The sim gives us an index with a nice compact top 10 in each statistic. For today, I will take a brief look at the receivers, and the top 10 in yards.
There's 10 players in a top 10 (obviously), in terms of the top 10 receiving yards, it correlates fairly well to the Hall of Fame. Of the 10 leaders in receiving yards, 6 of them have made the Hall of Fame - Trey Willie, Bradley Westfield, Josh Garden, Paul Dimirio, Carlito Crush, and Alexandre LeClair. There are 3 players who have yet to be eligible for the Hall of Fame - Fox North (will be this season), Vinny Valentine, and Kazimir Oles. Which leaves 1 player who has been eligible for the Hall of Fame, but was not inducted - Shane Weston.
Trey Willie and Bradley Westfield were unquestionable choices for the Hall of Fame. They are the only 2 receivers to get more than 12,000 receiving yards, and also the only 2 with more than 100 receiving touchdowns. Westfield finished his career with 13457 yards and 109 TDs while Willie finished with 14421 yards and 118 TDs. They also both put up respectable return yardage, almost 9000 yards for Westfield, and slightly over 6000 for Willie. Willie never returned punts, but Westfield to this day remains 2nd all time in punt return yardage.
Paul Dimirio was a tight end, and is the best there has ever been at the position. It's not really comparable to wide receivers, but his 11522 yards and 72 TDs is one of the more impressive stat lines - one of the reasons he won 7 consecutive TEotY awards. His place in the HoF was unquestioned. He didn't really return kicks though. That's never really the job of a tight end.
Josh Garden was often considered as one of the best in the game. It amounted to 2 WRotY awards for him. To this day, he remains #4 in all time yardage, and #5 in TDs. He's 10th in total career return yards with 7674. Really, it was a fairly average career outside of 3 spectacular seasons in the middle. Those 3 seasons were elite of elite, and they pushed him into the Hall of Fame.
Vinny Valentine and Kazimir Oles have wrapped up their careers fairly recently, however I believe they will both be shoe-ins for the Hall of Fame. The both played in an era of fewer games in the NSFL (though it amounts to a difference of 10-12 games over a full career), and excelled. Valentine won 3 consecutive WRotY awards, just the 2nd player to win 3 ever, let alone 3 in a row. He finished with 10943 yards and 75 TDs. Kazimir Oles won the award once, but finished with 11254 yards and 71 TDs. Both had several Pro Bowl selections. Valentine was also a strong returner, finishing with 7846 yards, 9th all time. Oles was exceptional, finishing at 4th all time in return yards, with 9735.
Fox North is 6th in yards, with 11066, and tied with Valentine at 75 TDs. He never won WRotY award, but did get selected to several Pro Bowls. North barely returned the ball, he sits 74th in all time return yardage with 1351 yards. He will be on the edge and it will likely depend on the strength of the class he's nominated with. Based on the odds of being top 10 in receiving yardage getting you into the Hall of Fame, I'd say it's more likely than not that he'll be in.
Carlito Crush is one of the interesting ones on this list. For all it's worth, his career was not that spectacular. His crowning achievement is 2 Ultimus Championships with the powerhouse Otters. He finished with 10583 yards and 70 TDs. He never won a WRotY award, but was selected to 7 Pro Bowls. Crush barely ever touched the field on special teams, finishing with a career total of 568 return yards. He did however get selected to the Hall of Fame in S18.
Alexandre LeClair was kind of forever stuck as a #2 WR, or so it seemed. He never won the WRotY, and despite finishing with 11718 yards (3rd all time) and 89 TDs (4th all time) he was selected to just 6 pro bowls. He was never known as a spectacular player, but he made it work enough to be one of the top WRs in league history. He extended his career just long enough to finally win an Ultimus with the Second Line in S11. He was a decent return man, finishing with 6926 career return yards. He was selected to the Hall of Fame headlining what I would consider the first major hall of fame class (6 players inducted).
That brings us to the last player on this list. The one who has no chance of being inducted to the Hall of Fame. On that same ballot as LeClair, Shane Weston received 1 vote, and would thus be dropped from further consideration.
Weston finished with 10823 receiving yards and 50 TDs. He never won a WRotY award, and was selected to 4 Pro Bowls. Weston however finshed his career with 10847 total return yards, which to this day remains the 2nd most all time - only Dermot Lavelle has more (and he played 1 additional season picking up 931 KR yards). At the time of retirement, he was 1st in KR yards before Lavelle passed him with 1 additional season. To this day there is no Returner of the Year award, and prior to season 7 there was no returner slot in the Pro Bowl. Weston was one of the all time best returners, and was also an elite receiver next to that. He shares a spotlight with Bradley Westfield as well, being the only 2 on this list who spent their entire career with 1 team. In Weston's case, it was with the San Jose Sabercats. Weston spent the first several seasons of his career marred by the Arizona OutlErs, and in his entire career the Sabercats played in 1 playoff game, losing in S6. Weston was 3rd in the league in yards in S3, where he also led in YPC. He led the league in YPC in S6 as well.
Weston, North, and Dimirio are the only 3 players listed here who have their numbers retired by a team.
