AUDL Reset: Mazur + Vallee in LA, Strong Breeze, Hecht In Oakland


March 22, 2023
By Adam Ruffner

Mazur And Vallee Additions Continue Strong Offseason For LA

Having already signed AUDL veterans Pawel Janas, Daniel Brunker, Devin Cox, and Zac Schakner in free agency this offseason, the Los Angeles Aviators continued to bulk up their roster by inking one of Chicago’s top defenders Jason Vallee and re-adding Chris Mazur

After spending the past two years in Dallas and San Diego, Mazur returns to LA for the first time in five years. Mazur was a member of the 2018 Aviators that qualified for the franchise’s lone Championship Weekend appearance. He led the team in assists (53) that season, and set a franchise single-game high with nine assists against the Spiders in Week 6

As a D-line handler for the Growlers last season, Mazur provided an important anchor for the counterattack. The Aviators had a bottom five break rate in the AUDL in 2022, and could benefit greatly from Mazur’s presence quarterbacking D-line drives. 

Vallee is coming off of a career year with the Union, posting personal bests in assists, completions, blocks, throwing yards, and points played in his fourth season as a pro. Now reunited with Janas on the West coast, Vallee gives LA a versatile handler defender with championship experience. 

A workhorse in coverage and on the counterattack as a handler, Vallee finished with the fifth most defensive points played in the AUDL in 2022. He's equipped with exceptional footspeed and hops, making him a tough matchup for virtually any offensive position, and a valuable block getter (13 blocks in ‘22). The Aviators ranked second to last in takeaways last year, ahead of only Detroit, so Vallee’s presence will be felt immediately in LA.

DC Re-Signs Norrboms, Add McCutcheon

Two brothers who also share the same throwing DNA are back for the DC Breeze with the return of Zach and Gus Norrbom. Gus did not play for the team last season, having posted a 118:1 completion-to-throwaway ratio and over 1500 throwing yards for the Breeze in 2021. The two serve as bold exclamation points on the quality and depth of DC’s potential offensive throwing rotation.

But the bigger signing might prove to be the addition of defensive stalwart Charlie McCutcheon from Carolina. McCutcheon led all Flyers defenders in blocks last season, and has been one of the best single coverage and lane defenders over the past several seasons. He is the type of defender that can offer solutions in big game matchups, and potentially a piece that can help solve the puzzle of a New York lineup that features Ryan Osgar, Jack Williams, Charles Weinberg, Elliott Chartock, and Solomon Rueschemeyer-Bailey.

Spiders Sign Mac Hecht

With Colorado looking to maintain its spot at the top of the West, and Salt Lake, San Diego, and Los Angeles all reloaded for playoff runs, it’s hard to know where to put a fast developing Oakland Spiders team in the hierarchy of the division. Their 0-5 start to last season, coupled with the presence of three new expansion teams in 2022, mired them in the bottom part of the standings, and clouded over a young team budding with talent. 

But with their talented throwing core of Justin Norden, Evan  Magsig, and Chris Lung re-signed for 2023, and now former Team USA U24 star handler Mac Hecht onboard, the Spiders suddenly have an interesting ceiling ahead of their new season. It’s hard to know where or how Hecht will fit in, but his pure throwing power is undeniable. In his lone appearance for the Detroit Mechanix last season, Hecht threw four assists on 25-of-26 throws and eclipsed 300 passing yards in the game

Full list of announced signings for 2023 season

Atlanta
Hayden Austin-Knab
Parker Bray
Justin Burnett
JP Burns
Trip Crowley
Karl Ekwurtzel
Michael Fairley
Christian Gaeta
Tannon Hedges ^
Brett Hulsmeyer
Matthew Knowles
Jeremy Langdon
Bobby Ley
Lukas McClamrock
Christian Olsen
Dean Ramsey
Tyler Randall
Bradley Seuntjens
Matt Smith
Trenton Spinks
Austin Taylor
Kennith Taylor
Max Thorne

Austin
Matthew Armour
Reese Bowman
Eric Brodbeck
Eric Carter
Noah Chambers
Brandon Dial ^

