AFL week six quick hitters
Published on March 2, 2006 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
700 CLUB: Dallas Desperados' QB CLINT DOLEZEL (692) needs eight touchdowns to become the third player in AFL history to throw for 700. Only QB AARON GARCIA of the New York Dragons (757) and QB ANDY KELLY of the Kansas City Brigade (733) have thrown more.
TOP FIVE CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
NAME TD PASSES
1. Aaron Garcia, New York 757
2. Andy Kelly, Kansas City 733
3. Clint Dolezel, Dallas 692
4. Sherdrick Bonner, Arizona 678
5. John Kaleo, Columbus 516
MONUMENTOUS FEAT: FB/LB BOB MCMILLEN, who is in his 12th AFL season and fourth with Chicago, needs seven rushing yards this week against the Dallas Desperados to pass FB/LB LES BARLEY, who retired in 2001 with 1,382 career rushing yards and become the AFL's all-time leading rusher.
TOP FIVE RUSHERS IN AFL HISTORY
PLAYER SEASONS YARDS
Les Barley 1992-2001 1,382
Bob McMillen 1995-present 1,376
Michael "Bo" Kelly 1996-present 1,278
Andre Bowden 1991-2004 1,241
Chad Dukes 1996-present 1,176
WHAT A CATCH: WR/LB GREG HOPKINS of the Los Angeles Avengers and WR/LB CORY FLEMING of the Nashville Kats are poised to become the fourth and fifth players to break the 10,000-yard receiving mark in their career. Fleming needs 82 yards (9,912) while Hopkins needs 272 yards (9,728) to join BARRY WAGNER, EDDIE BROWN, and GARY COMPTON.
TOP FIVE RECEIVERS ALL-TIME
PLAYER YARDS
1. Barry Wagner* 13,090
2. Eddie Brown 12,730
3. Gary Compton 10,247
4. Cory Fleming* 9,912
5. Greg Hopkins* 9,728
*Active
RUSHING THE RECORD BOOK: OL/DL JAMES BARON of the Nashville Kats and OL/DL TOM BRIGGS of the Austin Wranglers could move past SYLVESTER BEMBERY on the all-time sacks list this week. Baron needs 2.0 sacks to pass Bembery, while Briggs needs 2.5. OL/DL JOE JACOBS of the San Jose SaberCats needs 1.5 sacks to become the fifth player in AFL history to record 40 career sacks.
TOP FIVE SACK LEADERS
NAME SACKS
1. Sam Hernandez 59.0
2. Slyvester Bembery 43.0
3. James Baron* 41.5
4. Tom Briggs* 41.0
5. Joe Jacobs* 38.5
*Active
PASSING THE TORCH: Orlando Head Coach JAY GRUDEN needs one win to pass his predecessor, PERRY MOSS, to become the all-time winningest coach in Predators' history. They are currently tied at 67 wins apiece.
Moss coached the Predators from 1991-97. Gruden was hired to replace him and became the youngest coach in Arena Football League history at 30 years of age. Since becoming the head coach in 1997, Gruden has brought ArenaBowl Championships to Orlando in 1998 and 2000. He also returned to the playing field in 2002 and 2003 to play quarterback.
CAREER COMPARISON
CATEGORY MOSS GRUDEN
Seasons 7 6+
Wins 67 67
Regular Season Wins 59 57
Playoff Wins 8 9
AFL Championships 0 2
Overall Winning Percentage .684 .635
CATCHING DARRYL: WR/LB DARRYL HAMMOND of the Nashville Kats needs three receptions to become the fourth AFL player to eclipse the 800-reception mark in a career, joining teammate WR/LB CORY FLEMING, who accomplished the feat in Week 1. This would mark the first time in AFL history that two teammates each had 800 or more receptions.
TOP FIVE AFL RECEPTION LEADERS
NAME RECEPTIONS
1. Barry Wagner* 962
2. Eddie Brown 951
3. Cory Fleming * 819
4. Darryl Hammond* 797
5. Hunkie Cooper 776
*Active
Arena Football League (1987-2008) Stories from March 2, 2006
- AFL week six must-see matchups - AFL I
- Time changes for April 22 Force game - Georgia Force
- Crush's Damian Harrell named Maxwell Football Club award winner - Colorado Crush
- AFL week six quick hitters - AFL I
- Kats Place Fleming On IR - Nashville Kats
- Remy Hamilton honored as AFL "Kicker of the Month" - Los Angeles Avengers
- Preds add former Bucs lineman Cleveland Pinkney - Orlando Predators
- Damian Harrell Wins Maxwell Award - AFL I
- Mason named ADT Defensive Player of the Month - Austin Wranglers
- Utah's Burley earns AFL monthly honors - Utah Blaze
- AFL honors five players with monthly awards for January - AFL I
- Force DS Chris Brown named AFL Rookie of the Month - Georgia Force
- Garcia out for the season - New York Dragons
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