2025 UFL MVP Energy Rankings: Jordan Ta'amu, Bryce Perkins on prime after Week 5

RJ Younger

FOX Sports activities Nationwide Faculty Soccer Analyst

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?

Here is a take a look at my fifth UFL MVP energy rankings of the season.

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UFL Prime 10 Performs From Week 5

5. St. Louis Battlehawks RB Jacob Saylors

Week 5 stat line: 73 whole yards on 14 touchesWeek 5 outcome: 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 via the primary half of the season. He ranks within the prime 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 yardsWeek 5 outcome: 27-3 win at San Antonio

The Roughnecks gained simply as soon as in 2024. In 2025, they doubled that tally via the primary half of the season and put themselves inside hanging distance of a playoff spot within the USFL Convention after deciding on McClendon as their beginning QB.

Whereas his numbers weren’t eye-popping in Week 5, McClendon’s capability 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 INTWeek 5 outcome: 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 one in all two gamers with a completion share 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 TDsWeek 5 outcome: 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 in opposition to the Battlehawks. The Panthers are nonetheless tied for first place within the USFL Convention and appear to be the favourite to win it.

Had Perkins been Michigan’s Day 1 starter, it’s truthful to ask if his numbers could be higher. He leads the league in completion share 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 INTWeek 5 outcome: 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 in opposition to 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 cross for greater than 1,000 yards via 5 video games (1,213). If the MVP is awarded to the most effective participant on the most effective group, it’s tough 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 Quantity One Faculty Soccer Present.” Comply with him at @RJ_Young and subscribe to “The RJ Younger Present” on YouTube.

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