Tier 1 - Task 2 - 800+ Words - 10 TPE
I just want to open up with the fact that I absolutely love this as a point task as I really enjoy getting to go back and look at how the S22 draft class has done as a whole. The thing that makes it special if I had to sum it up in just one factor would have to be that it is the largest draft class in ISFL history at well over two-hundred total recruits. Of course I think it is quite special personally as it involved a large number of major players in the league. Counting recreates I believe there are ten general managers in the class and that is not counting the other various league jobs possessed by the draft class. Just counting me you have a media grader and a rookie mentor for example.
Covering all of my fellow draftees would warrant this being a media piece instead of a point task, and so I will cover my fellow Seawolves instead to the best of my ability. Sixth overall at the DSFL level Thubba Bumper ended up going to the Colorado Yeti as everyone predicted, but with the fourteenth selection instead of the eighth selection as everyone had predicted. Thubba Bumper has since retired, but Bauer recreated with a delightful wide receiver who has been a player of the game at least once as I remember writing about them for my DSFL Highlights series.
Safety Matt Cross who was selected with the fourteenth overall pick at the DSFL level saw a considerable climb in the ISFL draft as as he was taken third overall by the Philadelphia Liberty. He is doing quite well there having made the Pro Bowl at least once. Unfortunately he is now the last of the superb secondary draft left in Philly from that draft, but I believe he is still happy doing his part to make the team better. Plus the user J0EB is now a terrific general manager of the Norfolk Seawolves and helped get them their first Ultimini win.
Norfolk's fourth selection in the draft is one that is close to my heart as wide receiver Kevin Koh is another graduate of the University of Washington. They were unfortunately essentially inactive by the time of the next draft and fell from 30th overall to 82nd overall to the Orange County Otters. Their user has not been seen in months, but I do hope they are doing well wherever they are in the world.
The fifth selection by Norfolk with the 38th overall selection could be called a steal and so I will say steal Wesley Eriksen's talents were recognized at the next level as he was selected with the eighteenth overall selection by the Philadelphia Liberty. There he would reform the best safety duo of all time with fellow Norfolk alum Matt Cross. Since then they have ended up in Arizona after some things happened in Philadelphia, but as far as I am aware they are doing well there having helped the team keep up their performance after their first playoff berth in several seasons. Honestly I have talked to them more in a different league recently, however I do hope they are doing well in Arizona as they are a lovely person.
Quarterback Luke Skywalker was selected in the seventh round at the DSFL level and the sixth round at the ISFL level. That number for a franchise quarterback is kind of outrageous, but not even the most outrageous occurrence in this draft as I will soon explain. Luke ended up in Honolulu where they won the starting quarterback position after Jim Waters position swapped to cornerback and took over for future hall of fame quarterback Corvo Havran.
The eighth round at the DSFL level led to one of my favorite teammates of Magnus' Sam Sidekick who would go onto win kicker of the year for the Seawolves if memory serves. Sidekick would be drafted by the Butchers where they still play today as an elite kicker and even more elite punter. Fun fact about Sidekick is that I believe they are the player who I have the most duplicates of in my Dotts collection as I seem to draw a card of them once a week.
Ninth round led to Jack Banks future first overall selection in the expansion draft! Originally drafted at the ISFL level by the Honolulu Hahalua with the 55th overall selection in the fifth round. Either way given how justifiably desired he was in the expansion draft I am comfortable saying every team that has gotten him has benefited from the deal. Doing a wonderful job on his newest team the New York Silverbacks.
Tenth round was another lovely linebacker in Spike Suzuki who would move up fifteen spots between the DSFL draft and the ISFL draft as the Philadelphia Liberty spotted their talents. If memory serves they set the tackle for loss record there before they ended up moving to Baltimore. They have not been seen in a month though and the last time we spoke was well before that so I have no idea of how they are doing there. However I hope they are enjoying themselves out in the world.
