB Michael Miranda from the Halifax Mariners in exchange for a 5th Round Pick. Also, Minnesota would pick up QB Jimm Kidd in the deal so they can store him on the reserve list.