The 2025 UFL MVP race continues to choose up steam, with a pair of quarterbacks topping the rankings.
Bryce Perkins has guided the Michigan Panthers to a 3-2 mark, tied atop the USFL Convention, whereas Jordan Ta’amu has the DC Defenders sitting at 4-1, atop the XFL Convention.
The place do Perkins and Ta’amu land in my newest MVP rankings, and is Arlington QB Luis Perez gaining floor within the race?
This is a have a look at my fifth UFL MVP energy rankings of the season.
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UFL High 10 Performs From Week 5
5. St. Louis Battlehawks RB Jacob Saylors
Week 5 stat line: 73 whole yards on 14 touches
Week 5 end result: 32-27 win vs. Michigan
Whereas his manufacturing has dipped in latest weeks, Saylors stays one of the prolific rushers and receivers within the league with 255 speeding yards and 202 receiving yards by means of the primary half of the season. He ranks within the high 10 of every class.
Saylors is tied for first place with Arlington Renegades tailback DeVeon Smith for speeding TDs this season with 4 and ranks simply behind Arlington tailback Kalen Ballage in speeding yards per sport at 51. Ballage, who leads the league in speeding with 276 yards, is inching nearer towards turning into an MVP candidate himself.
4. Houston Roughnecks QB Jalan McClendon
Week 5 stat line: 22-of-31 for 171 passing yards
Week 5 end result: 27-3 win at San Antonio
The Roughnecks received simply as soon as in 2024. In 2025, they doubled that tally by means of the primary half of the season and put themselves inside placing distance of a playoff spot within the USFL Convention after selecting McClendon as their beginning QB.
Whereas his numbers weren’t eye-popping in Week 5, McClendon’s potential to throw the ball downfield and his cool demeanor have modified the angle of an offense that had been stagnant.
Now, with wideout Justin Corridor at his disposal, McClendon has a chance to assist the Roughnecks attain the playoffs for the primary time in a wide-open USFL Convention. Houston is only a sport again of first place.
3. Arlington Renegades QB Luis Perez
Week 5 stat line: 22-of-33 for 268 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Week 5 end result: 37-33 loss vs. D.C.
Perez’s play has been regular all through the season. He’s the one participant to see greater than 100 of his passes finish in completions whereas being simply considered one of two gamers with a completion proportion above 70% within the league.
Given the stability the Renegade offense has proven with the league’s most prolific rusher and its second-most prolific passer, Perez’s efficiency is that rather more spectacular.
2. Michigan Panthers QB Bryce Perkins
Week 5 stat line: 21-of-25 for 235 passing yards, 2 TDs
Week 5 end result: 32-27 loss at St. Louis
Perkins performed his finest sport of the season in Week 5, and that’s saying one thing for a participant who was the two-time Offensive Participant of the Week heading into an elite passing efficiency towards the Battlehawks. The Panthers are nonetheless tied for first place within the USFL Convention and appear like the favourite to win it.
Had Perkins been Michigan’s Day 1 starter, it’s honest to ask if his numbers can be higher. He leads the league in completion proportion at 72.3%, owns a 3-to-1 TD-to-INT ratio and has accounted for 5 whole TDs this season.
1. DC Defenders QB Jordan Ta’amu
Week 5 stat line: 23-of-46 passing for 308 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Week 5 end result: 37-33 win at Arlington
Over the past two weeks, no participant has been extra prolific than Ta’amu. He averaged greater than 300 passing yards per sport throughout this latest stretch, moved the Defenders to 4-1 and has performed his finest ball towards two groups anticipated to compete for the second spot within the XFL Convention title sport behind D.C.
Ta’amu leads the UFL in passing TDs (9) and whole TDs (11) and is the one participant within the league to move for greater than 1,000 yards by means of 5 video games (1,213). If the MVP is awarded to the most effective participant on the most effective workforce, it’s troublesome to argue how anybody may unseat Ta’amu.
RJ Younger is a nationwide faculty soccer author and analyst for FOX Sports activities and the host of the podcast “The Number One College Football Show.” Comply with him at @RJ_Young and subscribe to “The RJ Young Show” on YouTube.
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