01-19-2021, 04:19 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-19-2021, 08:30 AM by Asked Madden.)
Note: So I tried to post this and its not letting me do it all as one part cause of some dumb character limit so this is part 2. Part 1 is linked here <---
Average:
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 412 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 498 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 439 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 595 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -6 picks
Dallas had a peculiar Season 24 class. They had the second smallest class in terms of size and above average class TPE rates for both their entire class and the subsection of the class that is above 57 TPE. That being said they have the lowest number of players who passed 250 TPE at some point during their career with only 3.
The biggest riser in the draft for the Birddogs was Mattathias Caliban who rose 7 spots from his DSFL draft position of 28th to his ISFL draft position of 21st. He is still active and has a career peak TPE of 897. The biggest faller for the Birddogs was Nerdy Name who dropped 21 spots falling from his DSFL draft position of 12th to his ISFL draft position of 33rd. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 202 TPE.
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 415 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 506 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
Kansas City had a balanced class in Season 24. They are only moderately above average in terms of average class TPE when all players are included because they are brought down by their middling, now inactive earners. The majority of their metrics outside of that, however, are right in line with their respective league average.
The biggest riser for the Coyotes was Joshua Campbell who rose from his DSFL draft position of 15th to his ISFL draft position of 2nd. He is still active and earning with a career peak of 663 TPE. Excluding Campbell as he was the Kansas City General Manager at the time meaning he was locked into a second round pick, the next biggest riser for the Coyotes was Brach Thomaslacher who rose 5 slots from his DSFL draft position of 17th to his ISFL draft position of 12th. He is still active with a career peak of 871 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, the biggest faller for the Coyotes was Nacho Davis who fell from his DSFL draft position of 57th to his ISFL draft position of 72nd, a total drop of 15 slots. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of just 50 TPE.
Total Class Size: 11 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 538 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 586 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
London had one of the best classes of any team charted through the course of this project in Season 24. They absolutely destroy most of the league averages, blowing past the average number of players that reached a peak of 250 TPE by 3, the average class TPE metric by 128 TPE, and the average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE by 98 TPE. The only team to rival them for a higher class TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE was Dallas who had a smaller class to worry about.
The biggest riser for the Royals was Gunner Thorbjornsson who rose 41 slots from his DSFL draft position of 47tht to his ISFL draft position of 6th. This is the biggest rise of any player in the class and one of the largest percentage rises ever. He is still active with a career peak of 787 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Royals was a tie between Bob Smith who fell 20 spots from 36th to 56th and Jay McCowski who fell 20 spots from 55th to 75th. Both are inactive and retired with career peaks of 98 and 57 TPE respectively.
Total Class Size: 6 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 415 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 487 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
The Grey Ducks had an underwhelming class in Season 24 by most metrics. They had fewer players reach the 250 TPE DSFL cap than any team but the Birddogs. Their average TPE and average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE are both below league average as well. Their players fell an average of 8 spots between each draft, the second worst mark in the league.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was Oliver Sloan who rose 17 spots from his DSFL draft position of 54th to his ISFL draft position of 37th. He is still active with a career peak of 451 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for Minnesota was Woodrow Brooks who fell 34 spots from his DSFL draft position of 9th to his ISFL draft position of 43rd. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 135 TPE. His fall is closely rivaled by that of Alejandro Chainbreaker’s who fell 30 slots from his DSFL draft position of 6th to his ISFL draft position of 36th. He is active with a career peak of 649 TPE.
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 5 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 323 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 364 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
Myrtle Beach had a strange class in Season 24. Their average TPE rates are a good deal below that of the league average, however this isn’t due to players being inactive but rather due to a class filled with slow earners. They’re about average in terms of the number of players who have reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap, so its a slow and steady grind for their class.
The biggest riser for the Buccaneers was Ne Mo who rose 29 spots from his DSFL draft position of 51st to his ISFL draft position of 22nd. He is still active with a career peak of 422 TPE. His rise is rivaled by Joseph Joestar who saw his draft position improve by 22 slots from 32nd overall in the DSFL draft to 10th overall in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 823 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for Myrtle Beach was Grummy Bear who fell 39 slots from his DSFL draft position of 19th to his ISFL draft position of 58th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 234 TPE. His fall is rivaled by that of Arlington Heights who fell from 11th overall in the DSFL draft to 40th overall in the ISFL draft - a total of 29 picks. They are still active with a career peak of 403 TPE.
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 8 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 413 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 453 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
The Seawolves had one of the better classes in Season 24. They’re the only team besides London who saw their players have a positive improvement in draft stock on average. Compared to London, however, their class TPE rates are significantly lower. In fact, their average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE is 133 TPE less than London’s average.
The biggest riser for the Seawolves was Ragnar Krashwager who rose 10 spots from his DSFL draft position of 37th to his ISFL draft position of 27th. He is still active with a career peak of 589 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Seawolves was Logan Hex who fell 4 spots from his DSFL draft position of 53rd to his ISFL draft position of 57th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 63 TPE.