I am going to keep going until I get to a specific person fo reasons, but of the next three I only really interacted with one. Defensive tackle Godrick Fallstrum fell to the 117th pick due to inactivity where they went to the Baltimore Hawks, and I honestly cannot recall an interaction with them. Cornerback Bayden Brosley was a really nice person from what I remember and went from 88th overall to 73rd overall between the DSFL and ISFL as Honolulu grabbed up a bunch of late round talent from Norfolk. They have since gone inactive though from my understanding and so we will wish them well here instead of stating how they are doing. Defensive end Loin Stake also fell to the triple digits due to inactivity as the Orange County Otters selected them 154th overall, and once again I do not recall having had an interaction with them.
Now the reason I wanted to continue this as far as I have is due to superstar quarterback Suleiman Ramza who fell all the way to the fifteenth round at the DSFL level. They would show off their talents well, but it only moved them up to the eighth round and 94th overall selection in the ISFL draft. The Philadelphia Liberty were smart enough to see their talents, however they already had a quarterback and so Suleiman would eventually walk to become the heir apparent to arguably the greatest quarterback of all time in Franklin Armstrong. Before he would get called up though he would win an MVP award and an Ultimini with the Norfolk Seawolves. His rookie season in Orange County he took the team to the championship round and in his sophomore season is in position to make the playoffs for a second straight season.
Honestly given what all Suleiman has accomplished relative to both draft positions I would say Ramza was the steal of both drafts if not for the fact that he only benefited the one team that drafted him. Comfortably the steal of the DSFL draft though. That could be bias on my part though given Big Edd and Tyron Shields could both make the claim as pro bowlers drafted after him, but Suleiman Ramza is one of my favorite players in the league so I will stand with my admitted bias on his side.
That covers all the active Seawolves from that draft class, but I hope that is enough to qualify for this. Honestly should go to show how utterly massive the draft class ended up being given how such talented people fell in it. It was a really good draft by the Seawolves at least though as it gave some key components of their future Ultimini winning team. Plus it helped by giving them two future general managers of the team in Blasoon and J0EB.
I just want to open up with the fact that I absolutely love this as a point task as I really enjoy getting to go back and look at how the S22 draft class has done as a whole. The thing that makes it special if I had to sum it up in just one factor would have to be that it is the largest draft class in ISFL history at well over two-hundred total recruits. Of course I think it is quite special personally as it involved a large number of major players in the league. Counting recreates I believe there are ten general managers in the class and that is not counting the other various league jobs possessed by the draft class. Just counting me you have a media grader and a rookie mentor for example.
Covering all of my fellow draftees would warrant this being a media piece instead of a point task, and so I will cover my fellow Seawolves instead to the best of my ability. Sixth overall at the DSFL level Thubba Bumper ended up going to the Colorado Yeti as everyone predicted, but with the fourteenth selection instead of the eighth selection as everyone had predicted. Thubba Bumper has since retired, but Bauer recreated with a delightful wide receiver who has been a player of the game at least once as I remember writing about them for my DSFL Highlights series.
Safety Matt Cross who was selected with the fourteenth overall pick at the DSFL level saw a considerable climb in the ISFL draft as as he was taken third overall by the Philadelphia Liberty. He is doing quite well there having made the Pro Bowl at least once. Unfortunately he is now the last of the superb secondary draft left in Philly from that draft, but I believe he is still happy doing his part to make the team better. Plus the user J0EB is now a terrific general manager of the Norfolk Seawolves and helped get them their first Ultimini win.
Norfolk's fourth selection in the draft is one that is close to my heart as wide receiver Kevin Koh is another graduate of the University of Washington. They were unfortunately essentially inactive by the time of the next draft and fell from 30th overall to 82nd overall to the Orange County Otters. Their user has not been seen in months, but I do hope they are doing well wherever they are in the world.
