Force's Troy Bergeron named AFL Rookie of the Year
June 1, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Georgia Force News Release
FLOWERY BRANCH, GA, June 1, 2005 â Georgia Force offensive specialist Troy Bergeron was selected the 2005 Rookie of the Year as voted by the AFL head coaches, fans and Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA). The announcement was made live on ESPNEWS this afternoon.
BERGERON (6-2, 190, Middle Tennessee State), the AFL's youngest player at 21 years old, earned All-Rookie Team honors last week, set an AFL rookie-record with 1,370 receiving yards and finished the season with 105 receptions (T-2nd in AFL rookie records) and 31 touchdowns (4th in AFL rookie records). Bergeron added 64 kick returns for 1,180 yards and finished with 2,550 all-purpose yards and 188 points.
This season Bergeron garnered Offensive Player of the Game six times and Ironman of the Game once playing in all 16 games. In addition to his two postseason honors, Bergeron earned Rookie of the Month for February and was named AFL Offensive Player of the Week for the Divisional Round of the playoffs earlier in the week.
Other candidates included: Dallas' CLINT STOERNER, Georgia's DEREK LEE and New York's BILLY PARKER.
Following is the complete list of the Rookie of the Year award winners:
ALL-TIME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS
SEASON PLAYERS, TEAM
2005 Troy Bergeron, Georgia Force
2004 Adrian McPherson, Indiana Firebirds
2003 Travis McGriff, Orlando Predators
2002 Clevan Thomas, San Jose SaberCats
2001 R-Kal Truluck, Detroit Fury
2000 Chris Jackson, Los Angeles Avengers
1999 Charles Wilson, Tampa Bay Storm
1998 Oronde Gadsden, Portland Forest Dragons
1997 Cory Fleming, Nashville Kats
The 2005 Southern Division Champion and top seeded Georgia Force (12-5) play host to the National Conference Championship Game against the third seeded Orlando Predators (11-6) on Saturday, June 4th at 3 pm in Philips Arena. The winner will earn a berth to ArenaBowl XIX on Sunday, June 12th in Las Vegas. Force 2005 playoff tickets are on sale and may be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (404) 249-6400 or for more information, visit www.georgiaforce.com.
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