Total Class Size: 13 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 6 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 379 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 476 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -13 picks
The Pythons are another team with an interesting class in Season 24. Their average TPE for all players is quite low at 379 TPE - the third lowest mark in the league and 32 TPE less than the league average. Their average TPE metric that excludes players that failed to reach 57 TPE is a bit higher at 476, however it is still 22 TPE less than the league average. Their players also had the largest average change in draft position of any teams, however it was a negative change with an average drop of 13 picks.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was the only riser they had. Samuel Howitzer rose 2 spots from his DSFL draft position of 26th to his ISFL draft position of 24th. He is still active with a career peak of 904 TPE, which is the highest in the class. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Pythons was Myles Smith who fell 26 spots from his DSFL draft position of 18th to his ISFL draft position of 44th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 155 TPE.
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 5 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 374 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 513 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: 0 picks
Tijuana had an extremely top heavy class in Season 24. They have the second worst mark for average class TPE at 374, however when you exclude players who failed to reach 50 TPE - of which they have 3 - their average TPE climbs to 513 which is the 4th best mark in the league.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Icebox Riposte who rose 22 sports from his DSFL draft position of 35th to his ISFL draft position of 13th. He is still active with a career peak of 650 TPE. His rise is rivaled closely by Mike Boss Jr. who saw his draft position change by 20 picks, rising from the 48th pick in the DSFL draft to the 28th pick in the ISFL draft. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Luchadores was Crowbar Theeks who fell 25 spots from his DSFL draft position of 24th to his ISFL draft position of 49th, He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 202 TPE.
Season 25 brought us another new rule change that will make the metrics look a bit different. At this point players who fail to surpass 57 TPE are not drafted. This makes tracking the average change in draft position a bit wonky because you just have players that essentially fall off the face of the planet. In my little write-ups I’ll try to notate when a player taken quite high busted and ended up not being drafted at all, but thats fairly rare. There are a few cases over the next three seasons that said rule has in place for, however, where a team had a player bust SIGNIFICANTLY earlier than other teams.
Average:
Total Class Size: 19 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 4 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 325 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 395 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Total Class Size: 16 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 305 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 364 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
Season 25 brought about another pretty strong class from the Birddogs. They’re spot on for the league average of players who have reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap, however they did it with three less total players in their class than the league average. Contrast this with Miinnesota who also hit the average exactly but did so with 24 potential shots at it or Norfolk who had the same number of opportunities with a class of 16 players but fell short of the average with only 7 surpassing the DSFL cap at this point in time. The same argument can be turned on the Birddogs class, however, when looking at their rate of players who failed to reach 58 TPE during their careers. The Dallas class only has 3 players who have failed to reach this benchmark, which is good for third in the league behind London and Portland, however they did it with 8 less players in the class than Portland.
The biggest riser for Dallas in draft position was Richard Leaking who rose from 46th in the DSFL draft to 20th in the ISFL draft, a positive change of 20 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 635 TPE. Cmon Skiuuup had a comparable rise as well. After going 94th overall in the DSFL draft he went 69th in the ISFL draft, a rise of 25 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 588 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the Birddogs biggest faller was Mark Callous who saw himself drop 27 picks in draft order. He had gone 38th in the DSFL draft but only went 65th in the ISFL draft. He is now inactive and retired with a career peak of 297 TPE.
Total Class Size: 18 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 7 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 5 players
# that are retired now: 9 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 254 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 332 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
The Season 25 class for Kansas City is a bit of a letdown for most metrics. Although they had a close to average class size they failed to meet the league average for players hitting the DSFL TPE cap, are above average for players who failed to surpass 58 TPE, and are substantially below both average TPE metrics. Their class also saw one of the more egregious busts with Crozier McCoy going 23rd overall in the DSFL draft but failing to surpass 57 TPE meaning he was not included in the ISFL draft.
The biggest riser for Kansas City in terms of draft position was Clay Stallworth who rose 29 picks, going from 55th in the DSFL draft to 26th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 333 TPE. Connor Quigley had a similar rise up the board, going 87th in the DSFL draft and 60th in the ISFL draft - a 27 pick improvement. He is also still active with a career peak TPE of 448. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions Matt Peterson had the biggest fall for the Coyotes. He went 26th overall in the DSFL draft and 77th in the ISFL draft, a drop of 71 total picks. He is now retired with a career peak of 306 TPE.
Total Class Size: 12 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 10 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 479 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 479 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
London’s Season 25 was another incredible success for them, however it is worth mentioning their metrics are inflated because of their tendencies to trade away late round picks instead of taking shots at bringing back inactives. That being said, they were in the upper half of the league and beat the average amount of players who have surpassed 250 TPE during their careers. They have no players who failed to surpass 58 TPE, a huge accomplishment. Their average TPE metrics blow the roof off the league average.
The biggest riser for the Royals was L’Gazzy Burfict who saw an improvement in his draft position of 41 picks, rising from 77th in the DSFL draft to 36th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 674. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Royals was Marlon Alexander who went 21st in the DSFL draft and 80th in the ISFL draft - a 59 pick drop. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 475.
Total Class Size: 24 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 7 players
# that are retired now: 13 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 245 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 325 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -9 picks
Minnesota’s Season 25 class was fairly underwhelming. Although they’re tied with Portland for the largest class in the league they only met the average benchmarks for players hitting the 250 TPE DSFL cap and both their TPE metrics are significantly below average - mainly because they’re pulled down by a league leading 7 players who failed to hit 58 TPE during their careers.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was Wasrabi Gleel who rose 23 picks after going 58th in the DSFL draft and 35th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 611. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Grey Ducks was Curtis Blackshear who fell 54 slots after going 37th in the DSFL draft and 91st in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 77.