The fifth selection by Norfolk with the 38th overall selection could be called a steal and so I will say steal Wesley Eriksen's talents were recognized at the next level as he was selected with the eighteenth overall selection by the Philadelphia Liberty. There he would reform the best safety duo of all time with fellow Norfolk alum Matt Cross. Since then they have ended up in Arizona after some things happened in Philadelphia, but as far as I am aware they are doing well there having helped the team keep up their performance after their first playoff berth in several seasons. Honestly I have talked to them more in a different league recently, however I do hope they are doing well in Arizona as they are a lovely person.
Quarterback Luke Skywalker was selected in the seventh round at the DSFL level and the sixth round at the ISFL level. That number for a franchise quarterback is kind of outrageous, but not even the most outrageous occurrence in this draft as I will soon explain. Luke ended up in Honolulu where they won the starting quarterback position after Jim Waters position swapped to cornerback and took over for future hall of fame quarterback Corvo Havran.
The eighth round at the DSFL level led to one of my favorite teammates of Magnus' Sam Sidekick who would go onto win kicker of the year for the Seawolves if memory serves. Sidekick would be drafted by the Butchers where they still play today as an elite kicker and even more elite punter. Fun fact about Sidekick is that I believe they are the player who I have the most duplicates of in my Dotts collection as I seem to draw a card of them once a week.
Ninth round led to Jack Banks future first overall selection in the expansion draft! Originally drafted at the ISFL level by the Honolulu Hahalua with the 55th overall selection in the fifth round. Either way given how justifiably desired he was in the expansion draft I am comfortable saying every team that has gotten him has benefited from the deal. Doing a wonderful job on his newest team the New York Silverbacks.
Tenth round was another lovely linebacker in Spike Suzuki who would move up fifteen spots between the DSFL draft and the ISFL draft as the Philadelphia Liberty spotted their talents. If memory serves they set the tackle for loss record there before they ended up moving to Baltimore. They have not been seen in a month though and the last time we spoke was well before that so I have no idea of how they are doing there. However I hope they are enjoying themselves out in the world.
I am going to keep going until I get to a specific person fo reasons, but of the next three I only really interacted with one. Defensive tackle Godrick Fallstrum fell to the 117th pick due to inactivity where they went to the Baltimore Hawks, and I honestly cannot recall an interaction with them. Cornerback Bayden Brosley was a really nice person from what I remember and went from 88th overall to 73rd overall between the DSFL and ISFL as Honolulu grabbed up a bunch of late round talent from Norfolk. They have since gone inactive though from my understanding and so we will wish them well here instead of stating how they are doing. Defensive end Loin Stake also fell to the triple digits due to inactivity as the Orange County Otters selected them 154th overall, and once again I do not recall having had an interaction with them.
Now the reason I wanted to continue this as far as I have is due to superstar quarterback Suleiman Ramza who fell all the way to the fifteenth round at the DSFL level. They would show off their talents well, but it only moved them up to the eighth round and 94th overall selection in the ISFL draft. The Philadelphia Liberty were smart enough to see their talents, however they already had a quarterback and so Suleiman would eventually walk to become the heir apparent to arguably the greatest quarterback of all time in Franklin Armstrong. Before he would get called up though he would win an MVP award and an Ultimini with the Norfolk Seawolves. His rookie season in Orange County he took the team to the championship round and in his sophomore season is in position to make the playoffs for a second straight season.
Honestly given what all Suleiman has accomplished relative to both draft positions I would say Ramza was the steal of both drafts if not for the fact that he only benefited the one team that drafted him. Comfortably the steal of the DSFL draft though. That could be bias on my part though given Big Edd and Tyron Shields could both make the claim as pro bowlers drafted after him, but Suleiman Ramza is one of my favorite players in the league so I will stand with my admitted bias on his side.
That covers all the active Seawolves from that draft class, but I hope that is enough to qualify for this. Honestly should go to show how utterly massive the draft class ended up being given how such talented people fell in it. It was a really good draft by the Seawolves at least though as it gave some key components of their future Ultimini winning team. Plus it helped by giving them two future general managers of the team in Blasoon and J0EB.
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