Every now and then, someone in the Philadelphia Liberty discord server will ask about team records. Someone else will give them the best answer they can, drawing from the index, the wiki or their own memory. But a properly maintained collection of Liberty records didn't exist. Until now.
I was listening to Bex's podcast, and she mentioned the NOLA top 10 lists that JuOSu keeps. Here's the most recent one if you want to check it out. After reading it, I decided to create a similar thing for the Liberty. It took me ages, so if you play for New Orleans you should thank JuOSu, and if you play for a different team that has someone track stats/records you should go thank them.
I compiled the career leaders in every major statistical category, and will talk a little about each of them in this article. I'd like to compile the best individual seasons, award nominations/wins etc. too, and hopefully will do at some point. I'll save that for a later article.
Disclaimer: It's easiest for me to update the stats once a season, at the end of the season, so all stats are correct as of the end of S21 and don't include S22 stats.
Passing
Adriana Falconi has more attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions than any other Liberty player, having been Philadelphia's starting quarterback for nine seasons from S11-S19. No other player has been Philadelphia's starting quarterback for more than three seasons, with Clifford Rove having quarterbacked the Liberty from S3 to S5 and Tyler Oles from S6 to S8. Oles' three seasons at quarterback were hugely impressive, but Falconi's longevity allowed her to accrue more than double Oles' passing yards and touchdown totals.
Brock Phoenix, Philadelphia's current starting quarterback, is entering his third season as the starter and will need to play at a high level for many, many seasons to have a chance of dethroning Falconi. However, two or more seasons of good quarterback play could see Phoenix move up to 2nd or 3rd all-time in many of these categories.
Rushing
33 different players have recorded a rushing attempt for Philadelphia, the most notable being Marquise Brown. Brown ran for over 7000 yards in his five seasons with the Liberty, and was named co-MVP along with Joliet Christ and Julian O'Sullivan in S13.
Several active players are among the top 20 rushers, and Brock Phoenix just misses out at 21st all-time. Sam Torenson is 2380 rushing yards behind Brown after eclipsing the 5k mark during S21, and will have Brown in his sights after recording more than 1300 rushing yards in each of the last two seasons. Farley Hank became the Liberty's 5th all-time rusher before being traded to Chicago for the pick Philadelphia turned into Brandon Booker, and if he can find his way back to Philadelphia Hank has a chance to move up the list. Fuzzy Dotson, Philadelphia's current RB2, is sat in 16th and is poised to shoot up the list with the increased workload he's had since Hank was traded.
Receiving
Fox North leads the 56 players to catch a pass for Philadelphia with 9277 receiving yards. Those 9277 receiving yards also mean that North leads the Liberty in total scrimmage yards - Marquise Brown sits just behind him at 8573 yards from scrimmage. North also leads Liberty players in receiving touchdowns with 60, but Brown has the lead in total touchdowns with 70 (57 rushing touchdowns, 12 receiving touchdowns and a kickoff return touchdown).
Hall of Fame tight end Paul DiMirio leads Philadelphia in career receptions, while Hall of Fame wide receiver Josh Garden's five seasons with the Liberty were enough to see him reach 5th, 6th and 5th respectively in career receptions, career receiving yards and career receiving touchdowns for the team.
There are again several active Philadelphia players among the top 20. Most notably there's Nacho Varga, who has accumulated almost 6000 yards in his seven seasons with the team. Varga is 4th in career receiving touchdowns and catching three touchdown passes in S22 will see him reach #3.
Randy Vuxta is 11th in career receiving yards after just two seasons with the team, starting his career off brightly and building on it so far in S22. Just behind him is receiving back Fuzzy Dotson, who leads the team in catches so far in S22. Running back Sam Torenson is 10th all-time in catches, while he and tight end Avon Blocksdale Jr. are 17th and 19th respectively in career receiving yards.
