Quick hitters: week eight
March 17, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release
SACK HAPPY: Las Vegas Gladiator FB/LB FRANK CARTER is ranked No. 1 in sacks (9.0) and is within four sacks of tying the record for most sacks in a season (13.0) set by Pittsburgh Gladiators OL/DL CRAIG WALLS in 1987. At Carter's current pace, he will finish the season with 20.0.
TOTAL SACKS, SINGLE SEASON
RANK PLAYER, POSITION TEAM YEAR TOTAL
1 FRANK CARTER, FB/LB LAS VEGAS 2005 20.0*
2 Craig Walls, OL/DL Pittsburgh 1987 13.0
3 Joe March, OL/DL Denver 1991 12.5
4t Craig Walls, OL/DL Pittsburgh 1988 12.0
4t Sam Hernandez, OL/DL San Jose 2000 12.0
4t Tom Briggs, OL/DL Dallas 2003 12.0
* Projected total for 16 games
THUNDER AND LIGHTING: Georgia's rookie tandem of WR/LB DEREK LEE and OS TROY BERGERON have been tearing up the AFL. "Thunder and Lightning" lead the League with a combined 37 touchdown receptions heading into this weekend's Southern Division showdown with the Orlando Predators (5-2) this Saturday at 7 p.m. on FSN South and Sun Sports. The following is the top five duos in touchdown receptions:
TOP FIVE TOUCHDOWN DUOS
PLAYERS TEAM TOUCHDOWNS
DEREK LEE & TROY BERGERON GEORGIA 37
Steve Smith & Sean Scott Philadelphia 31
Siaha Burley & Randy Gatewood Arizona 26
Aaron Bailey & Thabiti Davis New Orleans 26
Aaron Bailey & Jacques Rumph New Orleans 25
PLAYING WITH A PURPOSE: San Jose WR/DB BARRY WAGNER (6-3, 225, Texas A&M) needs 133 all-purpose yards to pass GEORGE LAFRANCE and move into second all-time in career all-purpose yards. Wagner also needs 240 yards to pass HUNKIE COOPER and become the AFL's all-time leader in all-purpose yards. Currently, Wagner has 20,348 career all-purpose yards. Wagner is looking for his chance this Saturday as the defending ArenaBowl Champion SaberCats play host to the Grand Rapids Rampage.
CAREER ALL-PURPOSE YARDS
PLAYER TEAM YARDS
Hunkie Cooper - 20,587
George LaFrance - 20,480
BARRY WAGNER SAN JOSE 20,348
Eddie Brown - 16,437
Steve Papin - 15,427
THIRD-QUARTER KARMA: Los Angeles is 34-8 all-time when leading or tied after three quarters of play. In the "ED HODGKISS Era," Los Angeles is 20-8 when they score two-or-more touchdowns in the third quarter. In games that Los Angeles doesn't score at least two touchdowns in the third quarter, they are 12-12 since 2002.
KEEP ON RUNNING: Chicago Rush teammates FB/LB BOB MCMILLEN and QB TODD HAMMEL are looking to become only the fifth and sixth players in the AFL to rush for at least 70 touchdowns. McMillen is currently at 68 and Hammel has 64.
CAREER RUSHING TDs
PLAYER, POSITION TEAM TDs
Barry Wagner, WR/DB San Jose 120
Andre Bowden, FB/LB Tampa Bay 93
Les Barley, FB/LB - 71
Bo Kelly, FB/LB Arizona 71
Bob McMillen, FB/LB Chicago 68
Todd Hammel, QB Chicago 64
BISHOP CONTINUES FANTASY RAMPAGE: Entering Week 8 of the AFL season, former Heisman Trophy runner-up and Grand Rapids QB MICHAEL BISHOP remains the top overall player in AFL Fantasy, averaging 52.3 fantasy points per game. Last week, Bishop (6-2, 220, Kansas State) totaled 39 fantasy points. He completed 15-of-31 pass attempts for 235 yards and five touchdowns (1 INT) in Grand Rapids' loss to Chicago on Sunday. He added one rushing touchdown (9 rushes for 28 yards).
This Sunday at noon ET on NBC, Tampa Bay QB SHANE STAFFORD (tie-No. 3 fantasy point leader) and the Tampa Bay Storm (4-2) face the Philadelphia Soul and fantasy point leader (10th) WR/DB SEAN SCOTT. Also this Sunday at noon ET on NBC, the Chicago Rush (4-3) will host the AFL's No. 7 fantasy point leader â New Orleans VooDoo OS AARON BAILEY (31.7 FP/G). The following is the Top 10 Fantasy Point Players entering Week 8 of the AFL season (by average FP/G):
TOP AFL FANTASY POINT PLAYERS OVERALL
(Minimum two games)
RANK PLAYER, POSITION TEAM FP/G
1 Michael Bishop, QB Grand Rapids 49.6
2 Siaha Burley, OS Arizona 33.9
3t James Roe WR/LB San Jose 33.5
3t Shane Stafford, QB Tampa Bay 33.5
5 Troy Bergeron, OS Georgia 33.4
6 Matt Nagy, QB Georgia 33.3
7t Aaron Bailey, OS New Orleans 31.7
7t Damian Harrell, OS Colorado 31.7
7t Etu Molden, WR/LB Chicago 31.7
10 Sean Scott, WR/DB Philadelphia 31.4
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