The 2025 UFL Championship game ended with the D.C. Defenders defeating the Michigan Panthers 58-34. Three standout players who previously wore the Kansas City Chiefs‘ uniform led the new spring league champions.
Quarterback Jordan Ta’amu led D.C. to victory with a fantastic performance. He passed for a league record 390 yards, four touchdown passes, and one rushing score. He earned title game MVP honors like his former Chiefs teammate and quarterback room starter, Patrick Mahomes.
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Ta’amu is one of several ex-Chiefs players on the championship-winning team, including wide receiver Cornell Powell and cornerback DeAndre Baker.
“We’re going to put up 80 points for disrespecting our quarterback,” Baker said in an ESPN clip before the game about Michigan quarterback Bryce Perkins being named league MVP. “We know who the real MVP is.”
D.C. scored 58 points, the most ever scored in a UFL game in the league’s short history. All three players made their mark on the league this season and could be candidates to return to the NFL with training camp around the corner.
This article originally appeared on Chiefs Wire: Ex-Kansas City Chiefs players team up to win the 2025 UFL Championship