Mark Evans
Kyle Henke
Mark Henke
Elliott Moore
Jake Radack
Jake Reinhardt
Tyler Reinhardt ^
Jacob Sames
Evan Swiatek
Mick Walter
Shane Worthington ^
Joey Wylie

Boston
Turner Allen
Chris Bartoli
Orion Cable
Simon Carapella *
Jay Clark ^
Gabe Colton ^
Cole Davis-Brand 
Gustav Haflin
Tanner Halkyard ^
Luca Harwood
Wyatt Hellman *
Rocco Linehan ^
Brendan McCann
Cole Moore
Benjamin Sadok
Ray Tetreault
Ivan Tran

Chicago
Eli Artemakis
Ross Barker
Jace Bruner
John Jones
Sam Kaminsky
Jerry Kelly
Asher Lantz
Reid Martin
Nick Pappas
Milan Rivas
Jack Shanahan
Andrew Sjogren ^

Colorado
Joe Anderson
Alex Atkins
Quinn Finer
Jay Froude
Jonathan Nethercutt
Cody Spicer
Calvin Stoughton *

Dallas
Emmanuel Bilolo
Myles Cooper
Connor DeLuna
Jason Hustad
Brandon Malecek
Kevin Richardson
Brooks Wallace
Alec Wilson Holliday
Mason Wuensch

DC
Rhys Bergeron
David Bloodgood
Christian Boxley
Garrett Braun ^
David Cranston
Moussa Dia
Thomas Edmonds ^
Alexandre Fall
Frederick Farah
Kris Harrison ^
Troy Holland
Cole Jurek ^
Jeremy Knopf
Brandon Lamberty
Jonny Malks
Charlie McCutcheon ^
Joe Merrill ^
Tyler Monroe
Jacques Nissen
Gus Norrbom ^
Zach Norrbom
Andrew Roy ^
Jasper Tom
Luke Rehfuss
Steven Wartinbee
Jeff Wodatch

Detroit
Colin Beauregard *
Carson Chamberlain
Joseph Cubitt
Jack Havey
Jake Kenniv
Trevor Polisuk-Balfour
Aaron Schwieterman
Caleb Stanish
Bryan Walsh
Chris Walsh

Houston
Brendan Adams ^
Cam Albin *
Mark Baldauf *
Aaron Barcio *
Dane Bossert *
Matt Bennett ^
Connor Bryant *
Zachary Cotter ^
Martin Cruz *
Caleb Dixon *
Xavier Fuzat *
Francisco Gomez ^
Brian Gfroerer ^
Max Grove ^
Steven Kelly *
Kevin Land *
Ben Lewis ^
Brandon Lin *
Matt Lyle *
Elliot Sakach *
Jordan Salazar *
John Shelley *
Connor Ughetta ^
Jimmy Zuraw ^

Indianapolis
Jeremiah Branson *
Cameron Brock
Jeffrey Burris
Joey Cari ^
Travis Carpenter
Ben Close *
Joel Close *
Lucas Coniaris
Cam Copeland *
Jacob Fella
Jack Galle *
Sam Good *
Rick Gross
Seth Gudeman
Drew Happe
Fletcher Hare
Carter Hawkins
Conner Henderson ^
Luke Huffman
Nick Hutton
Levi Jacobs
Jeremy Keusch
Ben Landry
Keegan North
Xavier Payne
Will Quigley *
Carter Rae
Colin Ringwood
William Wettengel *

Los Angeles
Daniel Brunker ^
Chris Cogswell
Sam Cook
Devin Cox ^
Eddie Finley
Kevin Goldberg
Pawel Janas ^
Nate Kirchhofer
Michael Kiyoi
Ian Ladner
Chris Mazur ^
Matt Miller
Andrew Padula
Nate Ransom
Milan Ravanell
Garrett Santi
Zac Schakner ^
Everest Shapiro
Mitchell Steiner
Cy Toriello *
Jason Vallee ^
Brandon Van Deusen
Aaron Weaver

Madison
Kelsen Alexander
Thomas Coolidge
Kai DeLorenzo
Henry Goldenberg
Brian Hart ^
Sterling Knoche
Victor Luo
Kai Marcus
Luke Marks
Andrew Meshnick
Kevin Pettit-Scantling
Ted Schewe
Joshua Wilson

