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UFL Awards: Panthers QB Bryce Perkins named MVP and OPOY
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UFL Awards: Panthers QB Bryce Perkins named MVP and OPOY

Updated Jun. 13, 2025 4:37 p.m. ET

The 2025 UFL Championship is set. 

The Michigan Panthers, who defeated the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL Conference title game, will take on the DC Defenders, who took down the St. Louis Battlehawks in the XFL Conference title game. The championship game will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on Saturday in St. Louis.

Ahead of the title game, the UFL handed out multiple awards for the 2025 season. 

Here's who was honored this year:

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Bryce Perkins, QB, Michigan Panthers

COACH OF THE YEAR: Shannon Harris, DC Defenders

ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR: Fred Kaiss, DC Defenders

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Bryce Perkins, QB, Michigan Panthers

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Pita Taumoepenu, LB, St. Louis Battlehawks

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR: Leon O'Neal Jr., S, Houston Roughnecks

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