16. Entering the ISFL draft, I believe I bring a lot to the table. I am a top TPE earner and make the occasional sig here and there for quick cash. My sig shop has gotten a bit of traffic with 8 hand-crafted signatures that anybody would be happy to have. As a safety, I produced pretty well, achieving 3 INTs and 57 tackles. My competitiveness was on display with two forced fumbles and I never gave up on a play as indicated by my 10 pass deflections. Overall I think I'm a great guy to have in the locker room, and I made our team's war room as a rookie. If that still isn't enough for you, then I have always advertised myself as being willing to switch positions. I feel like I'm a great person to have on a team, and this is why I will be campaigning for first overall in this upcoming draft. [156 words]
24. If I could build a team with any active players, of course, I would build a team out of the players on the Norfolk Seawolves. Yes. Why would I change anything? If your goal is to win a championship then you want to go look at the team that did win the championship, and you are looking at each and every player on the Seawolves. With it all starting under our rookie playcaller Pete Zuh out of Pepperoni State, we led a ferocious offense with Sconnie, Will, Thomas, Ephenesta, and Fontaine as lethal weapons ready to deliver the killing blow at any opportunity. And as the saying goes, defense wins championships and ours delivered. With the first overall pick in Graham Harper to his corner in arms Tae Dawson, to our linebacking core of Van Campen and Jack McPherson, to myself tying the bow on the present of this spectacular team of winners. [153 words]
25. My all-time favorite branding in this league is the Austin Copperheads. Everything about them is just beautiful to behold. Their colors are based on copper both in its natural state (the copper color) and in its patinaed state (the green color), and on an animal with copper in the name and one that hails in Austin. There's too much to enjoy about it, that their mascot paints the perfect picture of a perfect team. Now if I'm gonna update one of the teams, it is my opinion that the San Jose Sabercats need a touchup. The colors aren't the worst per say, but it could use an updating to make them stand out. The logo of the sabercat isn't very eye catching, it could use a change in the logo similar to what the Luchadores went through: No crazy changes but a noticeable pop in color and shape is all I think it needs. [154 words]
29. It is my belief that Ja'uan Holland should be the winner of the Special Teams Player of the Year. For so many reasons, I am disappointed to hear that he may not be on the ballot, but that is a discussion for another day. To understand my argument, we shall go straight into the stats. While he doesn't have the most impressive counting stats due to starting halfway through the year with 384 Kick Return yards at 14th, he has the second most punt return yards at 177 yards. On the inverse, because he took so few Kick Returns, Holland shows his worth by having the most yards per kick return at 23.9, and only fifth at punt return average. While all of those stats sound a little impressive, there are a couple of other things that make you think 'Wow this Holland guy must be a lock for the award'. That's because Holland has the longest kick return with a 101-yard return and the longest punt return for 80 yards. To put the cherry on the cake, on both of those long returns he got touchdowns taking his total to 2 special teams touchdowns, and only two other players ever got another special teams touchdown, each of them only having one. Holland for Special Teams Player of the Year baby. [221 words]
24. If I could build a team with any active players, of course, I would build a team out of the players on the Norfolk Seawolves. Yes. Why would I change anything? If your goal is to win a championship then you want to go look at the team that did win the championship, and you are looking at each and every player on the Seawolves. With it all starting under our rookie playcaller Pete Zuh out of Pepperoni State, we led a ferocious offense with Sconnie, Will, Thomas, Ephenesta, and Fontaine as lethal weapons ready to deliver the killing blow at any opportunity. And as the saying goes, defense wins championships and ours delivered. With the first overall pick in Graham Harper to his corner in arms Tae Dawson, to our linebacking core of Van Campen and Jack McPherson, to myself tying the bow on the present of this spectacular team of winners. [153 words]
25. My all-time favorite branding in this league is the Austin Copperheads. Everything about them is just beautiful to behold. Their colors are based on copper both in its natural state (the copper color) and in its patinaed state (the green color), and on an animal with copper in the name and one that hails in Austin. There's too much to enjoy about it, that their mascot paints the perfect picture of a perfect team. Now if I'm gonna update one of the teams, it is my opinion that the San Jose Sabercats need a touchup. The colors aren't the worst per say, but it could use an updating to make them stand out. The logo of the sabercat isn't very eye catching, it could use a change in the logo similar to what the Luchadores went through: No crazy changes but a noticeable pop in color and shape is all I think it needs. [154 words]
29. It is my belief that Ja'uan Holland should be the winner of the Special Teams Player of the Year. For so many reasons, I am disappointed to hear that he may not be on the ballot, but that is a discussion for another day. To understand my argument, we shall go straight into the stats. While he doesn't have the most impressive counting stats due to starting halfway through the year with 384 Kick Return yards at 14th, he has the second most punt return yards at 177 yards. On the inverse, because he took so few Kick Returns, Holland shows his worth by having the most yards per kick return at 23.9, and only fifth at punt return average. While all of those stats sound a little impressive, there are a couple of other things that make you think 'Wow this Holland guy must be a lock for the award'. That's because Holland has the longest kick return with a 101-yard return and the longest punt return for 80 yards. To put the cherry on the cake, on both of those long returns he got touchdowns taking his total to 2 special teams touchdowns, and only two other players ever got another special teams touchdown, each of them only having one. Holland for Special Teams Player of the Year baby. [221 words]