Samuels to return? Looks that way

Will Lawrence Samuels (AKA Mr. Storm) return next year for a 16th AFL season?

It's starting to look like he will.

According to a report in the Mobile (Ala.) Press-Register, Samuels, a record-setting WR/LB, has told the Storm coaching staff he will return in 2009.

"I feel if I had left after this year, it would have left a bad taste in my mouth," Samuels told the paper. "I told the coaches I'm coming back to give it one more chance to try and win another championship. That's the way I want to end my career, with a championship."

The AFL's all-time leading receiver with 1,022 receptions, the 38-year-old Samuels has played all but one of his AFL seasons with the Storm (He played for New Jersey in 2001). This past season, he had 121 catches for 1,191 yards and 16 touchdowns. On defense, he intercepted four passes, giving him 32 for his career.