Tampa Bay's Dietz Earns AFL 2007 Co-Rookie Of The Year

Published on July 5, 2007 under Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Tampa Bay Storm News Release


TAMPA BAY - The Arena Football League has announced that quarterback Brett Dietz has been selected as the 2007 Co-Rookies of the Year as voted by AFL head coaches, fans, players and the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA). He will share the award with Kansas City wide receiver Charles Fredrick. Dietz is the second player in franchise history to win the award.

Dietz, 6-foot-4, 220-pounds, out of Hanover College, won both Offensive Player of the Week (Week 14) and Rookie of the Month (May, June) honors, completed 199-of-302 passes for 2,395 yards and 47 touchdowns, setting the AFL single-season record for completion percentage by a rookie with at least 300 attempts (65.9) and achieved the second-highest passer rating for a rookie (119.3) in the process.

Dietz, who earned All-Rookie honors last week, guided the Storm to an 8-1 record once he became a regular under center. The Storm began the season 1-6 and due much to the play of Dietz, finished the season at 9-7 earning the third seed in the National Conference playoff standings. He became the first player in AFL history to be named Rookie of the Year in the AFL after winning the same honor in af2 (2006).

Following is a list of the all-time AFL Rookie of the Year honorees:

ALL-TIME ROOKIE OF THE YEAR WINNERS

SEASON PLAYER TEAM

2007 Brett Dietz Tampa Bay Storm

2007 Charles Frederick Kansas City Brigade

2006 Ben Nelson San Jose SaberCats

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

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