In addition to receiving yards, Weston is also likely to be the only one in the top 10 in total return yards to NOT be in the Hall of Fame.
There's 10 players in a top 10 (obviously), in terms of the top 10 receiving yards, it correlates fairly well to the Hall of Fame. Of the 10 leaders in receiving yards, 6 of them have made the Hall of Fame - Trey Willie, Bradley Westfield, Josh Garden, Paul Dimirio, Carlito Crush, and Alexandre LeClair. There are 3 players who have yet to be eligible for the Hall of Fame - Fox North (will be this season), Vinny Valentine, and Kazimir Oles. Which leaves 1 player who has been eligible for the Hall of Fame, but was not inducted - Shane Weston.
Trey Willie and Bradley Westfield were unquestionable choices for the Hall of Fame. They are the only 2 receivers to get more than 12,000 receiving yards, and also the only 2 with more than 100 receiving touchdowns. Westfield finished his career with 13457 yards and 109 TDs while Willie finished with 14421 yards and 118 TDs. They also both put up respectable return yardage, almost 9000 yards for Westfield, and slightly over 6000 for Willie. Willie never returned punts, but Westfield to this day remains 2nd all time in punt return yardage.
Paul Dimirio was a tight end, and is the best there has ever been at the position. It's not really comparable to wide receivers, but his 11522 yards and 72 TDs is one of the more impressive stat lines - one of the reasons he won 7 consecutive TEotY awards. His place in the HoF was unquestioned. He didn't really return kicks though. That's never really the job of a tight end.
Josh Garden was often considered as one of the best in the game. It amounted to 2 WRotY awards for him. To this day, he remains #4 in all time yardage, and #5 in TDs. He's 10th in total career return yards with 7674. Really, it was a fairly average career outside of 3 spectacular seasons in the middle. Those 3 seasons were elite of elite, and they pushed him into the Hall of Fame.
Vinny Valentine and Kazimir Oles have wrapped up their careers fairly recently, however I believe they will both be shoe-ins for the Hall of Fame. The both played in an era of fewer games in the NSFL (though it amounts to a difference of 10-12 games over a full career), and excelled. Valentine won 3 consecutive WRotY awards, just the 2nd player to win 3 ever, let alone 3 in a row. He finished with 10943 yards and 75 TDs. Kazimir Oles won the award once, but finished with 11254 yards and 71 TDs. Both had several Pro Bowl selections. Valentine was also a strong returner, finishing with 7846 yards, 9th all time. Oles was exceptional, finishing at 4th all time in return yards, with 9735.
Fox North is 6th in yards, with 11066, and tied with Valentine at 75 TDs. He never won WRotY award, but did get selected to several Pro Bowls. North barely returned the ball, he sits 74th in all time return yardage with 1351 yards. He will be on the edge and it will likely depend on the strength of the class he's nominated with. Based on the odds of being top 10 in receiving yardage getting you into the Hall of Fame, I'd say it's more likely than not that he'll be in.
Carlito Crush is one of the interesting ones on this list. For all it's worth, his career was not that spectacular. His crowning achievement is 2 Ultimus Championships with the powerhouse Otters. He finished with 10583 yards and 70 TDs. He never won a WRotY award, but was selected to 7 Pro Bowls. Crush barely ever touched the field on special teams, finishing with a career total of 568 return yards. He did however get selected to the Hall of Fame in S18.
Alexandre LeClair was kind of forever stuck as a #2 WR, or so it seemed. He never won the WRotY, and despite finishing with 11718 yards (3rd all time) and 89 TDs (4th all time) he was selected to just 6 pro bowls. He was never known as a spectacular player, but he made it work enough to be one of the top WRs in league history. He extended his career just long enough to finally win an Ultimus with the Second Line in S11. He was a decent return man, finishing with 6926 career return yards. He was selected to the Hall of Fame headlining what I would consider the first major hall of fame class (6 players inducted).
That brings us to the last player on this list. The one who has no chance of being inducted to the Hall of Fame. On that same ballot as LeClair, Shane Weston received 1 vote, and would thus be dropped from further consideration.
Weston finished with 10823 receiving yards and 50 TDs. He never won a WRotY award, and was selected to 4 Pro Bowls. Weston however finshed his career with 10847 total return yards, which to this day remains the 2nd most all time - only Dermot Lavelle has more (and he played 1 additional season picking up 931 KR yards). At the time of retirement, he was 1st in KR yards before Lavelle passed him with 1 additional season. To this day there is no Returner of the Year award, and prior to season 7 there was no returner slot in the Pro Bowl. Weston was one of the all time best returners, and was also an elite receiver next to that. He shares a spotlight with Bradley Westfield as well, being the only 2 on this list who spent their entire career with 1 team. In Weston's case, it was with the San Jose Sabercats. Weston spent the first several seasons of his career marred by the Arizona OutlErs, and in his entire career the Sabercats played in 1 playoff game, losing in S6. Weston was 3rd in the league in yards in S3, where he also led in YPC. He led the league in YPC in S6 as well.
Weston, North, and Dimirio are the only 3 players listed here who have their numbers retired by a team.
In addition to receiving yards, Weston is also likely to be the only one in the top 10 in total return yards to NOT be in the Hall of Fame.
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