Tackles
Lennox Garnett, who played eleven seasons for the Liberty before retiring at the end of the S21 season, leads Philadelphia in career tackles with a hugely impressive 826. His 148 games played is another Liberty record - he and Drew Davidson (more on him soon) are the only players to have eclipsed Adriana Falconi's 122 games played for Philadelphia.
Richard D'Attoria V is the only active Liberty player to make the top 20, and the safety is second for career tackles with 673. D'Attoria V has averaged more tackles per game (7.3) than Garnett (5.6) did during his career, and so D'Attoria V certainly has the potential to eventually overtake Garnett.
Emondov Emoji is 8th all-time, having amassed 409 tackles in his seven seasons for Philadelphia (after which he was drafted by the Honolulu Hahalua in the S22 expansion draft). Julian McMorris is tied with Drew Davidson for 10th place with 319 career tackles, and was on course to climb higher up the rankings prior to his early retirement.
Among active Liberty players, particular attention should be paid to linebacker Warren Stephens. Stephens had 112 tackles in S21, his rookie year, and is 2nd in the NSFL for tackles so far this season. Expect him to rapidly ascend these rankings for as long as he plays for Philadelphia.
Drew Davidson retired with 79 tackles for loss (TFLs), while no other player has passed 50. ILove Gimmy is the most notable active player with regards to TFLs, with his 30 career TFLs good for 5th all-time.
No Philadelphia player has recorded more than one career safety. The six players to record a safety are Eli Kamaka, Brock Weathers III, Vikian Marmeladov, Perry Tucker, Drew Davidson and Ottokar Von Gerhardt.
Sacks
Philadelphia's all-time sack leader is llinebacker Jaylon Lee, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2029. Lee played six seasons for the Liberty, and his eight career forced fumbles are tied with Richard D'Attoria V for 1st all-time. Eli Kamaka recorded 50 sacks in his Liberty career, made even more impressive by the fact that he began his career as an offensive lineman before switching to the other side of the line after S3.
Looking at active players, D'Attoria V finds himself ranked highly in this list too. His 33 career sacks are enough for 5th all-time, and five more sacks will be enough to gain sole possession of 4th place. The two other active players in the top 20 are ILove Gimmy and Wayne Howyanow, who both have 14 career sacks going into S22.
Interceptions
Unsurprisingly, Lennox Garnett has caught the most interceptions as a Liberty player, recording 37 in his career - 13 more than any other player. Richard D'Attoria V has 20, and D'Attoria V's longevity gives him a good chance to overtake Vikian Marmeladov for 2nd all-time behind Garnett. Surpassing Garnett would require incredible production (Garnett averaged an interception every 4 games) over a very long career and this record looks incredibly difficult to beat.
Garnett is also 1st for passes defended, recording 113 across his career. Emondov Emoji comes agonisingly close with 110, while Julian McMorris was defending passes at an incredible rate (1.29 PDs per game compared to Garnett's 0.76) and would certainly be higher than 4th had he had a longer career.
Lennox Garnett and Vikian Marmeladov share the lead for career defensive touchdowns, each having recorded six in their careers. The only active Philadelphia players to have scored defensive touchdowns are Richard D'Attoria V (2) and Stuart Little IV (1).
Disclaimer: I am operating under the assumption that all defensive TDs scored were interception returns as all the ones I checked were - that's why they are in this category. Compiling this list took long enough without going through the play-by-play of all 300+ games Philadelphia has played to verify all of the defensive touchdowns.
Offensive Line
For a list with seven players, this was actually surprisingly difficult to put together. I wanted to avoid recording offensive line bot statistics here, because then the list would be dominated by bots. So I went through every NSFL draft and checked each draft against each offensive lineman who'd played for Philadelphia in order to determine which were actually human players. Micah Hendrix amassed 114 pancake blocks while only allowing six career sacks - numbers that put him 1st and tied for 1st in the two categories. It's fair to conclude that Micah Hendrix was the best OL in Liberty history, but with Simon Tremblay and Kevin Malone in the DSFL there are two talented young players who could dethrone Hendrix after being called up to the NSFL.
