GLENDALE — The Arizona Rattlers on Thursday signed quarterback and 2025 Indoor Football League Most Valuable Player Max Meylor.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Meylor is coming off his best professional season, leading the Green Bay Blizzard to the IFL National Championship Game this past season. He led the league with 3,019 passing yards and 67 TD passes as Green Bay went 10-6 in the regular season.
In three playoff games, Meylor completed 38 of 51 passes for 565 yards and 11 touchdowns before the Blizzard fell in a 64-61 title game setback to the Vegas Knight Hawks.
“We are thrilled to welcome Max to the Arizona Rattlers organization,” Rattlers Head Coach Kevin Guy stated in a press release. “His leadership, work ethic and on-field production are unmatched, and we’re excited for what he brings to the locker room. Max brings a competitive mentality and a track record of excellence that aligns perfectly with our organization’s vision.”
Meylor will enter his fourth season in the IFL in 2026 after a college career at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Matt Loeschman has had two separate stints at Independent Newsmedia. He began as a reporter covering Peoria and later Surprise from 2000-2009. In 2017, he returned to Arizona and INI as the news editor of the Daily News-Sun (now the Phoenix Independent). He previously covered the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League for more than a decade.
Community: During high school football season since 2017, he contributes live postgame radio reports to the AIA Friday Night Football Wrap Up Show. He supports organizations such as Phoenix Children’s, Boys and Girls Clubs of the Valley and the American Cancer Society.
Education: The University of Texas at Austin majoring in Journalism-News and Public Affairs.
Random Fact: He can sing and he has been fortunate to meet many famous people during his journalism career including First Lady Hillary Clinton, King of Country Music George Strait and Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. Attended all 4 home games of the 2001 World Series.
Hobbies: Watching and playing a wide variety of sports, including golf, tennis, pickleball and softball. Playing PlayStation 5, working out, shopping and reading.
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