Total Class Size: 19 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 5 players
# that are retired now: 7 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 360 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 469 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +10 picks
Myrtle Beach had an incredible Season 25 class. They are tied for the league lead in players who have surpassed the 250 TPE DSFL cap and did that with a smaller class than both teams they’re tied with. Their average TPE metrics beat the league averages by significant margins as well and pale only in comparison to London’s.
The biggest riser for the Buccaneers was Medicinal Toblerone who rose 65 slots. She went 75th overall in the DSFL draft and 10th in the ISFL draft. She is still active with a career peak of 686 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions James Hoffman fell the farthest among Buccaneers players. He went 11th in the DSFL draft and 50th in the ISFL draft - a drop of 39 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 404 TPE.
Total Class Size: 16 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 7 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 301 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 359 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
Norfolk had a stranger Season 25 class in comparison to some of their counterparts. They failed to reach the league average benchmark for players reaching the DSFL TPE cap, however they had a smaller class size than league average as well. The one knock on this, however, is that their average TPE metrics did fall below league averages as well.
The biggest riser for the Seawolves was Dean McBean who rose 32 slots, going 136th in the DSFL draft and 104th in the ISFL draft. He is inactive and retired however and only has a career peak of 61 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Seawolves was Flap N’Chick. After going 72nd in the DSFL draft he went 101st in the ISFL draft, a drop of 29 picks. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 71 TPE.
Total Class Size: 24 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 11 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 320 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 344 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
For their class size, Portland had a fairly league average Season 25 class. Their class is tied for the largest in the league, however they did have more players hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap than both the team they were tied with in class and size and all but one other team overall. For such a large class their average TPE metrics and number of players who failed to reach 58 TPE are quite admirable.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was Chuck Roth who rose 25 slots, going from 41st in the DSFL draft to 16th overall in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 658 TPE. Close behind him in terms of rising up the draft boards was Honky-Tonk Haywood. He went 57th in the DSFL draft and 34th in the ISFL draft, an improvement of 23 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 613 TPE.
Total Class Size: 20 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 7 players
# that are retired now: 9 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 337 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 489 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +5 picks
Tijuana had a fairly strong Season 24 class. They had a fairly average class size and managed to significantly beat the average number of players who reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap. They did have a significant drop off from the bottom of their class, however, as they are tied for the most players who failed to surpass 58 TPE with the Minnesota Grey Ducks. The notable factor is that they had a smaller class size than Minnesota.The Luchadore TPE metrics, however, are quite strong and are comparable with the successes of both London and Myrtle Beach in this class.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Adam Mellott who rose 43 picks from his DSFL draft position of 62nd overall to his ISFL draft position of 19th. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 656. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Luchadores was Jack Burton who fell 43 slots from 68th overall in the DSFL draft to 111th overall in the ISFL draft. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 62 TPE. It is also worth noting the Luchadores saw their 36th overall pick - Terry Tate - retire and not be drafted into the ISFL.
Season 26 poses another interest dilemma for this project. Eventually classes start getting so recent its hard to really gauge a team’s success. One of the things I’ve seen since I started looking at all this data in November is that some classes that I thought were weaker initially have improved as players earn more and more over a period of time while burnout sets in for some of the classes that got a hot start out of the gate. With this in mind its important to remember we can only look at the metrics that are currently out there and that all of these results might change drastically in as little as a few months.
Average:
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 274 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 299 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 224 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 266 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
Dallas had a peculiar Season 26 class. They’re tied for the largest class in the league with Kansas City at 10 players, however produced the lowest amount of players who have hit the DSFL TPE cap at this point in their careers in the league at 3 - a full 2 players behind the Kansas City class of a comparable size and the league average of 5. They have an above average number of players who failed to meet the 58 TPE level thus far during their careers, however that is to be expected with a class that is above average in size. Their TPE metrics are slightly above that of the class Kansas City produced, however they are still quite a bit below the league average.
The biggest faller for the Birddogs was Erik Kirkland. He fell 17 spots after going 26th in the DSFL draft and 43rd in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak TPE of 114. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest riser for the Birddogs was the only player they had to improve their draft position - Pope Francis. He rose one spot after going 42nd in the DSFL draft and 41st in the ISFL draft. He has a peak career TPE of 170.
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 219 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 261 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
The Season 26 in Kansas City is another quite puzzling one. They’re tied for the Birddogs for largest class in the league, however they beat the Birddogs in terms of players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are fairly comparable - although slightly lower - to Dallas in terms of the TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for the Coyotes was Arthur Naught who rose 9 spots after going 13th in the DSFL and 4th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 373. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Coyotes was Tater Tossser who fell 10 spots - from 51st in the DSFL draft to 61st in the ISFL draft. He is now retired with a career peak of 62 TPE.
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 306 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 306 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
London continued a streak of strong classes with theirs in Season 26 - although once again it is important to note they’re below the average class size again and avoided late picks that are traditionally pot shots at actives. That being said, they met league average for players hitting the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are slightly above average in terms of the TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for the Royals was Caven McRae who went 32nd in the DSFL draft and 22nd in the ISFL draft - a rise of 10 picks. He has a career peak of 361 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller was Something McDerpants who fell 9 slots after going 41st in the DSFL draft and 50th in the ISFL draft. He is now retired with a career peak of 120 TPE.