The most notable players on this list, Micah Hendrix and Eli Kamaka, are more famous for their exploits after switching positions. Hendrix played a further 4 seasons for Philly as a linebacker, while Kamaka played five more as a defensive tackle. Hendrix is 9th for career tackles (395) and 7th for career sacks (32), while Kamaka is 2nd for career sacks (50).
Three of the users who controlled the early Philadelphia offensive line are still in the league. Micah Hendrix was HalfEatenOnionBagel's player, who now controls Osiris Firestorm-Fjord, cornerback for the Chicago Butchers. Eli Kamaka was PDXBaller's player, who now controls Reginald Covington III, quarterback for the Kansas City Coyotes. Finally, Sammy Walters was controlled by PointGod, who's current player is Myrtle Beach Buccaneers QB Chris Ramos.
Kicking
The two standout players on this list are Stephen Harris and Kulture Fulture, who both had long and successful careers in Philadelphia. Harris scored more points than Fulture, but in more games and Fulture was slightly more efficient (converting 97% of his extra point attempts to Harris' 95.5%, and converting 92.4% of field goals compared to 92.1% for Harris).
Venus Powers is the only active player on the list, though Baxter Frost recreated as a terrible cornerback-turned-running-back and for some reason HO gave him an expansion team (seriously?). Powers was a S20 Pro Bowl selection and won Punter of the Year in S21 before being drafted by Honolulu in the S22 expansion draft.
I didn't do a punting category because I forgot to. I'll add it another time. Maybe it will get its own article?
spoiler: it won't
Special Teams
Apparently being the all-time leader in games played, tackles, interceptions, passes defended and defensive touchdowns wasn't enough for Lennox Garnett, who is also the all-time leader in kick returns, kick return yards, longest kick return (jointly held with Damien Kroetch) and kick return touchdowns. Kroetch and Tyler Oles are the two other players with multiple kick return touchdowns, with two each. Oles also managed the highest average yards per kick return, with 30.64.
Emondov Emoji is the only player to have more than one punt return touchdown (he has two), and his 126 punt returns, 1219 punt return yards and a longest punt return of 88 yards are all team highs. Nacho Varga's 11.96 average punt return yards is 1st all-time.
Eight players have blocked a punt - the most notable being Fox North, Drew Davidson, Richard D'Attoria V and Tyler Oles, while only one player has ever blocked a field goal or extra point for Philadelphia. Frank Fort holds that honour, having blocked a field goal in S14.
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I'll do a recap after the end of the season, with S22 players and stats added. And hopefully single-season records too.
I was listening to Bex's podcast, and she mentioned the NOLA top 10 lists that JuOSu keeps. Here's the most recent one if you want to check it out. After reading it, I decided to create a similar thing for the Liberty. It took me ages, so if you play for New Orleans you should thank JuOSu, and if you play for a different team that has someone track stats/records you should go thank them.
I compiled the career leaders in every major statistical category, and will talk a little about each of them in this article. I'd like to compile the best individual seasons, award nominations/wins etc. too, and hopefully will do at some point. I'll save that for a later article.
Disclaimer: It's easiest for me to update the stats once a season, at the end of the season, so all stats are correct as of the end of S21 and don't include S22 stats.
Passing
Adriana Falconi has more attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions than any other Liberty player, having been Philadelphia's starting quarterback for nine seasons from S11-S19. No other player has been Philadelphia's starting quarterback for more than three seasons, with Clifford Rove having quarterbacked the Liberty from S3 to S5 and Tyler Oles from S6 to S8. Oles' three seasons at quarterback were hugely impressive, but Falconi's longevity allowed her to accrue more than double Oles' passing yards and touchdown totals.
