American football team in Spain
The 2022 Barcelona Dragons season is the second season of the new Barcelona Dragons team in the European League of Football .
Preseason
After a moderate first season, their head coach Adam Rita announced, that he will not return to Barcelona and will become the new head coach of the Catania Elephants .[ 1] [ 2] Panthers Wrocław .[ 3] [ 4] Reus to use their stadion for the 2022 and 2023 season.[ 5] Andrew Weidinger was presented as the new head coach.[ 6]
Regular season
Standings
Source: europeanleague.football
Schedule
Source: europeanleague.football
Play-offs
Attendance
As of September 04, 2022
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
11
Barcelona Dragons
6,152
1,312
897
1,025
−11.9% †
League total
230,391
12,055
300
3,200
+77.5% †
Roster
Awards
ELF Honors 2022 Awards
Player
Position
Award
Andrew Weidinger
HC Coach of the year
Kyle Sweet
WR Offensive Player of the year
ELF All Stars Awards
Player
Position
Award
Kyle Sweet
WR All Stars 1st Team
Alejandro Fernandez
Edge All Stars 1st Team
Zach Edwards
QB All Stars 2nd Team
Michael Sam
Edge All Stars 2nd Team
ELF Honors 2022. Nominees
Player
Position
Award
Zach Edwards
QB Season MVP
Andrew Weidinger
HC Coach of the year
Zach Edwards
QB Offensive Player of the year
Kyle Sweet
WR Offensive Player of the year
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Defensive Player of the year
MVP of the Week
Week
Player
Position
Team
Stat
2
Zach Edwards
QB Barcelona Dragons 3 TD, 1 Int, 202 Yds passing, 108 Yds rushing
12
Zach Edwards
QB Barcelona Dragons 7 TD, 0 Int, 321 Yds passing, 67,7 % pass comp
ELF Stats Leaders. Regular Season
Player
Position
Stat
Value
Zach Edwards
QB Passes Completed
255
Zach Edwards
QB Passing Yards
3325
Zach Edwards
QB Passing TD
36
Zach Edwards
QB Longest TD Pass (yds)
95
Kyle Sweet
WR Receptions
115
Kyle Sweet
WR Targets
164
Kyle Sweet
WR Receiving Yards
1561
Kyle Sweet
WR Receiving TDs
17
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Sack Yards
137
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Forced Fumbles
7
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Fumbles Recovered
3
Niko Lester
S Longest Interception (yds)
97
Player
Position
Nationality
Alejandro Fernandez
DE
Gabriel Rodriguez
OL
Statistics
Team Leaders. Regular Season
Offensive
Player
Position
Stat
Value
ELF Rk
Zach Edwards
QB Passes Completed
255
#1
Zach Edwards
QB Passing Yards
3325
#1
Zach Edwards
QB Passing TD
36
#1
Zach Edwards
QB QB Rating
101.02
#4
Zach Edwards
QB Rushing Att
98
#11
Zach Edwards
QB Rushing Yards
549
#6
Zach Edwards
QB Rushing TDs
4
#12
Kyle Sweet
WR Receptions
115
#1
Kyle Sweet
WR Targets
164
#1
Kyle Sweet
WR Receiving Yards
1561
#1
Kyle Sweet
WR Receiving TDs
17
#1
Defensive
Player
Position
Stat
Value
ELF Rk
Alex "Posito" Gonzalez
LB Tackles Total
79
#16
Anthony Rodrigues
LB Tackles Solo
52
#8
Alex "Posito" Gonzalez
LB Tackles Ast
30
#23
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Sacks
15.5
#2
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Sack Yards
137
#1
Alejandro Fernandez
DE TFL
20.5
#3
Alejandro Fernandez
DE TFL Yards
152
#2
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Forced Fumbles
7
#1
Alejandro Fernandez
DE Fumbles Recovered
3
#1
Jordi Brugnani
CB Interceptions
4
#5
Jordi Brugnani
CB Break Ups
10
#7
Returns
Player
Position
Stat
Value
ELF Rk
Jairus Moll
CB Punt Return Yards
146
#8
Jairus Moll
CB Punt Return Longest
27
#16
Jairus Moll
CB Kickoff Return Yards
375
#12
Jairus Moll
CB Kickoff Return Longest
54
#9
Jairus Moll
CB Return Yards Total
521
#9
Kicking
Player
Position
Stat
Value
ELF Rk
Giorgio Tavecchio
K FG Made
9
#5
Giorgio Tavecchio
K FG %
56.25
#8
Giorgio Tavecchio
K FG Long
46
#7
Giorgio Tavecchio
K PAT Made
39
#2
Giorgio Tavecchio
K PAT %
84.78
#2
Giorgio Tavecchio
K Kickoff Yards
4494
#4
Luis Cereceda
P Punt Yards
1455
#4
Luis Cereceda
P Punt Long
69
#2
Luis Cereceda
P Punt Inside 20
7
#7
Luis Cereceda
P Punt 50+
3
#9
Luis Cereceda
P Punt Avg Yards
38.29
#7
Transactions
In Season Roster moves. Players Signed
23rd Jun : Sergio Barbero QB
16th Jun : Jairus Moll DB
04th Jun : Junior Varela DL
01st Jun : Michael Sam DL
In Season Roster moves. Players Released
02nd Sep : Mathias Hummelmose OL
07th Jul : Aron Sola DE
30th Jun : Ruben Quintana TE
23rd Jun : Luis Sanchez WR
16th Jun : Shawn Wilson DB
04th Jun : Jean Marc Ciocan DL
31st May : Max Nazewicz LB
Staff
Barcelona Dragons (ELF) staff
Front office
Owner – Big Ten Football SL
CEO/GM – Bartolomeo Iaccarino
Director football operations – Jesús Sánchez Head coach
Head coach – Andrew Weidinger
Assistant head coach – Patrick Wennin Offensive coaches
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Andrew Weidinger
Assistant quarterbacks – Mónica Rafecas
Running backs – Patrick Wennin
Wide receivers – Victor Martin
Tight ends – Xavi Gonzalo
Offensive line – Giuliano Cattaneo
Assistant offensive line – Gonzalo Pérez
Defensive coaches
Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Gabriel "Black" Sánchez
Linebacker – Raúl Saavedra
Assistant linebacker – Carla Lasheras
Defensive line – Chase Baker
Assistant defensive line – Marc Aurellano Special teams coaches
Special teams coordinator – Patrick Wennin
Strength and conditioning
Head strength and conditioning – N/A
Notes
^ Intra-Conference games are in bold text
^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
^ Viewers in brackets if available
References
^ @Dragons_BCN (November 11, 2021). "Moltes gràcies per tot, Coach Adam Rita!" (Tweet ) (in Catalan) – via Twitter . ^ "Adam Rita, conosciamo insieme il nuovo HC degli Elephants" . CIF9 (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022 .^ @Dragons_BCN (November 15, 2021). "Àlex González Posito renova per la temporada 2022" (Tweet ) (in Catalan) – via Twitter . ^ @Dragons_BCN (November 20, 2021). "Eduardo Sánchez, signed for the 2022 season" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Los Barcelona Dragons seguirán en Reus hasta 2023" . Mundo Deportivo . Retrieved February 7, 2022 .^ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons sign former NFL assistant Andrew Weidinger as HC" . AmericanFootballInternational.com . March 11, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022 .^ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons release roster for 2022 season" . AmericanFootballInternational.com . May 5, 2022.
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