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 320 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 320 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
Minnesota had a fairly impressive Season 26 class. Although they were tied for the smallest class in the league with Portland and fairly below average in terms of class size as well they managed to make the most of their picks, tying the league average for players who hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap. They successfully had no players who failed to hit 58 TPE as well.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was the only player they had who rose between drafts - Alexander Franklin - who went 9th in the DSFL draft and 8th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 398 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions their biggest faller was Jalen Washington who tumbled 20 picks after going 25th in the DSFL draft and 45th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 156 TPE.
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 234 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 287 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -12 picks
The Buccaneers had an underwhelming Season 26 class. Although they were average for class size they were below average for players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are below average for both TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for Myrtle Beach was the only player they had who rose up the draft board - Big Chungus. He went 44th in the DSFL draft and 38th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 193 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions their biggest faller was Richard Littlewood who fell 23 picks from his DSFL draft position of 12th to his ISFL dradft position of 35th. He has a career peak of 427 TPE.
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 298 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 333 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +5 picks
The Seawolves had a very strong Season 26 class. Although they’re below average for players who have reached the DSFL TPE cap they have a below average class size which balances it out. Their TPE numbers are fairly above average and their draft class has a positive average change in draft position.
The biggest riser for Norfolk was Lala Salamanca who shot up 18 slots - going from 39th in the DSFL draft to 21st in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 213 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller was Dimitrius Rogers who fell 13 slots from 47th overall in the DSFL draft to 60th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 69 TPE.
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 315 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 315 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
Similarly to the Seawolves, the Pythons had an extremely strong Season 26 class. Tied for the smallest class with Minnesota they had a fair number of player search the 250 TPE DSFL cap, have none who failed to reach 58 TPE, have strong TPE metrics, and have a positive average change in draft position among their class.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was Mario Messi who went 37th in the DSFL draft and 20th in the ISFL draft - a change of 17 picks. He has a career peak of 449 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller is Lebron James III who dropped 19 spots - going from 5th in the DSFL draft to 24th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 471 TPE.
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 276 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 304 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
Tijuana continues the trend that most teams saw in Season 26 and appears to have a strong class thus far through their development. They lead the league in players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and only have 1 player who has failed to hit 58 TPE. Their TPE metrics are both above average, although only moderately so.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Vincent Jones who rose from 14th in the DSFL draft to 5th in the ISFL draft. He has a peak career TPE of 436. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller was Kemorian Moore who fell 14 slots from 38th to 57th between the DSFL and ISFL drafts. He is retired with a career peak of 64 TPE. His fall was rivaled by that of Quavious McGrady who fell 14 slots from 22nd to 36th between the DSFL and ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 255 TPE.
I was torn on whether I wanted to write up short summaries for Season 27. It is so new I think it may be a bit early to pass judgment on a team’s draft class. Conceptually, looking at the metrics early may give a good picture of how the team did with development in one year but there are so many senddowns in this class that I just don’t think its fully prudent. Plus to some extent I’m tired of typing. This thing is like 13,000 words right now. I went ahead and included the data for Season 27, however. Enjoy.
Average:
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 165 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 204 TPE
Average change in draft position of class:
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 2 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 145 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 213 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -6 picks
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 192 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 233 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -7 picks
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 162 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 228 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 148 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 189 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 1 player
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 135 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 164 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 176 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 189 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 191 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 208 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 2 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 170 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 218 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -5 picks
There are a LOT of issues when trying to figure out who develops talent better. You need so many different screenshots in time to get a grasp of how players and teams evolve and there are just so many different variables besides that. User value, positional value, zodiac sign, you name it. I tried my best to avoid bashing anyone’s class too hard, I just think looking at the data is cool.
One thing I didn’t do this cycle but would be interesting to look at is how the metrics compare as a percentage of everyone’s class size, etc. Its super easy to bash a team for having bad metrics on face value but something as simple as having one extra player in the class can skew the numbers. Just stuff to chew on.
Any questions just ask. I speed wrote this on about 9 cups of coffee so I’m gonna go rest my heart and fingers. If you need me I’ll be drinking trash beer and wondering why I spent like 20 hours doing this.
Season 24
Average:
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 412 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 498 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
Dallas Birddogs
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 439 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 595 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -6 picks
Dallas had a peculiar Season 24 class. They had the second smallest class in terms of size and above average class TPE rates for both their entire class and the subsection of the class that is above 57 TPE. That being said they have the lowest number of players who passed 250 TPE at some point during their career with only 3.
The biggest riser in the draft for the Birddogs was Mattathias Caliban who rose 7 spots from his DSFL draft position of 28th to his ISFL draft position of 21st. He is still active and has a career peak TPE of 897. The biggest faller for the Birddogs was Nerdy Name who dropped 21 spots falling from his DSFL draft position of 12th to his ISFL draft position of 33rd. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 202 TPE.
Kansas City Coyotes
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 4 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 415 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 506 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
Kansas City had a balanced class in Season 24. They are only moderately above average in terms of average class TPE when all players are included because they are brought down by their middling, now inactive earners. The majority of their metrics outside of that, however, are right in line with their respective league average.