Brock Phoenix, Philadelphia's current starting quarterback, is entering his third season as the starter and will need to play at a high level for many, many seasons to have a chance of dethroning Falconi. However, two or more seasons of good quarterback play could see Phoenix move up to 2nd or 3rd all-time in many of these categories.
Rushing
33 different players have recorded a rushing attempt for Philadelphia, the most notable being Marquise Brown. Brown ran for over 7000 yards in his five seasons with the Liberty, and was named co-MVP along with Joliet Christ and Julian O'Sullivan in S13.
Several active players are among the top 20 rushers, and Brock Phoenix just misses out at 21st all-time. Sam Torenson is 2380 rushing yards behind Brown after eclipsing the 5k mark during S21, and will have Brown in his sights after recording more than 1300 rushing yards in each of the last two seasons. Farley Hank became the Liberty's 5th all-time rusher before being traded to Chicago for the pick Philadelphia turned into Brandon Booker, and if he can find his way back to Philadelphia Hank has a chance to move up the list. Fuzzy Dotson, Philadelphia's current RB2, is sat in 16th and is poised to shoot up the list with the increased workload he's had since Hank was traded.
Receiving
Fox North leads the 56 players to catch a pass for Philadelphia with 9277 receiving yards. Those 9277 receiving yards also mean that North leads the Liberty in total scrimmage yards - Marquise Brown sits just behind him at 8573 yards from scrimmage. North also leads Liberty players in receiving touchdowns with 60, but Brown has the lead in total touchdowns with 70 (57 rushing touchdowns, 12 receiving touchdowns and a kickoff return touchdown).
Hall of Fame tight end Paul DiMirio leads Philadelphia in career receptions, while Hall of Fame wide receiver Josh Garden's five seasons with the Liberty were enough to see him reach 5th, 6th and 5th respectively in career receptions, career receiving yards and career receiving touchdowns for the team.
There are again several active Philadelphia players among the top 20. Most notably there's Nacho Varga, who has accumulated almost 6000 yards in his seven seasons with the team. Varga is 4th in career receiving touchdowns and catching three touchdown passes in S22 will see him reach #3.
Randy Vuxta is 11th in career receiving yards after just two seasons with the team, starting his career off brightly and building on it so far in S22. Just behind him is receiving back Fuzzy Dotson, who leads the team in catches so far in S22. Running back Sam Torenson is 10th all-time in catches, while he and tight end Avon Blocksdale Jr. are 17th and 19th respectively in career receiving yards.
Tackles
Lennox Garnett, who played eleven seasons for the Liberty before retiring at the end of the S21 season, leads Philadelphia in career tackles with a hugely impressive 826. His 148 games played is another Liberty record - he and Drew Davidson (more on him soon) are the only players to have eclipsed Adriana Falconi's 122 games played for Philadelphia.
Richard D'Attoria V is the only active Liberty player to make the top 20, and the safety is second for career tackles with 673. D'Attoria V has averaged more tackles per game (7.3) than Garnett (5.6) did during his career, and so D'Attoria V certainly has the potential to eventually overtake Garnett.
Emondov Emoji is 8th all-time, having amassed 409 tackles in his seven seasons for Philadelphia (after which he was drafted by the Honolulu Hahalua in the S22 expansion draft). Julian McMorris is tied with Drew Davidson for 10th place with 319 career tackles, and was on course to climb higher up the rankings prior to his early retirement.
Among active Liberty players, particular attention should be paid to linebacker Warren Stephens. Stephens had 112 tackles in S21, his rookie year, and is 2nd in the NSFL for tackles so far this season. Expect him to rapidly ascend these rankings for as long as he plays for Philadelphia.
Drew Davidson retired with 79 tackles for loss (TFLs), while no other player has passed 50. ILove Gimmy is the most notable active player with regards to TFLs, with his 30 career TFLs good for 5th all-time.
No Philadelphia player has recorded more than one career safety. The six players to record a safety are Eli Kamaka, Brock Weathers III, Vikian Marmeladov, Perry Tucker, Drew Davidson and Ottokar Von Gerhardt.
