SHARKS REPORT: Team Retains Fafaul and Gilchrist, Adds Depth

The Sharks continue to flesh out their 2020 roster with several new additions, while also bringing back two key members of last year’s championship team.

The team has re-signed WR Chris Gilchrist and QB Mike Fafaul. Gilchrist was the MVP of the 2019 title game, scoring two touchdowns while playing as both a receiver and linebacker; he returns for his third season with the Sharks. Fafaul was the team’s quarterback for much of last season’s championship run including the title game; he returns for season two with the team.

The team also announced several other new signings, many of whom will play in the NAL for the first time:

• Offensive lineman Taylor Warner joins the team after stints in the Indoor Football League (IFL) and Gridiron Developmental Football League. Coincidentally, Warner played high school football in Jacksonville, AL.
• Receiver Caleb Holmes joins the Sharks after time in the AFL, IFL, and Supreme Indoor Football (SIF).
• Defensive back Dallas Jackson returns to the team after spending 2019 with the Predators. Jackson, who played at Jacksonville University in college, was a key member of the 2018 Sharks defense.
• All-IFL receiver and Jacksonville native Marquel Wade, re-joins the Sharks after playing with the team briefly in 2017. Wade played football and basketball at Andrew Jackson High School.
• Offensive lineman Marley Conley signs with the team after time in the American Arena League.
• Defensive back Joe Blount joins the Sharks after stints in the IFL and SIF.
• Receiver and kick returner Prince Shonola comes to the Sharks after spending his rookie year with the Carolina Cobras.

Here’s how the Sharks’ depth chart is looking thus far:

QB – Mike Fafaul

FB – Alstevis Squirewell / Zack Brown / Jaleel Brown

WR – Chris Gilchrist / Marquel Wade / Kamrin Solomon / Caleb Holmes / Prince Shonola

OL – Derrick Zeigler / Mike Williams / Jaleel Brown / Justin Cook / Taylor Warner / Marley Conley

DL – Aaron Bellazin / Jonathan Taylor

DB – Tony Goodman / Zack Brown / Fred Williams / Joe Blount / Dallas Jackson

Special teams – Tony Goodman (kick returner) / Prince Shonola (kick returner)