The biggest riser for the Coyotes was Joshua Campbell who rose from his DSFL draft position of 15th to his ISFL draft position of 2nd. He is still active and earning with a career peak of 663 TPE. Excluding Campbell as he was the Kansas City General Manager at the time meaning he was locked into a second round pick, the next biggest riser for the Coyotes was Brach Thomaslacher who rose 5 slots from his DSFL draft position of 17th to his ISFL draft position of 12th. He is still active with a career peak of 871 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, the biggest faller for the Coyotes was Nacho Davis who fell from his DSFL draft position of 57th to his ISFL draft position of 72nd, a total drop of 15 slots. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of just 50 TPE.
London Royals
Total Class Size: 11 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 538 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 586 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
London had one of the best classes of any team charted through the course of this project in Season 24. They absolutely destroy most of the league averages, blowing past the average number of players that reached a peak of 250 TPE by 3, the average class TPE metric by 128 TPE, and the average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE by 98 TPE. The only team to rival them for a higher class TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE was Dallas who had a smaller class to worry about.
The biggest riser for the Royals was Gunner Thorbjornsson who rose 41 slots from his DSFL draft position of 47tht to his ISFL draft position of 6th. This is the biggest rise of any player in the class and one of the largest percentage rises ever. He is still active with a career peak of 787 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Royals was a tie between Bob Smith who fell 20 spots from 36th to 56th and Jay McCowski who fell 20 spots from 55th to 75th. Both are inactive and retired with career peaks of 98 and 57 TPE respectively.
Minnesota Grey Ducks
Total Class Size: 6 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 415 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 487 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
The Grey Ducks had an underwhelming class in Season 24 by most metrics. They had fewer players reach the 250 TPE DSFL cap than any team but the Birddogs. Their average TPE and average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE are both below league average as well. Their players fell an average of 8 spots between each draft, the second worst mark in the league.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was Oliver Sloan who rose 17 spots from his DSFL draft position of 54th to his ISFL draft position of 37th. He is still active with a career peak of 451 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for Minnesota was Woodrow Brooks who fell 34 spots from his DSFL draft position of 9th to his ISFL draft position of 43rd. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 135 TPE. His fall is closely rivaled by that of Alejandro Chainbreaker’s who fell 30 slots from his DSFL draft position of 6th to his ISFL draft position of 36th. He is active with a career peak of 649 TPE.
Myrtle Beach Buccaneers
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 5 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 323 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 364 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
Myrtle Beach had a strange class in Season 24. Their average TPE rates are a good deal below that of the league average, however this isn’t due to players being inactive but rather due to a class filled with slow earners. They’re about average in terms of the number of players who have reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap, so its a slow and steady grind for their class.
The biggest riser for the Buccaneers was Ne Mo who rose 29 spots from his DSFL draft position of 51st to his ISFL draft position of 22nd. He is still active with a career peak of 422 TPE. His rise is rivaled by Joseph Joestar who saw his draft position improve by 22 slots from 32nd overall in the DSFL draft to 10th overall in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 823 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for Myrtle Beach was Grummy Bear who fell 39 slots from his DSFL draft position of 19th to his ISFL draft position of 58th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 234 TPE. His fall is rivaled by that of Arlington Heights who fell from 11th overall in the DSFL draft to 40th overall in the ISFL draft - a total of 29 picks. They are still active with a career peak of 403 TPE.
Norfolk Seawolves
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 8 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 413 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 453 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
The Seawolves had one of the better classes in Season 24. They’re the only team besides London who saw their players have a positive improvement in draft stock on average. Compared to London, however, their class TPE rates are significantly lower. In fact, their average TPE excluding players who failed to reach 57 TPE is 133 TPE less than London’s average.
The biggest riser for the Seawolves was Ragnar Krashwager who rose 10 spots from his DSFL draft position of 37th to his ISFL draft position of 27th. He is still active with a career peak of 589 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Seawolves was Logan Hex who fell 4 spots from his DSFL draft position of 53rd to his ISFL draft position of 57th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 63 TPE.
Portland Pythons
[/align=center][/align]Total Class Size: 13 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 6 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 379 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 476 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -13 picks
The Pythons are another team with an interesting class in Season 24. Their average TPE for all players is quite low at 379 TPE - the third lowest mark in the league and 32 TPE less than the league average. Their average TPE metric that excludes players that failed to reach 57 TPE is a bit higher at 476, however it is still 22 TPE less than the league average. Their players also had the largest average change in draft position of any teams, however it was a negative change with an average drop of 13 picks.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was the only riser they had. Samuel Howitzer rose 2 spots from his DSFL draft position of 26th to his ISFL draft position of 24th. He is still active with a career peak of 904 TPE, which is the highest in the class. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Pythons was Myles Smith who fell 26 spots from his DSFL draft position of 18th to his ISFL draft position of 44th. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 155 TPE.
Tijuana Luchadores
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 5 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 374 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 513 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: 0 picks
Tijuana had an extremely top heavy class in Season 24. They have the second worst mark for average class TPE at 374, however when you exclude players who failed to reach 50 TPE - of which they have 3 - their average TPE climbs to 513 which is the 4th best mark in the league.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Icebox Riposte who rose 22 sports from his DSFL draft position of 35th to his ISFL draft position of 13th. He is still active with a career peak of 650 TPE. His rise is rivaled closely by Mike Boss Jr. who saw his draft position change by 20 picks, rising from the 48th pick in the DSFL draft to the 28th pick in the ISFL draft. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Luchadores was Crowbar Theeks who fell 25 spots from his DSFL draft position of 24th to his ISFL draft position of 49th, He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 202 TPE.
