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April 19, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release


IT'S GOTTA BE THE JERSEY: All 19 AFL teams are wearing Russell Athletic uniforms this season but only three are wearing Russell's Xtreme Compression jersey. The XC is one of the most innovative jerseys ever constructed. It includes compression fit material that is difficult to grab, ventilator technology to accelerate body cooling, Dri-Power technology to wick moisture away from the body, and Anti-Microbial technology to help eliminate odor.

The results of the XC can be found in the AFL standings. The three teams who wear it -- Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles -- have a combined 15-4 (.789) record. Chicago and Dallas are leading their respective divisions and Los Angeles is tied for second place in the West.

NOSE FOR THE BALL: Chicago Rush WR/DB DEJUAN ALFONZO and Kansas City DB ISAIAH TRUFANT each need two fumble recoveries to tie the all-time single-season record for fumble recoveries with six. Alfonzo and Trufant are tied for the AFL lead with four, while Trufant can tie the single-season rookie mark with one more. The current record was set and then tied at six by Tampa Bay's Andre Bowdon and Antoine Worthman, in 1999 and 2000, respectively.

Alfonzo has returned two of his recoveries for touchdowns and entered the 2007 season, his sixth overall, with only two career fumble recoveries.

RUN FOR DAYLIGHT: Nashville Kats FB/LB DAN ALEXANDER needs three rushing touchdowns to tie for third place on the all-time single-season rushing touchdowns list with 21. Alexander currently has 18 TDs in only seven games and is on pace for 41, which would shatter the current record of 26, set by Bernard Hall, in 1996.

ALL-TIME RUSHING TDs IN A SEASON

Player Team Year Rushing TDs

Bernard Hall St. Louis 1996 26

Bob McMillen Chicago 2004 22

Barry Wagner Orlando 1995 21

Dan Curran New Orleans 2004 21

Broderick Sargent Detroit 1993 20

Dan Alexander* Nashville 2007 18

*Through seven games

SCRAMBLING OUT OF THE POCKET: With 26 rushing yards this week, Austin Wranglers QB ADRIAN MCPHERSON will move into fifth place on the single-season rushing list for quarterbacks. Currently, with 198 rushing yards, McPherson averages 28 yards per game and can move up the list this week at home against the New Orleans VooDoo.

ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON QB RUSHING RECORD

Player Team Year Rushing YDs

Michael Bishop Grand Rapids 2005 459

Major Harris Columbus 1991 424

Major Harris Cleveland 1992 289

Adrian McPherson Indianapolis 2004 259

Ryan Vena Columbus 2004 223

Adrian McPherson Austin 2007 198

10,000 YARDS AND CATCHING: With 39 receiving yards, Colorado Crush WR DAMIAN HARRELL can become the third player in AFL history to record 11,000 for a career. Harrell, in his ninth AFL season, is one of three active players with at least 10,000 receiving yards. New York Dragons WR MIKE HORACEK needs 196 yards to move into seventh place all-time.

ALL-TIME 10,000 YARD RECEIVERS

Player Receiving YDs

Barry Wagner 13,363

Eddie Brown 12,730

Damian Harrell 10,961

Chris Jackson 10,510

Gary Compton 10,327

Greg Hopkins 10,300

Cory Fleming 10,217

Mike Horacek 10,022

*Bold- Active

2,000 AND COUNTING: With eight passing yards this week, Arizona Rattlers QB SHERDRICK BONNER can become the first quarterback in AFL history with 12 seasons of 2,000 or more passing yards. New Orleans VooDoo QB ANDY KELLY is 586 yards shy of matching the same mark.

MOST SEASONS ALL-TIME 2000-OR-MORE PASSING YARDS

Player Seasons

Sherdrick Bonner 11

Andy Kelly 11

Clint Dolezel 9

John Kaleo 9

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