Minnesota
Marty Adams
Tanner Barcus ^
Sam Berglund *
Bret Bergmeier
Colin Berry
William Brandt
Will Casperson ^
Abe Coffin
Dylan DeClerck
Marco Dregni
Noah Hanson
Michael Jordan
Paul Krenik
Becker Mathie *
Brandon Matis
Quinn Snider
Tyler Thomegreene
Tristan Van de Moortele

Montreal
Brandon Adibe ^
Malik Auger-Semmar
Jacob Duquette
Eliott Heloir
Thomas Lalonde-Landry

Kevin Quinlan
Antoine Rousseau
Desmond Staples ^

Christophe Tremblay-Joncas
Simon Walker ^

New York
Jeff Babbitt
Marques Brownlee
Elliott Chartock
Antoine Davis
Ben Jagt
Ben Katz
John Lithio
Ryan Osgar
John Randolph
Solomon Rueschemeyer-Bailey
Charles Weinberg
Jack Williams

Oakland
Raekwon Adkins *
Conor Bauman
Wyatt Berreman
Matthew Burke
Dexter Clyburn *
Matthew Crawford
Jackson De Campos *
Brandon Fein
Walker Frankenberg *
Mac Hecht ^
Aaron Hom *

Kushal Khangaonkar
Keenan Laurence
Chris Lung
Evan  Magsig
Gavin May
Dylan Nice *
Justin Norden
Mitchell Sayasene
Morgan Sommer
Robin Vickers Batzdorf
Max Williams
Patrick Xu

Philadelphia 
Mike Campanella
CJ Colicchio ^
Greg Martin
Sean Mott
Eric Nardelli
Paul Owens
Brandon Pastor
James Pollard
Jordan Rhyne
Alex Thorne
Eric Witmer

Pittsburgh
Max Sheppard

Portland
Quinn Buermeyer
Eli Friedman
Jake Johnson
Jonathan Lee
Ke'ali McCarter
Josh Moore
Scott Radlauer
Jon Snyder
Brian Stout

Salt Lake
Ben Ashton
Zach Burnside *
Logan Clarke
Sean Connole
Simon Dastrup *
Max Dehlin
Jace Duennebeil
Braden Eberhard
John Hanni *
Jonny Hoffman
Nathan Huff
Jacob Jahnke *
Elijah Jaime ^
Jordan Kerr
Eugene L'Heureux
Jacob Miller
Tony Mounga
Porter Oyler
Will Selfridge
Devon Terry
Kyle Weinberg
Jensen Wells
Chad Yorgason
Luke Yorgason

San Diego
Travis Dunn
Maxwell Hume
Paul Lally
Bryce Lozinski
Steven Milardovich
Jordan Queckboerner
Kyle Rubin
Michael Tran

Seattle
Tarik Akyuz
Corbin Atack *
Louie Bertoncin
Jack Brown
Khalif El-Salaam ^
Peter Geertz-Larson
Tony Goss *
Dominic Jacobs
Ocean Hines
Parker Howard ^
Alex Kabat *
Jamie Kauffman
Kenny Lane III
Peter Lenz *
Brandon Li *
Tommy Lin
Spencer Lofink
Dante Lopez-Escarez
Garrett Martin ^
Derek Mourad ^
Marc Munoz
Leander Ramirez
Kamal Raslan *
Zeppelin Raunig
Chris Roach
Emmet Shipway *
Jacob Shoyer ^
Jordan Smith
Kota Sugahara
Isaac Tan *
Tony Venneri
Nate Wipfler *
David Zhou

Toronto
Zachary Armstrong
Ty Barbieri ^
Geoff Bevan ^
Curtis Campbell ^
Chris Chan
Luc Comiré
Jeremy Hill ^
Kelvin Huang
Kevin Jay
James Lewis
Wilkie Lewis
Mike Mackenzie ^
Keith McRae
Eli Park
Ryan Poloz
Travis Puckrin
Oscar Stonehouse
Rhys Toogood ^
Phil Turner
Daniel Wong

* Rookie
^ New addition/did not play for team in 2022
Italics means the player signed within the last week

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