Sacks
Philadelphia's all-time sack leader is llinebacker Jaylon Lee, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2029. Lee played six seasons for the Liberty, and his eight career forced fumbles are tied with Richard D'Attoria V for 1st all-time. Eli Kamaka recorded 50 sacks in his Liberty career, made even more impressive by the fact that he began his career as an offensive lineman before switching to the other side of the line after S3.
Looking at active players, D'Attoria V finds himself ranked highly in this list too. His 33 career sacks are enough for 5th all-time, and five more sacks will be enough to gain sole possession of 4th place. The two other active players in the top 20 are ILove Gimmy and Wayne Howyanow, who both have 14 career sacks going into S22.
Interceptions
Unsurprisingly, Lennox Garnett has caught the most interceptions as a Liberty player, recording 37 in his career - 13 more than any other player. Richard D'Attoria V has 20, and D'Attoria V's longevity gives him a good chance to overtake Vikian Marmeladov for 2nd all-time behind Garnett. Surpassing Garnett would require incredible production (Garnett averaged an interception every 4 games) over a very long career and this record looks incredibly difficult to beat.
Garnett is also 1st for passes defended, recording 113 across his career. Emondov Emoji comes agonisingly close with 110, while Julian McMorris was defending passes at an incredible rate (1.29 PDs per game compared to Garnett's 0.76) and would certainly be higher than 4th had he had a longer career.
Lennox Garnett and Vikian Marmeladov share the lead for career defensive touchdowns, each having recorded six in their careers. The only active Philadelphia players to have scored defensive touchdowns are Richard D'Attoria V (2) and Stuart Little IV (1).
Disclaimer: I am operating under the assumption that all defensive TDs scored were interception returns as all the ones I checked were - that's why they are in this category. Compiling this list took long enough without going through the play-by-play of all 300+ games Philadelphia has played to verify all of the defensive touchdowns.
Offensive Line
For a list with seven players, this was actually surprisingly difficult to put together. I wanted to avoid recording offensive line bot statistics here, because then the list would be dominated by bots. So I went through every NSFL draft and checked each draft against each offensive lineman who'd played for Philadelphia in order to determine which were actually human players. Micah Hendrix amassed 114 pancake blocks while only allowing six career sacks - numbers that put him 1st and tied for 1st in the two categories. It's fair to conclude that Micah Hendrix was the best OL in Liberty history, but with Simon Tremblay and Kevin Malone in the DSFL there are two talented young players who could dethrone Hendrix after being called up to the NSFL.
The most notable players on this list, Micah Hendrix and Eli Kamaka, are more famous for their exploits after switching positions. Hendrix played a further 4 seasons for Philly as a linebacker, while Kamaka played five more as a defensive tackle. Hendrix is 9th for career tackles (395) and 7th for career sacks (32), while Kamaka is 2nd for career sacks (50).
Three of the users who controlled the early Philadelphia offensive line are still in the league. Micah Hendrix was HalfEatenOnionBagel's player, who now controls Osiris Firestorm-Fjord, cornerback for the Chicago Butchers. Eli Kamaka was PDXBaller's player, who now controls Reginald Covington III, quarterback for the Kansas City Coyotes. Finally, Sammy Walters was controlled by PointGod, who's current player is Myrtle Beach Buccaneers QB Chris Ramos.
Kicking
The two standout players on this list are Stephen Harris and Kulture Fulture, who both had long and successful careers in Philadelphia. Harris scored more points than Fulture, but in more games and Fulture was slightly more efficient (converting 97% of his extra point attempts to Harris' 95.5%, and converting 92.4% of field goals compared to 92.1% for Harris).
Venus Powers is the only active player on the list, though Baxter Frost recreated as a terrible cornerback-turned-running-back and for some reason HO gave him an expansion team (seriously?). Powers was a S20 Pro Bowl selection and won Punter of the Year in S21 before being drafted by Honolulu in the S22 expansion draft.
