Stockholm Mean Machines signs WR Alpha Jalloh for the Scandinavian Cup
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The Stockholm Mean Machines has announced the recruitment of wide receiver / kick returner Alpha Jalloh for Scandinavian Cup game.
Jalloh will otherwise be suitable for Wasa Royals in Finland’s Maple League in 2022, so he is in practice loaned for Stockholm games in Cup.
The versatile Jalloh makes a difference and in 2021 he played for Leipzig kings in European League of Football, ELF, and was a dreaded kick-back for the team and an AFI All-Europe Team selection. Until the team started kicking away from him, the 28-year-old Jalloh returned 18 kickoffs for a total of 649 yards, including a 100-yard return, for an average of 36 yards a return. He also made three touchdowns.
Follows FAIRY season Jalloh signed on with Bucharest rebels in Romanian football league help them win Romanian championship.
Jallohwho was appointed to AFI All-Pandemic Team 2020, played the last two regular season games for the 2020 season and the playoffs with Mean Machines. He still managed to create problems for the opposing team. In the last two regular season games he took 13 passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns and in the semifinals and championship game he had a total of 321 all-purpose yards, superior tops among all teams.
Before entering Sweden year 2020, Jalloh had just finished playing in Maple League for Royalshelp Royals to the semifinals.
During the shortened season in Finland that year he had a huge impact on Royals. He led all receivers in the league in yardage with 22 catches for 457 yards and five touchdowns, rushed 25 times for 228 yards (9.1 yds / carry) and was also the leading kicker with seven rebounds for 209 yards and he returned five points for 119 yards and a touchdown. And he played defense. He had a team high 187 yards rushing against Kuopio Steelers and 213 yards reception against Helsinki Wolverines.
In 2019, Jalloh helped Mean Machines win his second straight Swedish title and 12th overall and ended the year with Royals. In the six games he played, he got 29 passes for 747 yards and nine touchdowns and led the league in yards per game with 124.5.
6’2 inches. 205 lb native Annapolis, Maryland had an outstanding season with Mean Machines 2019 with 284 yards reception while he returned kicks and played defensive back. He spent the 2018 season with Gothenburg Marvels in Swedish Super Series where he finished as the fourth leading recipient in Sweden with 550 yards receiving, even though he did not have a real starting quarterback all season. He had originally signed on Thonon Black Panthers in France but left after a contract dispute with the club. He spent the 2017 season playing with Swedish champion Carlstad Crusaders where he helped the team win its eighth Swedish championship in a row and made two touchdowns in the title match. As a two-year starting at Freedom (NCAA Div. I, FCS) he served The whole great south awards in 2016. Over the course of his three seasons, he recorded 100 tackles and during his first year, 2014, he had over 400 yards in kickoff rebounds.