Rattlers WR Rod Windsor Named AFL Rookie of the Year
Published on August 19, 2010 under Arena Football League (AFL)
Arizona Rattlers News Release
MESA, Ariz. - Arizona wide receiver Rod Windsor has been named the 2010 Spalding Rookie of the Year, the league office announced today. Windsor was a team and league leader across the board for receiving throughout the season, breaking rookie records and setting the trend as the best receiver in the league.
The league also named Rattlers offensive coordinator Danny White the UBU Sports Assistant Coach of the Year.
Windsor broke a total of eight rookie records, both at the team and league level. He also shattered several overall Rattler records. After just one season of play, Windsor currently sits at No. 6 in all-time receptions and No. 7 in receiving yards in the Rattlers record books.
In his first year with the AFL, Windsor ended the season with 193 receptions for 2,372 yards and 47 touchdowns. All three statistics are both AFL and Rattler rookie records. He also tallied 12 games with ten or more receptions and six with 15 or more.
Windsor led the league in receptions per game (12.1), receiving yards per game (148.3), total scoring (328 points), total receptions (193) and receiving yards (2,372). He also had the fifth most all-purpose yards in the league.
Twice in the 2010 season, Windsor tallied over 200 receiving yards in a single game, and averaged 12.3 yards per reception.
White started his coaching career in the AFL as head coach of the Arizona Rattlers in 1992. In the first thirteen seasons, White led the team to five ArenaBowl appearances and two championships while winning Coach of the Year and becoming an inductee into the AFL Hall of Fame. In 2006, White moved out of his home state to Utah to coach the Blaze for three seasons before returning to the Rattlers for the 2010 season.
White returned to Arizona this season to be Team President and offensive coordinator for the Rattlers in his fourteenth season with the franchise. The Rattlers had another winning season with a 10-7 record and an appearance in the postseason. In the AFL, White is second in the league history in victories with a record of 172-102 after 17 seasons.
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