Bubba Hog was always healthy in high school. He never missed a game or a practice. His freshman year in college he was redshirted. His sophomore year, he finally got to play. On the first play of the second half of the first game of the season, he tore his acl while tackling the kick returner. When he felt the tear, he thought that his career might be over. The doctors said that at a minimum, he would be out for a year if not more. Through intense training and rehabilitation, he managed to heal in time for the next season. However, it wasn't an easy year of rehab. He had to spend months unable to walk. First he had crutches and then he had a brace. After 9 months, he finally was cleared to practice. However, he couldn't practice immediately, as he had to rebuild strength in his leg. Slowly increasing the difficulty, he eventually got back to full strength in time for the next season.
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I would say a big change and career defining moment in Alex's career was being picked up by Kansas City at the trade deadline. Alex proved helpful to the team getting the Ultimini championship. Alex's effort with the team to win made him an ideal selection in the actual DSFL draft. despite being a top player and a championship winner, alex still fell down the draft board. This allowed Kansas to draft Alex back to the team despite Kansas not choosing to take him until the 4th round. This defining action allowed Alex to brush shoulders with some of Kanasas' ex players including Russ and Madden who are some of San Jose's top players. Getting to know these players and them getting to know Alex help convince the GMs of San Jose to draft Alex at 6th in the ISFL draft. Alex has loved being at sjs for the last few years and believe he would have been taken by another team if Alex hadn't been drafted by KCC
Dan Dandrews grew up on Lacrosse, his dad was a professional Lacrosse player who brought him to all of his games and Dan picked up a Lacrosse stick for the first time when he was 2 years old. That being said, the most definitive moment of Dan's (eventual) career is after him and his parents moved to Cleveland and took him to his first football game. It was a local game with not much of an audience but it swapped Dan's passions over immediately. Dan fell in love with the game and couldn't keep his eyes off it for the whole time, he knew that it's what he must do for a living. After the game, Dan got to meet the Defensive End on the team and was star struck. Football became his life, he replaced all of the posters in his room within the week. Without his parents taking him to this game, Dan might still be playing lacrosse and he certainly wouldn't be hitting it big in the ISFL.
The most important turning point in Oliver Tolliver’s young career was the struggles he faced in his time as a DSFL waiver pickup and the way he overcame those as a true DSFL rookie, but I wrote about that in the last point task. Instead, I’ll talk about the ISFL pre-draft process. Tolliver is a lightning quick, agile player who is very versatile on the offensive side of the ball. As a result, many ISFL scouts believed he would also be able to play defensive back, which was a key need for many ISFL teams. A couple of teams even attempted to get Tolliver to agree to do a workout for them on that basis. Oliver knew that while, in theory, he had the talent to play another position his heart was set on becoming the best ISFL wide receiver that he could be. Oliver stayed firm, and refused any requests to try out as a DB. The consequence of this was that Oliver watched several defensive players be drafted before him, but he was still drafted later in the first round by the Austin Copperheads.
[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 [OPTION]============================================================= [OPTION]ISFL Playoff Stats: [OPTION]S23 (PHI): 1 GP, 2 tackles [OPTION]S26 (OCO): 1 GP, 5 tackles, 2 PDs [OPTION]============================================================= [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
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Jay Cue III career turning point is not very easy to determine, considering he is very young and he just started playing in the DSFL this season. But if we had to pick one deciding moment, it has to be when he was faced with the decision to either focus on his football and go all in on getting drafted and being the best player he could be, or focus on school and becoming the best lawyer possible after graduating from the Harvard Law School. So, what did he do? He decided to go all in on both, considering this is a fake career, so he will be a fabulous (hopefully) football player while being the top lawyer in the country. How does he do it? Nobody knows how he does find the time to be so perfect in everything, but the truth of the matter is, he can do it all for sure. Pay attention and you might be able to do it also.
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DJ Maclean’s decision was actually one that worked out well for him. He came up this season to the ISFL, following a tough second season in Bondi, where the Buccaneers struggled in their defense of the Ultimini. He had switched positions during the season, when it looked like all was lost for the team. He was under no illusions about starting as one of their OLBs when he got to San Jose, but the season started worse than he could have imagined. As their MLB2 in a 3-4 base defense, he’ll get plenty work in the middle. Turns out, they played a lot more 3-3-5 than 3-4, and Maclean was relegated to getting somewhere in the region of 20 snaps in a game. Nevertheless, he continued to work hard on the practice field, and felt that he was worth some more snaps, even sharing the MLB load with veteran Nick Flint. He spoke to his coaches about it, and how he felt he had proven that he was deserving of more snaps. He was moved for their next game to OLB, which was more than he expected, and hasn’t looked back!
My ISFL career has been a little bit like Missy Elliott. I've put my thang down, been flipped, and reversed. Quite literally that's what my career so far has been. I was drafted out of KCC as an OL, and was immediately flipped to DT for my first season in the ISFL. I spent a couple seasons on the defensive side of the ball before I was reversed to the offensive side, back to OL. Being a young player I was obviously confused and felt like my value to the team hadn't been identified. It wasn't until just this season that I realized @IceBear32 is even more confused than I was. I've noticed he preys (being a bear and all) on young players and has an obsession with making the lady players putting their thang down, flipping it, and reversing it. I learned now that IceBear only does this because he's insecure of being a worse bear than Yellowbear. I guess I just need to boost his ego by putting my thang down.
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