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February 12, 2004 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release


CHUCKIN' IT! The top four career-touchdown passing leaders in the AFL have combined for 2,108 touchdowns. Detroit's ANDY KELLY (552), New York's AARON GARCIA (549), Arizona's SHERDRICK BONNER (538) and Las Vegas' CLINT DOLEZEL (486) are also the top four touchdown leaders in professional football history.

ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

PLAYER, TEAM TDs
*Andy Kelly, Detroit 552
*Aaron Garcia, New York 549
*Sherdrick Bonner, Arizona 538
*Clint Dolezel, Las Vegas 486
Jay Gruden 392
*Todd Hammel, Philadelphia 372
*John Kaleo, Ausin 345
Mike Perez 341
Fred McNair 340
*Rickey Foggie, Carolina 305
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ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Cobras' 67-point scoring effort was the most points scored by Carolina in the regular season since July 13, 2001 at New York (68-99). Carolina scored 72 points in the team's last overall victory at Grand Rapids during the 2002 playoffs. The team's top scoring output in the 2003 season was 48 points at Los Angeles (4/4/03).

HEY, ROOKIE! The Destroyers erased a 13-point fourth quarter deficit in the team's inaugural Columbus season opener en-route to a 54-48 road victory over the Indiana Firebirds at Conseco Fieldhouse last Saturday night. The Destroyers outscored the Firebirds 26-7 in the fourth quarter. Rookie QB RYAN VENA led the Destroyers' offense, completing 19-of-25 pass attempts for 202 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for 21 yards in the contest. Vena leads the AFL with a 138.7 passer rating.

2004 FOURTH-QUARTER PASSING LEADERS

PLAYER, TEAM ATT-COM COMP % YARDS TDs INT PASSER RATING
*Ryan Vena, Columbus 4-5 80.0 48 2 0 146.3
*Joe Hamilton, Orlando 8-11 72.7 113 1 0 135.8
Tony Graziani, Los Angeles 2-5 40.0 61 1 0 125.8
Shane Stafford, Tampa Bay 4-7 57.1 45 2 0 116.1
Aaron Garcia, New York 4-7 57.1 38 2 0 111.9
* Rookie

ROAD WARRIORS: Since 2003 Coach of the Year TODD SHELL took over the Dragons on Feb. 24 last season, the team is 7-0 on the road in the regular season. The winning streak dates back to a 65-57 overtime victory over the Detroit Fury on March 16.

TACKLE MACHINE: Carolina DS DAMON MASON, who earned ADT Defensive Player of the Game honors in the Cobras' Week 1 victory over Dallas, has proven to be one of the most productive defenders in AFL history. A three-time All-Arena selection, he holds three of the top four single-season tackle totals in league history.

PLAYER, TEAM SEASON SOLO ASSISTS TOTAL
Cornelius Coe, Indiana 2001 102 39 121.5
Damon Mason, Orlando 2000 100 16 108.0
Damon Mason, Orlando 1999 90 26 103.0
Damon Mason, Orlando 2001 87 28 101.0

HALL TO THE CHIEF: Following Wednesday morning's practice, Rampage Head Coach BOB CORTESE announced that ROBERT HALL will be the team's starting QB for this Saturday's game against the Colorado Crush. Hall will become the ninth QB in team history to start a game for Grand Rapids. Hall led the AFL in nearly every passing category in 2000 for the Houston ThunderBears, when he set career highs for completions (325), attempts (496), passing yards (4,053) and touchdowns (64). He is also the only player in AFL history to post at 3,000 passing and receiving yards.

GLOVE IS IN THE AIR: Although he had an outstanding year in 2003 with 10 interceptions, KENNY "THE GLOVE" MCENTYRE came up four short in his pursuit to catch DURWOOD ROQUEMORE for the top spot in AFL history. Although Roquemore played the majority of his career with the Predators, McEntyre owns the club record with 46. Roquemore recorded 30 of his career 50 interceptions with Orlando. Four of the top five players on the all-time list for career interceptions spent at least part of their career on an Orlando Predators roster.

ALL-TIME LEADERS INTERCEPTIONS

PLAYER SEAONS WITH PREDS INTs
Durwood Roquemore 1991-96 50
*Kenny McEntyre, Orlando 1998-03 46
*Barry Wagner, San Jose 1992-99 40
Tracey Perkins --- 37
Chris Barber 1996-98 35
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