The2025 IFL season is the 17th season of theIndoor Football League (IFL). The season began on March 21, 2025, with theJacksonville Sharks defeating theMassachusetts Pirates during the IFL Opening Weekend. The regular season will conclude on July 27. The playoffs start date is to be announced but will conclude with the2025 IFL National Championship, the league's championship game, inTucson Arena at the Tucson Convention Center inTucson, Arizona, on August 23.

The IFL announced that one team would be established:

• On October 24, 2023, the IFL announced the addition of an expansion team inIndianapolis, Indiana who would play at the brand-newFishers Event Center starting in 2025.^[1] On December 15, the team was named theFishers Freight.^[2]

The IFL announced that three teams were going dormant:

• On October 16, 2024, theDuke City Gladiators owner Gina Prieskorn-Thomas announced that the team would be dormant. She stated there were problems with the team's marketing strategies due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in 2020.^[3]
• On October 16, 2024, theFrisco Fighters announced that they would be entering dormant status without specifying why.^[4]
• On October 30, 2024, theSioux Falls Storm announced that they would be going dormant due to their inability to find a secure location to field a team.^[5]

Notable players to change teams included:

• QuarterbacksT. J. Edwards (Frisco to Tulsa), Charles McCullum (Salina to Tucson),^[a] Daquan Neal (Bay Area to Quad City), andDrew Powell (Orlando to Arizona)^[b]
• Running backs Jimmie Robinson (Massachusetts to Jacksonville) and Edward Vander (Quad City to Jacksonville)
• Wide receivers Kentrez Bell (Sioux Falls to Jacksonville), Shaq Curenton (Rapid City to Iowa),^[c] Glen Gibbons Jr. (Arizona to San Antonio),Johnny King (Hamilton to Vegas,^[d] Jordan Kress (San Diego to Fishers), Elijah Lilly (San Diego to Arizona), Phazione McClurge (Frisco to Tulsa), Jerrime Neal (Arizona to Tulsa),J. T. Stokes (Bay Area to Fishers), andTamorrion Terry (Duke City to Vegas)
• Defensive lineman Chima Dunga (Tulsa to Quad City) and Jaylin Swan (Quad City to Fishers)
• Defensive backs Jericho Flowers (Vegas to San Diego), Tyrell Pearson (Frisco to Fishers), Elijah Reed (Sioux Falls to San Diego), Ravarius Rivers (Green Bay to San Antonio) and Shawn Steele II (Green Bay to Fishers)
• KickerErnesto Lacayo (Duke City to San Diego)

• Offensive lineman Johari Branch (UFL – DC), Devin Hayes (CFL – Edmonton), Deiyantei Powell-Woods (CFL – Calgary), andBarry Wesley (UFL – Birmingham)
• Defensive lineman Israel Antwine (UFL – Houston), Atlias Bell (CFL – Toronto), and Daymond Williams (CFL – Toronto)
• Linebacker Jaiden Woodbey (CFL – Winnipeg)
• Defensive backs Latavious Brini (CFL – Winnipeg),Javaris Davis (CFL – Winnipeg), Cyrus Fagan (CFL – Calgary), and Amir Riep (UFL – Memphis)

The following rule changes were approved at the IFL annual league meeting on January 13–14 inPhoenix, Arizona:^[6]

• Anykicked ball that passes through theend zone without touching thefield of play will now be marked at the kicking team’s 20-yard line. The previous adjustment to the 25-yard line has been removed for consistency.
• If a team leading by 14 points or fewer haspossession of the ball during the last minute, they must gain positive yardage; otherwise, the clock will stop. The former rule requiring positive yardage in the final 60 seconds of the game has been reinstated.
• Alinebacker who declares ablitz may nowrush from inside or outside the alley. The league has eliminated the restriction on linebackers blitzing outside of the alley.
• Defensive linemen are now permitted to executetwist moves.
• The 1-yard grace forwide receivers in motion crossing theline of scrimmage has been removed. A receiver’s foot crossing the line at the snap will now be considered afalse start. Other body parts, such as the knee, hand, or head, will not determine the penalty.

The season will be played over a 19-week schedule, beginning on March 21, 2025, and ending on July 27, 2025. Each of the league's 14 teams will play 16 games, with threebye weeks.

The following were named the top performers during the season:

• On October 24, 2023, the IFL announced that a 2025Indianapolis expansion team – later to be named theFishers Freight – would play in theFishers Event Center.^[59]
• On October 1, 2024, the IFL announced a three-year partnership between theSan Diego Strike Force andFrontwave Arena that would start in 2025.^[60]
• On October 20, 2024, theSioux Falls Storm announced that they had been evicted fromDenny Sanford Premier Center after its owners had refused to offer a lease renewal.^[61]
• On October 21, 2024, it was announced thatCasey's bought the naming rights ofWells Fargo Arena. Starting on July 1, 2025, the arena was renamed Casey's Center.^[62]
• On November 7, 2024, the IFL announced a three-year agreement to hold theIFL National Championship at theTucson Convention Center starting in 2025.^[63]

On March 12, 2025, the IFL announced a multi-year partnership with Visaic to launch the IFL Network, a subscription video service that will carry all IFL games live and on-demand. The agreement brings an end to the IFL's broadcasting of its games onYouTube.^[64]

In July the IFL entered into a deal withVictory+ which gave them a national game of the week broadcast.

CBS Sports Network is on the third and final year in a contract to carry the IFL National Championship.^[65]

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• 2025 in American football

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