Where Are They Now?
While an iteration of the Nashville Kats still survives in Georgia as the Georgia Force, the Nashville players have moved on to other pursuits. Today, we take a look back at some of our favorite players from the short-lived team.James Baron (OL/DL): This Indiana native started off with the Detroit Lions, then played with the Kats in both iterations. After the breakup, he returned to the Chicago Rush, with whom he played during the three-year interim. Today, though, Baron is a free agent for the AFL and works at many volunteer centers in the Nashville and Chicago communities.Daryl Hammond (WR/LB): The Kats’ 2006 season was the last one Hammond would play before retiring from the AFL. Since then, Hammond’s been practicing his other skills, appearing in various films (Invincible, Hannah Montana: The Movie), and currently working as a counselor and assistant football coach at Tennessee’s Independence High School.Dan Alexander: Before playing for the Nashville Kats, Alexander had played one season with the major-league Tennessee Titans. Post-Kats, he moved to the Rush with fellow teammate James Baron, then transferred to the Alabama Vipers in 2009, playing his first games with them in the 2010 season. Alexander still lives in Franklin, Tennessee in the off-season.T.T. Toliver: Toliver only played one season with the ill-fated Kats, having been traded from the Tampa Bay Storm. He returned in 2007, but, as so many children have told their friends they’ve outgrown, promptly informed coach Tim Marcum that he no longer wanted to play with him. Toliver was released and signed with the Orlando Predators. He recently returned for the 2010 season.Cornelius Bonner: Bonner played with the Kats for two seasons. Before that, he served with the Las Vegas Gladiators and the Chicago Rush (there must have been something in the water there). He headed to the Grand Rapids Rampage for a season in 2007 and then transferred to the Cleveland Gladiators, with whom he remains today.