Dallas' Colston Weatherington named AFL Lineman of the Year
May 23, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
NEW YORK - Dallas Desperados OL/DL COLSTON WEATHERINGTON (6-5, 275, Central Missouri State) was selected as the 2006 Lineman of the Year as voted by the AFL head coaches, fans, players and the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA). The announcement was made live on ESPNews this afternoon.
The third-year veteran, who earned All-Arena First-Team honors last week and was an All-Rookie Team member in 2004, started all 16 games this season and posted 13.5 total tackles. He was third in the AFL with 7.5 sacks and 9.0 total tackles-for-loss in the regular season and added three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one safety and one blocked field goal in helping Dallas become just the second team in League history to record 13 regular-season wins.
Other candidates included: Chicago's KHREEM SMITH, Colorado's HUGH HUNTER, Georgia's JERMAINE SMITH and Orlando's HENRY TAYLOR.
Following is a list of the all-time AFL Lineman of the Year honorees:
SEASON PLAYER, TEAM
2006 COLSTON WEATHERINGTON, DALLAS DESPERADOS
2005 Silas Demary, Los Angeles Avengers
2004 John Moyer, Chicago Rush
2003 Tom Briggs, Dallas Desperados
2002 R-Kal Truluck, Detroit Fury
2001 James Baron, Nashville Kats
2000 Sam Hernandez, San Jose SaberCats
1999 Robert Stewart, New Jersey Red Dogs
1998 James Baron, Nashville Kats
1997 Carlos Fowler, Houston ThunderBears
1996 Kent Wells, Tampa Bay Storm
1991 John Corker, Detroit Drive
No award issued from 1992-95.
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