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Quick hitters: week seven

March 10, 2005 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I) News Release


CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Two players are on pace to break the single-season touchdown reception record. Georgia rookie OS TROY BERGERON (6-2, 180, Middle Tennessee State) leads the League in touchdown receptions (19) and is on pace to break the record for touchdown receptions in a season. Colorado OS DAMIAN HARRELL (6-3, 200, Florida State) ranks No. 3 (16) and is on pace to finish the season with 51. Philadelphia WR/DB SEAN SCOTT (6-2, 200, Millersville University) ranks No. 2 (17) and is on pace to fall one touchdown short of tying the record with 45.

SINGLE–SEASON TD RECEPTION LEADERS
PLAYER TEAM YEAR TDS
DAMIAN HARRELL COLORADO 2005 51*
TROY BERGERON GEORGIA 2005 51*
Mike Horacek Iowa 2000 46
Chris Jackson Los Angeles 2003 46
Mike Furrey New York 2003 46
Marcus Nash Las Vegas 2004 46
SEAN SCOTT PHILADELPHIA 2005 45*
*-projected totals

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. The SaberCats (2-3) host the Philadelphia Soul (2-4) this Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET on Comcast and FSN Bay Area.

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

KAT BURGLER: Nashville WR/LB DARRYL HAMMOND (6-3, 220, Virginia) needs one interception to become the second player in AFL history to record 30 interceptions and 8,000 receiving yards in a career. San Jose WR/DB BARRY WAGNER (6-3, 225, Alabama A&M) is the only player to reach that milestone. The Kats (1-5) host the Colorado Crush (3-2) at Gaylord Entertainment Center this Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET on FSN South, FSN Rocky Mountain and NASN Europe.


WELCOME TO NEU ORLEANS: Through their first 22 regular-season games under head coach MIKE NEU, the New Orleans VooDoo are tied for the best start in AFL history with the Detroit Drive, which was established in 1988, and went 16-6 in their first 22 games. Entering Week 7, the VooDoo are 5-1 on the season and 16-6 in their first 22 games as a franchise.

I'M IN THE MONEY! Orlando OS JIMMY FRYZEL (5-11, 195, Central Florida) makes every reception count. The rookie leads the AFL in money-reception percentage – all 13 of his receptions have either been for a first down or touchdown (which also counts as a first down.) Here is a look at the AFL's top five in money reception percentage:

MONEY-RECEPTION PERCENTAGE LEADERS*
PLAYER, TEAM REC FIRST DOWN TDs PCT.
JIMMY FRYZEL, ORLANDO 13 13 4 100.0%
Dennison Robinson, Grand Rapids 11 10 4 90.9%
Rob Milanese, Philadelphia 11 10 4 90.9%
Kevin Swayne, New York 16 14 8 87.5%
Sean Scott, Philadelphia 36 31 17 86.1%
* Minimum of 10 receptions

HE KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING... New Orleans QB ANDY KELLY (6-3, 220, Tennessee) is slated to start his 126th consecutive regular-season game when the VooDoo (5-1) host the Southern Division rival Orlando Predators (4-2) this Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on Cox Sports. The streak is the all-time record for consecutive starts by a quarterback. The next closest active streak is held by Philadelphia QB TONY GRAZIANI (6-3, 215 University of Oregon), who will be starting his 53rd straight game dating back to the start of the 2002 season with Los Angeles.

BISHOP STILL KING: Entering Week 7 of the AFL season, Grand Rapids QB MICHAEL BISHOP is still the top overall player in AFL Fantasy, averaging 52.3 fantasy points per game. Last week, Bishop (6-2, 220, Kansas State) totaled 36 fantasy points. The former Heisman Trophy runner-up completed 16-of-37 pass attempts for 259 yards and five touchdowns in Grand Rapids' loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday. He added one rushing touchdown (4 carries for 18 yards). Here are the Top 10 Fantasy Point Players entering Week 7 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 52.3
2 Troy Bergeron, OS Georgia 35.5
3 Matt Nagy, QB Georgia 34.5
4 Damian Harrell, OS Colorado 34.4
5 Sean Scott, WR/DB Philadelphia 34.2
6 James Roe WR/LB San Jose 33.8
7 Shane Stafford, QB Tampa Bay 33.2
8 Andy Kelly, QB New Orleans 32.2
9 Aaron Bailey, OS New Orleans 31.2
10t Siaha Burley, OS Arizona 31.0
10t John Fitzgerald, QB Austin 31.0



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