| Team: | Florida Tuskers |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Record: | 5–3 |
| Division Place: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Jay Gruden |
| General Manager: | Jay Gruden |
| Owner: | Joe Theismann |
| Stadium: | Citrus Bowl |
| Playoffs: | Lost Championship Game (Las Vegas) 23–20 |
| Uniform: | File:UFL-Uniform-FL.png |
| Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 Florida Tuskers season was the second and final season for the Virginia Destroyers as the Florida Tuskers. They finished with a 5–3 regular season record and lost in the 2010 UFL Championship Game to the Las Vegas Locomotives for a second straight season.
Head coach Jim Haslett left the team in January 2010, becoming the new defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins.[1] On February 9, 2010, Jay Gruden was named the team's new head coach and general manager by UFL commissioner Michael Huyghue. On the same day of Gruden's appointment, the Tampa Bay Rays were announced to have sold their interest in the franchise, which meant that all home games for the Tuskers would be played at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando.[2]
Along with the league's other teams, the Tuskers unveiled new uniforms during an event at Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas on July 28, 2010.[3]
See main article: article and 2010 UFL Draft.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | ||||
| 1 | 4 | Weston Dacus | LB | Arkansas | |
| 2 | 9 | Arnold Harrison | LB | Georgia | |
| 3 | 14 | John Standeford | WR | Purdue | |
| 4 | 19 | Erik Pedersen | LB | Portland State | |
| 5 | 24 | Tyrrell Herbert | S | Toledo | |
| 6 | 29 | Adrien Clarke | OL | Ohio State | |
| 7 | 33 | Kevin Harris | FB | Wake Forest | |
| 8 | 37 | Cortez Hankton | WR | Texas Southern | |
| 9 | 41 | Corey Small | DB | Florida Atlantic | |
| 10 | 50 | Chris Perri | DE | Stony Brook | |
| 11 | 54 | Greg Middleton | DE | Indiana | |
| 12 | 58 | Melvin Fowler | C | Maryland | |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | TV | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | ||||||||
| 1 | Saturday, September 18 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Las Vegas Locomotives | W 27–20 | 1–0 | Sam Boyd Stadium | 9,103 | HDNet | |
| 2 | Saturday, September 25 | 11:00 p.m. ET | at Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 20–24 | 1–1 | Hornet Stadium | 20,000 | Versus | |
| 3 | Thursday, September 30 | 6:00 p.m. ET | Las Vegas Locomotives | L 17–20 | 1–2 | Citrus Bowl | 9,053 | Versus | |
| 4 | Saturday, October 9 | 3:00 p.m. ET | at Hartford Colonials | W 33–20 | 2–2 | Rentschler Field | 14,468 | Versus | |
| 5 | Bye | ||||||||
| 6 | Thursday, October 21 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Sacramento Mountain Lions | L 17–21 | 2–3 | Citrus Bowl | 10,066 | HDNet | |
| 7 | Bye | ||||||||
| 8 | Friday, November 5 | 8:00 p.m. ET | Omaha Nighthawks | W 31–14 | 3–3 | Citrus Bowl | 9,203 | HDNet | |
| 9 | Thursday, November 11 | 7:00 p.m. ET | Hartford Colonials | W 41–7 | 4–3 | Citrus Bowl | 9,367 | HDNet | |
| 10 | Friday, November 19 | 8:30 p.m. ET | at Omaha Nighthawks | W 27–10 | 5–3 | Rosenblatt Stadium | 21,106 | HDNet | |
See main article: article and 2010 UFL Championship Game.