Darius Prince (born April 23, 1990) is an

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for Arena Football One (AF1). Before joining the

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of the

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(AAF) in 2019, he played on various indoor football teams including the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks from 2016 to 2017 and the Soul from 2017 to 2018. Prince received 1st Team All-NAL team honors with the Steelhawks and the ArenaBowl MVP Award with the Soul during

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in 2017. He also won championships with the Albany Empire (2022–2023) and was a runner-up for the ArenaBowl in 2024 with the

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and last played for the

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Early life and education

Prince was born on April 23, 1990. During his childhood, he focused on basketball while living with his siblings in

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. For his post-secondary education, Prince was on basketball teams for

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and

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Career

After graduation, Prince switched to football when he could not find a representative to start his basketball career. Prince started his football career when he briefly played with the

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in 2014 and took up semi-professional football in Pittsburgh from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, Prince signed with the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks for the

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. As a member of the Steelhawks from 2016 to 2017, Prince had 20 touchdowns for a total of 718 yards and was named on the 1st Team All-NAL team during the

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. In 2017, Prince switched to the

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to play for the

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. His first games with the Soul was during the

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playoffs. During the two playoff games, Prince totaled 103 receiving yards and received the ArenaBowl MVP Award after his team won

. The following season, Prince had 1076 receiving yards for 24 touchdowns during the

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. In August 2018, Prince went to the

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to play with the

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. During his two preseason games with the Eagles, he scored 3 touchdowns for 103 receiving yards before he was cut from the team in September 2018. In 2019, Prince left the AFL to join the

with the

. He was waived on March 18, 2019. He was added back to the Commanders' rights list and signed to a contract on March 20, and activated to the roster on March 21. After the AAF suspended football operations, Prince re-signed with the

on April 13, 2019. The AFL suspended operations on November 27, 2019. Prince signed with the

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of the XFL on January 8, 2020. He was waived during final roster cuts on January 22, 2020. On April 29, 2021, Prince signed with the Albany Empire of the

(NAL). On January 14, 2022, Prince re-signed with the Empire for the 2022 NAL season. On October 7, 2022, Prince re-signed with the Empire for the 2023 NAL season. On May 8, 2023 he signed with the

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. After beginning the 2025 season with the

, on April 27, 2025, Prince posted a cryptic photo on his Facebook page indicating that he had left the team, which AF1 confirmed along with the departures of nine other Tritons players two days later as part of an ongoing investigation into the Tritons' business practices. On May 1, Prince signed, along with three of the other former Tritons, with the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prince, Darius 1990 births Living people Players of American football from McKeesport, Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Steelhawks players Philadelphia Soul players San Antonio Commanders players American football wide receivers New York Guardians players Orlando Predators (2019–) players Albany Empire (NAL) players Philadelphia Eagles players Erie Explosion players Arena Football League (2024) players Arena Football One (2025) players