Season 25
Season 25 brought us another new rule change that will make the metrics look a bit different. At this point players who fail to surpass 57 TPE are not drafted. This makes tracking the average change in draft position a bit wonky because you just have players that essentially fall off the face of the planet. In my little write-ups I’ll try to notate when a player taken quite high busted and ended up not being drafted at all, but thats fairly rare. There are a few cases over the next three seasons that said rule has in place for, however, where a team had a player bust SIGNIFICANTLY earlier than other teams.
Average:
Total Class Size: 19 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 4 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 325 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 395 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Dallas Birddogs
Total Class Size: 16 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 305 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 364 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
Season 25 brought about another pretty strong class from the Birddogs. They’re spot on for the league average of players who have reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap, however they did it with three less total players in their class than the league average. Contrast this with Miinnesota who also hit the average exactly but did so with 24 potential shots at it or Norfolk who had the same number of opportunities with a class of 16 players but fell short of the average with only 7 surpassing the DSFL cap at this point in time. The same argument can be turned on the Birddogs class, however, when looking at their rate of players who failed to reach 58 TPE during their careers. The Dallas class only has 3 players who have failed to reach this benchmark, which is good for third in the league behind London and Portland, however they did it with 8 less players in the class than Portland.
The biggest riser for Dallas in draft position was Richard Leaking who rose from 46th in the DSFL draft to 20th in the ISFL draft, a positive change of 20 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 635 TPE. Cmon Skiuuup had a comparable rise as well. After going 94th overall in the DSFL draft he went 69th in the ISFL draft, a rise of 25 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 588 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the Birddogs biggest faller was Mark Callous who saw himself drop 27 picks in draft order. He had gone 38th in the DSFL draft but only went 65th in the ISFL draft. He is now inactive and retired with a career peak of 297 TPE.
Kansas City Coyotes
Total Class Size: 18 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 7 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 5 players
# that are retired now: 9 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 254 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 332 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -4 picks
The Season 25 class for Kansas City is a bit of a letdown for most metrics. Although they had a close to average class size they failed to meet the league average for players hitting the DSFL TPE cap, are above average for players who failed to surpass 58 TPE, and are substantially below both average TPE metrics. Their class also saw one of the more egregious busts with Crozier McCoy going 23rd overall in the DSFL draft but failing to surpass 57 TPE meaning he was not included in the ISFL draft.
The biggest riser for Kansas City in terms of draft position was Clay Stallworth who rose 29 picks, going from 55th in the DSFL draft to 26th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 333 TPE. Connor Quigley had a similar rise up the board, going 87th in the DSFL draft and 60th in the ISFL draft - a 27 pick improvement. He is also still active with a career peak TPE of 448. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions Matt Peterson had the biggest fall for the Coyotes. He went 26th overall in the DSFL draft and 77th in the ISFL draft, a drop of 71 total picks. He is now retired with a career peak of 306 TPE.
London Royals
Total Class Size: 12 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 10 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 479 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 479 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
London’s Season 25 was another incredible success for them, however it is worth mentioning their metrics are inflated because of their tendencies to trade away late round picks instead of taking shots at bringing back inactives. That being said, they were in the upper half of the league and beat the average amount of players who have surpassed 250 TPE during their careers. They have no players who failed to surpass 58 TPE, a huge accomplishment. Their average TPE metrics blow the roof off the league average.
The biggest riser for the Royals was L’Gazzy Burfict who saw an improvement in his draft position of 41 picks, rising from 77th in the DSFL draft to 36th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 674. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Royals was Marlon Alexander who went 21st in the DSFL draft and 80th in the ISFL draft - a 59 pick drop. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 475.
Minnesota Grey Ducks
Total Class Size: 24 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 9 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 7 players
# that are retired now: 13 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 245 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 325 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -9 picks
Minnesota’s Season 25 class was fairly underwhelming. Although they’re tied with Portland for the largest class in the league they only met the average benchmarks for players hitting the 250 TPE DSFL cap and both their TPE metrics are significantly below average - mainly because they’re pulled down by a league leading 7 players who failed to hit 58 TPE during their careers.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was Wasrabi Gleel who rose 23 picks after going 58th in the DSFL draft and 35th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 611. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Grey Ducks was Curtis Blackshear who fell 54 slots after going 37th in the DSFL draft and 91st in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 77.
Myrtle Beach Buccaneers
Total Class Size: 19 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 5 players
# that are retired now: 7 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 360 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 469 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +10 picks
Myrtle Beach had an incredible Season 25 class. They are tied for the league lead in players who have surpassed the 250 TPE DSFL cap and did that with a smaller class than both teams they’re tied with. Their average TPE metrics beat the league averages by significant margins as well and pale only in comparison to London’s.
The biggest riser for the Buccaneers was Medicinal Toblerone who rose 65 slots. She went 75th overall in the DSFL draft and 10th in the ISFL draft. She is still active with a career peak of 686 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions James Hoffman fell the farthest among Buccaneers players. He went 11th in the DSFL draft and 50th in the ISFL draft - a drop of 39 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 404 TPE.
