Jake Swirple

Jake Swirple chose to be a Beaver and now another group of Beavers have chosen him to play at the next level.

Swirple heard his name called during the International Football Alliance’s inaugural 2025 Draft on Saturday by the Alabama, Beavers and will be heading to Huntsville, Alabama to join the Beavers as the IFA kicks off its inaugural season in May.

The 6-team professional league will play an eight-game season with the Alabama Beavers hosting the Tampa Bay Tornadoes on May 31 in week 1. The season concludes July 26.

Other teams include the Dallas Pioneros and San Antonio Caballeros, both in Texas, the Chihuahua Rebellion in Mexico and the Ohio Valley Ironmen in West Virginia.

And the new league also has a seventh team already scheduled to begin play in 2026, the Arkansas Storm.