{"id":193359,"date":"2025-10-06T13:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/193359\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T13:12:12","slug":"triple-crown-winner-cruickshank-joins-ufl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/193359\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple crown winner Cruickshank joins UFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\">After an incredible season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanleague.football\/teams\/madrid-bravos\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madrid Bravos<\/a>, Aron Cruickshank\u2019s performances have attracted major attention from across the Atlantic. The St. Louis Battlehawks of the United Football League have officially signed the standout wide receiver, who dominated the 2025 European League of Football season.<\/p>\n<p>Record-breaking year in Madrid<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\">Cruickshank achieved the rare receiver triple crown, leading the ELF in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns &#8211; and setting new league records in all three categories. His explosive playmaking and consistency made him one of the most exciting players in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IpysPpdSjis?si=nb_4lP_qJtkbLGBy\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"custom-btn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Watch the best touchdowns of the 2025 season here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From ELF to the United States<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\">The 25-year-old, who previously played college football at Rutgers University and spent time in training camps with the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Steelers, used his ELF season as a springboard to a new opportunity in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\">Now, Cruickshank will look to continue his journey and make an impact with the St. Louis Battlehawks in the UFL &#8211; proving once again that Europe\u2019s top league can be a launchpad for international football careers.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upig.de\/micro\/him-der-grosste-aller-zeiten\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/him_1500x180.jpg\" alt=\"HIM Movie\" class=\"hidden md:block rounded-lg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"180\"\/><br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/him_820x180.jpg\" alt=\"HIM Movie\" class=\"block md:hidden rounded-lg\" width=\"820\" height=\"180\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 leading-relaxed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nflgpi.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1110lef3n\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"custom-btn\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Don&#8217;t miss a single NFL game &#8211; Get your Game Pass now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an incredible season with the Madrid Bravos, Aron Cruickshank\u2019s performances have attracted major attention from across the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-193359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}