Norfolk Seawolves
Total Class Size: 16 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 7 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 8 players
# that were immediately called up: 4 players
Average TPE of class: 301 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 359 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
Norfolk had a stranger Season 25 class in comparison to some of their counterparts. They failed to reach the league average benchmark for players reaching the DSFL TPE cap, however they had a smaller class size than league average as well. The one knock on this, however, is that their average TPE metrics did fall below league averages as well.
The biggest riser for the Seawolves was Dean McBean who rose 32 slots, going 136th in the DSFL draft and 104th in the ISFL draft. He is inactive and retired however and only has a career peak of 61 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Seawolves was Flap N’Chick. After going 72nd in the DSFL draft he went 101st in the ISFL draft, a drop of 29 picks. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 71 TPE.
Portland Pythons
[/align=center][/align]Total Class Size: 24 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 11 players
# that were immediately called up: 5 players
Average TPE of class: 320 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 344 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
For their class size, Portland had a fairly league average Season 25 class. Their class is tied for the largest in the league, however they did have more players hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap than both the team they were tied with in class and size and all but one other team overall. For such a large class their average TPE metrics and number of players who failed to reach 58 TPE are quite admirable.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was Chuck Roth who rose 25 slots, going from 41st in the DSFL draft to 16th overall in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 658 TPE. Close behind him in terms of rising up the draft boards was Honky-Tonk Haywood. He went 57th in the DSFL draft and 34th in the ISFL draft, an improvement of 23 picks. He is still active with a career peak of 613 TPE.
Tijuana Luchadores
Total Class Size: 20 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 11 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 7 players
# that are retired now: 9 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 337 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 489 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +5 picks
Tijuana had a fairly strong Season 24 class. They had a fairly average class size and managed to significantly beat the average number of players who reached the 250 TPE DSFL cap. They did have a significant drop off from the bottom of their class, however, as they are tied for the most players who failed to surpass 58 TPE with the Minnesota Grey Ducks. The notable factor is that they had a smaller class size than Minnesota.The Luchadore TPE metrics, however, are quite strong and are comparable with the successes of both London and Myrtle Beach in this class.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Adam Mellott who rose 43 picks from his DSFL draft position of 62nd overall to his ISFL draft position of 19th. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 656. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Luchadores was Jack Burton who fell 43 slots from 68th overall in the DSFL draft to 111th overall in the ISFL draft. He is inactive and retired with a career peak of 62 TPE. It is also worth noting the Luchadores saw their 36th overall pick - Terry Tate - retire and not be drafted into the ISFL.
Season 26
Season 26 poses another interest dilemma for this project. Eventually classes start getting so recent its hard to really gauge a team’s success. One of the things I’ve seen since I started looking at all this data in November is that some classes that I thought were weaker initially have improved as players earn more and more over a period of time while burnout sets in for some of the classes that got a hot start out of the gate. With this in mind its important to remember we can only look at the metrics that are currently out there and that all of these results might change drastically in as little as a few months.
Average:
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 274 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 299 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
Dallas Birddogs
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 224 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 266 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
Dallas had a peculiar Season 26 class. They’re tied for the largest class in the league with Kansas City at 10 players, however produced the lowest amount of players who have hit the DSFL TPE cap at this point in their careers in the league at 3 - a full 2 players behind the Kansas City class of a comparable size and the league average of 5. They have an above average number of players who failed to meet the 58 TPE level thus far during their careers, however that is to be expected with a class that is above average in size. Their TPE metrics are slightly above that of the class Kansas City produced, however they are still quite a bit below the league average.
The biggest faller for the Birddogs was Erik Kirkland. He fell 17 spots after going 26th in the DSFL draft and 43rd in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak TPE of 114. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest riser for the Birddogs was the only player they had to improve their draft position - Pope Francis. He rose one spot after going 42nd in the DSFL draft and 41st in the ISFL draft. He has a peak career TPE of 170.
Kansas City Coyotes
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 219 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 261 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
The Season 26 in Kansas City is another quite puzzling one. They’re tied for the Birddogs for largest class in the league, however they beat the Birddogs in terms of players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are fairly comparable - although slightly lower - to Dallas in terms of the TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for the Coyotes was Arthur Naught who rose 9 spots after going 13th in the DSFL and 4th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak TPE of 373. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller for the Coyotes was Tater Tossser who fell 10 spots - from 51st in the DSFL draft to 61st in the ISFL draft. He is now retired with a career peak of 62 TPE.
London Royals
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 306 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 306 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
London continued a streak of strong classes with theirs in Season 26 - although once again it is important to note they’re below the average class size again and avoided late picks that are traditionally pot shots at actives. That being said, they met league average for players hitting the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are slightly above average in terms of the TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for the Royals was Caven McRae who went 32nd in the DSFL draft and 22nd in the ISFL draft - a rise of 10 picks. He has a career peak of 361 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller was Something McDerpants who fell 9 slots after going 41st in the DSFL draft and 50th in the ISFL draft. He is now retired with a career peak of 120 TPE.
Minnesota Grey Ducks
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 5 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 320 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 320 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -8 picks
Minnesota had a fairly impressive Season 26 class. Although they were tied for the smallest class in the league with Portland and fairly below average in terms of class size as well they managed to make the most of their picks, tying the league average for players who hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap. They successfully had no players who failed to hit 58 TPE as well.
