(S21) - PT2 - Hall of Fame

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There is clearly one recently retired player who deserves to be in the NSFL Hall of Fame: New Orleans' own Vladimir Fyodorovich. Before we get into the details of why this is an obvious choice, let's look at the big picture. He's an eight-time Pro Bowler, earning those honors every single season between S10 and S17. The Season 7 Rookie of the Year became the only wide receiver to win Performance of the Year honors when he took home that prize in S11, and followed that up with Wide Receiver of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year in S12. On the offensive side of the ball, he owns a myriad of Second Line franchise records: receptions, receiving yards, and touchdowns, as well as many of the kick and punt return records.

But to call him a wide receiver ignores a large part of his career. That Rookie of the Year award I mentioned earlier? Yeah, he won that playing as a cornerback. In fact, he still holds the Second Line record for interceptions in a game. The man played offense AND defense in Season 11, and helped carry New Orleans to a championship that season. That wasn't his only championship, by the way; the man won it all twice in the NSFL and once in the DSFL.

I could go on for days about "The Siberian Swatter," but simply put, the man knows success, both on a personal level and on a team level. In addition to that, he's a team player and has always been one of the friendliest voices in the Second Line locker room. He's the kind of player and person everyone in the league should aspire to be, and I'm proud to have played alongside such an accomplished individual. To not make him a first-ballot Hall of Famer would be, in my opinion, a criminal oversight.