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April 17, 2008 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release


GOOD HANDS TEAM: Chicago Rush WR DAMIAN HARRELL stands 178 receiving yards shy of passing EDDIE BROWN and moving into second place on the all-time list with 12,731 career. Harrell can do so when the Rush (5-2) welcomes the Grand Rapids Rampage (2-4) to Allstate Arena on Sunday, April 20 at 3 p.m. ET. Tampa Bay Storm WR/LB LAWRENCE SAMUELS needs 79 yards to become the sixth player to amass 11,000 career.

CAREER RECEIVING YARDS

Player

YDs

Barry Wagner

13,363

Eddie Brown

12,730

Damian Harrell

12,553

Chris Jackson

12,361

Mike Horacek

11,198

Lawrence Samuels

10,921

ARBET GOES FOR 100: San Jose SaberCats head coach DARREN ARBET can become the fifth coach in AFL history to record 100 regular-season victories when the SaberCats (3-4) travel to EnergySolutions Arena to face the Utah Blaze (0-7) on Friday, April 18 at 9 p.m. ET (CSN Bay Area Local - Live).

CAREER REGULAR-SEASON VICTORIES

Coach

Record

Pct.

Tim Marcum

168-78

.682

Danny White

136-79

.633

Mike Hohensee

112-91

.551

Mike Dailey

101-69

.594

Darren Arbet

99-44

.692

TACKLE HAPPY: Colorado Crush DB RASHAD FLOYD stands 9.5 tackles shy of passing DARRYL HAMMOND for third place all-time with 657.5 career. Orlando Predators DB KENNY MCENTYRE needs four tackles to pass CEDRIC WALKER for fifth all-time. The Predators (5-2) will face the Georgia Force (3-3) on Saturday, April 19 at 7 p.m. ET (AFL NET, CSS - Live, WRDQ-TV - Live) in a Mitsubishi Motors Southern Division matchup.

CAREER TACKLES

Player

Tackles

Damon Mason

942.5

Barry Wagner

742.5

Darryl Hammond

657.0

Rashad Floyd

648.0

Cedric Walker

614.0

Kenny McEntyre

610.5

MOVING ON UP: Kansas City Brigade WR/LB MIKE HORACEK needs one touchdown to become the fifth player in AFL history to record 250 career when the Brigade (0-6) welcome the Colorado Crush (3-3) to the Sprint Center on Saturday, April 19 at 6 p.m. (KSMO-TV Local - Live, ESPN360.com, FSN Rocky Mountain Local - Delay at 8:30 p.m. MT) in a Mitsubishi Motors Central Division matchup. Arizona Rattlers WR SIAHA BURLEY stands four touchdowns shy of passing CORY FLEMING for sixth place all-time with 245 career. Burley can do so when the Rattlers (3-3) welcome the New Orleans VooDoo (5-2) on Friday, April 18 at 10 p.m. ET.

CAREER TOUCHDOWNS

Player

TDs

Barry Wagner

409

Eddie Brown

345

Damian Harrell

312

Chris Jackson

312

Mike Horacek

249

Cory Fleming

244

Siaha Burley

241

LUCKY NUMBER 13?: The San Jose SaberCats can become the third team in AFL history to win 13 consecutive games against division opponents with a win against Mitsubishi Motors Western Division rival Utah on Friday. The SaberCats have won 12 consecutive division matchups dating back to 2006.

CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES AGAINST DIVISION OPPONENTS

Team

Gms

Years

Iowa Barnstormers

14

1996-97

Tampa Bay Storm

14

1995-96

San Jose SaberCats

12

2006-

Detroit Drive/Mass Marauders

12

1992-93

Orlando Predators

11

1994

Dallas Desperados

10

2006-

DIETZ ON TARGET FOR 80: Tampa Bay Storm QB BRETT DIETZ has thrown 79 career TD passes in his first 15 games and needs one to tie MIKE PEREZ as the fastest quarterback to reach 80 when the Storm (2-4) welcome the New York Dragons (3-4) to St. Pete Times Forum on Friday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET (Catch 47 Local - Live, CSS - Live, SIRIUS Radio - Channel 130).

FASTEST TO 80 CAREER PASSING TOUCHDOWNS

Player

Gms

Mike Perez

16

Brett Dietz (79)

15

Clint Stoerner

17

Sonny Cumbie

18

Billy Dicken

18

Matt Nagy

18

Tony Graziani

18

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