The biggest riser for the Grey Ducks was the only player they had who rose between drafts - Alexander Franklin - who went 9th in the DSFL draft and 8th in the ISFL draft. He is still active with a career peak of 398 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions their biggest faller was Jalen Washington who tumbled 20 picks after going 25th in the DSFL draft and 45th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 156 TPE.
Myrtle Beach Buccaneers
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 234 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 287 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -12 picks
The Buccaneers had an underwhelming Season 26 class. Although they were average for class size they were below average for players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and are below average for both TPE metrics.
The biggest riser for Myrtle Beach was the only player they had who rose up the draft board - Big Chungus. He went 44th in the DSFL draft and 38th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 193 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions their biggest faller was Richard Littlewood who fell 23 picks from his DSFL draft position of 12th to his ISFL dradft position of 35th. He has a career peak of 427 TPE.
Norfolk Seawolves
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 298 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 333 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +5 picks
The Seawolves had a very strong Season 26 class. Although they’re below average for players who have reached the DSFL TPE cap they have a below average class size which balances it out. Their TPE numbers are fairly above average and their draft class has a positive average change in draft position.
The biggest riser for Norfolk was Lala Salamanca who shot up 18 slots - going from 39th in the DSFL draft to 21st in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 213 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions the biggest faller was Dimitrius Rogers who fell 13 slots from 47th overall in the DSFL draft to 60th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 69 TPE.
Portland Pythons
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 0 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 315 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 315 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +2 picks
Similarly to the Seawolves, the Pythons had an extremely strong Season 26 class. Tied for the smallest class with Minnesota they had a fair number of player search the 250 TPE DSFL cap, have none who failed to reach 58 TPE, have strong TPE metrics, and have a positive average change in draft position among their class.
The biggest riser for the Pythons was Mario Messi who went 37th in the DSFL draft and 20th in the ISFL draft - a change of 17 picks. He has a career peak of 449 TPE. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller is Lebron James III who dropped 19 spots - going from 5th in the DSFL draft to 24th in the ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 471 TPE.
Tijuana Luchadores
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 6 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 2 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 276 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 304 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -2 picks
Tijuana continues the trend that most teams saw in Season 26 and appears to have a strong class thus far through their development. They lead the league in players who have hit the 250 TPE DSFL cap and only have 1 player who has failed to hit 58 TPE. Their TPE metrics are both above average, although only moderately so.
The biggest riser for the Luchadores was Vincent Jones who rose from 14th in the DSFL draft to 5th in the ISFL draft. He has a peak career TPE of 436. Excluding GM picks and waiver additions, their biggest faller was Kemorian Moore who fell 14 slots from 38th to 57th between the DSFL and ISFL drafts. He is retired with a career peak of 64 TPE. His fall was rivaled by that of Quavious McGrady who fell 14 slots from 22nd to 36th between the DSFL and ISFL draft. He has a career peak of 255 TPE.
Season 27
I was torn on whether I wanted to write up short summaries for Season 27. It is so new I think it may be a bit early to pass judgment on a team’s draft class. Conceptually, looking at the metrics early may give a good picture of how the team did with development in one year but there are so many senddowns in this class that I just don’t think its fully prudent. Plus to some extent I’m tired of typing. This thing is like 13,000 words right now. I went ahead and included the data for Season 27, however. Enjoy.
Average:
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 1 player
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 165 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 204 TPE
Average change in draft position of class:
Bondi Beach Buccaneers
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 2 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 145 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 213 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -6 picks
Dallas Birddogs
Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 4 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 3 players
# that were immediately called up: 2 players
Average TPE of class: 192 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 233 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -7 picks
Kansas City Coyotes
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 162 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 228 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
London Royals
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 3 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 148 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 189 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Minnesota Grey Ducks
Total Class Size: 8 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 1 player
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 135 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 164 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -3 picks
Norfolk Seawolves
Total Class Size: 10 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 1 player
Average TPE of class: 176 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 189 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +4 picks
Portland Pythons
[/align=center][/align]Total Class Size: 9 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 3 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 1 player
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 191 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 208 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: +1 pick
Tijuana Luchadores
Total Class Size: 7 players
# that reached peak of 250 TPE or greater: 2 players
# that failed to reach 58 TPE: 2 players
# that are retired now: 0 players
# that were immediately called up: 0 players
Average TPE of class: 170 TPE
Average TPE of class excluding 57 TPE and below: 218 TPE
Average change in draft position of class: -5 picks
More rambling meant to be a conclusion
There are a LOT of issues when trying to figure out who develops talent better. You need so many different screenshots in time to get a grasp of how players and teams evolve and there are just so many different variables besides that. User value, positional value, zodiac sign, you name it. I tried my best to avoid bashing anyone’s class too hard, I just think looking at the data is cool.
One thing I didn’t do this cycle but would be interesting to look at is how the metrics compare as a percentage of everyone’s class size, etc. Its super easy to bash a team for having bad metrics on face value but something as simple as having one extra player in the class can skew the numbers. Just stuff to chew on.
Any questions just ask. I speed wrote this on about 9 cups of coffee so I’m gonna go rest my heart and fingers. If you need me I’ll be drinking trash beer and wondering why I spent like 20 hours doing this.