I didn't do a punting category because I forgot to. I'll add it another time. Maybe it will get its own article?
spoiler: it won't
Special Teams
Apparently being the all-time leader in games played, tackles, interceptions, passes defended and defensive touchdowns wasn't enough for Lennox Garnett, who is also the all-time leader in kick returns, kick return yards, longest kick return (jointly held with Damien Kroetch) and kick return touchdowns. Kroetch and Tyler Oles are the two other players with multiple kick return touchdowns, with two each. Oles also managed the highest average yards per kick return, with 30.64.
Emondov Emoji is the only player to have more than one punt return touchdown (he has two), and his 126 punt returns, 1219 punt return yards and a longest punt return of 88 yards are all team highs. Nacho Varga's 11.96 average punt return yards is 1st all-time.
Eight players have blocked a punt - the most notable being Fox North, Drew Davidson, Richard D'Attoria V and Tyler Oles, while only one player has ever blocked a field goal or extra point for Philadelphia. Frank Fort holds that honour, having blocked a field goal in S14.
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I'll do a recap after the end of the season, with S22 players and stats added. And hopefully single-season records too.
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[OPTION]S24 (PHI): 16 GP, 73 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 FF, 3 sacks, 5 INTs, 10 PDs, 2 TDs
[OPTION]S25 (PHI): 16 GP, 67 tackles, 4 INTs, 13 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S26 (OCO): 16 GP, 68 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack, 2 INTs, 10 PDs
[OPTION]S27 (OCO): 16 GP, 116 tackles, 4 INTs, 23 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S28 (OCO): 16 GP, 84 tackles, 1 FF, 1 FR, 3 INTs, 20 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S29 (OCO): 16 GP, 99 tackles, 3 FF, 1 FR, 5 INTs, 23 PDs, 1 TD
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[OPTION]ISFL Playoff Stats:
[OPTION]S23 (PHI): 1 GP, 2 tackles
[OPTION]S26 (OCO): 1 GP, 5 tackles, 2 PDs
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[OPTION]Trophies and Achievements:
[OPTION]Drafted 35th Overall by Myrtle Beach in the S21 DSFL Draft
[OPTION]S21 Ultimini Champion
[OPTION]S21 DSFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S21 DSFL Defensive Back of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]Drafted 4th Overall by Philadelphia in the S22 ISFL Draft
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Defensive Performance of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S24 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S24 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S25 (PHI): 16 GP, 67 tackles, 4 INTs, 13 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S26 (OCO): 16 GP, 68 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sack, 2 INTs, 10 PDs
[OPTION]S27 (OCO): 16 GP, 116 tackles, 4 INTs, 23 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S28 (OCO): 16 GP, 84 tackles, 1 FF, 1 FR, 3 INTs, 20 PDs, 1 TD
[OPTION]S29 (OCO): 16 GP, 99 tackles, 3 FF, 1 FR, 5 INTs, 23 PDs, 1 TD
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[OPTION]ISFL Playoff Stats:
[OPTION]S23 (PHI): 1 GP, 2 tackles
[OPTION]S26 (OCO): 1 GP, 5 tackles, 2 PDs
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[OPTION]Trophies and Achievements:
[OPTION]Drafted 35th Overall by Myrtle Beach in the S21 DSFL Draft
[OPTION]S21 Ultimini Champion
[OPTION]S21 DSFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S21 DSFL Defensive Back of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]Drafted 4th Overall by Philadelphia in the S22 ISFL Draft
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S23 ISFL Defensive Performance of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S24 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S24 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S26 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S26 ISFL Returner of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S29 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S29 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
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[OPTION]S26 ISFL Returner of the Year Nominee
[OPTION]S29 ISFL Pro Bowl Selection
[OPTION]S29 ISFL Cornerback of the Year Nominee
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