#2. The Season 28 ISFL Draft class has turned out some pretty stunning players so far, with 19 currently over 1000 total TPE and another 4 members over 900 total TPE. I haven't actually done any research to see how this compares to other draft classes, but those numbers seem pretty dang high if I say so myself. Now that could be attributed to the fact that the Season 28 draft class also had an inordinate number of recreates, which I think would lend itself to members being serious earners in order to bring another player into the sim world. I feel like there would also be a lower percentage of members going inactive if they are committed enough to the sim league to go through one full player career and then decide to start a whole new player from scratch (well I guess they may have a nice little nest egg to start off this time around, but honestly money is pretty easy to come by so it doesn't really change much).
Notable players from this draft include:
Brandon Prince - Running Back - New York Silverbacks - @Void_DCXI
Prince is the only player drafted in the 5th round to still be an active and rostered player. Coming into the league via the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, Prince has remained at his DSFL position of RB, which in itself is almost a rarity. While Prince hasn't been a max earner (totaling 662 TPE at the time of writing), the commitment to stay in the league despite the rest of his 5th round compatriots abandoning the simulation is quite admirable.
Dexter Zaylren - Quarterback - Berlin Fire Salamanders - @Laser
Zaylren is the class's leading TPE earner, coming in at a whopping 1170 TPE. Now this is almost to be expected, as Zaylren is one of the many aforementioned recreates and even further was made by illustrious user Laser. Laser has won a host of awards, including GM Hall of Fame honors, and even ISFL Season 31 Offensive Rookie of the Year for his Zaylren recreate. This player is top notch and is very well deserving of the top TPE earner for the class, and surprisingly a steal in the draft, coming in at the 19th overall selection (Round 2 pick 5 for those who don't have calculator brains). While there were flashier players like Luke Quick and Busch Goose taken at the top of the draft, I can't imagine that Zaylren wouldn't be the first off the board if things were to be redone today. If anyone can make it into the Hall of Fame from this class, my money is probably on Dexter as he plays a key position and is set up to contribute for a long time to come.
And this is where I start to cheat in my own post, as I want to recognize the Sarasota Sailfish for taking full advantage of the Season 28 ISFL Draft and nabbing 2 of the top 5 TPE earners in Offensive Lineman Stumpy Jones and Wide Receiver Saleem Spence. I'll go into each of the two player's noteworthyness momentarily, but wanted to comment on the excellent drafting that got the Sailfish to their Season 30 Ultimus winning team.
Stumpy Jones - Offensive Line - Sarasota Sailfish - @FootballIsCool
Jones comes in as the third highest TPE earner in the class, accumulating 1156 TPE to go along with the previously mentioned Ultimus XXX championship. Funny enough Jones went one pick ahead of Zeylren at number 18 overall (Round 2 Pick 4, c'mon guys I laid it out for you literally one person ago), but considering how things turned out I'm sure the Sailfish are more than content with the way their selection turned out.
Saleem Spence - Wide Receiver - Sarasota Sailfish - @StadiumGambler
Spence comes in as the 5th highest TPE earner of the class, racking up a total of 1144 TPE to date. As mentioned a third time now, Spence was an integral member of the Season 30 championship team in Sarasota, where funny enough he was able to swipe yet another award from my grasp, the first being the Season 29 Offensive Rookie of the Year award that Spence handily won after the voting committee decided not to include my player despite Spence coming up 11 catches and 304 yards short of my marks. Not that I'm bitter about it (well kind of about the Ultimus thing, that would've been cool to win but definitely not the OROY award, that was well earned and I'm only giving some friendly ribbing on the topic to one of the two receivers ahead of me on the TPE scale for the class).
Notable players from this draft include:
Brandon Prince - Running Back - New York Silverbacks - @Void_DCXI
Prince is the only player drafted in the 5th round to still be an active and rostered player. Coming into the league via the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, Prince has remained at his DSFL position of RB, which in itself is almost a rarity. While Prince hasn't been a max earner (totaling 662 TPE at the time of writing), the commitment to stay in the league despite the rest of his 5th round compatriots abandoning the simulation is quite admirable.
Dexter Zaylren - Quarterback - Berlin Fire Salamanders - @Laser
Zaylren is the class's leading TPE earner, coming in at a whopping 1170 TPE. Now this is almost to be expected, as Zaylren is one of the many aforementioned recreates and even further was made by illustrious user Laser. Laser has won a host of awards, including GM Hall of Fame honors, and even ISFL Season 31 Offensive Rookie of the Year for his Zaylren recreate. This player is top notch and is very well deserving of the top TPE earner for the class, and surprisingly a steal in the draft, coming in at the 19th overall selection (Round 2 pick 5 for those who don't have calculator brains). While there were flashier players like Luke Quick and Busch Goose taken at the top of the draft, I can't imagine that Zaylren wouldn't be the first off the board if things were to be redone today. If anyone can make it into the Hall of Fame from this class, my money is probably on Dexter as he plays a key position and is set up to contribute for a long time to come.
And this is where I start to cheat in my own post, as I want to recognize the Sarasota Sailfish for taking full advantage of the Season 28 ISFL Draft and nabbing 2 of the top 5 TPE earners in Offensive Lineman Stumpy Jones and Wide Receiver Saleem Spence. I'll go into each of the two player's noteworthyness momentarily, but wanted to comment on the excellent drafting that got the Sailfish to their Season 30 Ultimus winning team.
Stumpy Jones - Offensive Line - Sarasota Sailfish - @FootballIsCool
Jones comes in as the third highest TPE earner in the class, accumulating 1156 TPE to go along with the previously mentioned Ultimus XXX championship. Funny enough Jones went one pick ahead of Zeylren at number 18 overall (Round 2 Pick 4, c'mon guys I laid it out for you literally one person ago), but considering how things turned out I'm sure the Sailfish are more than content with the way their selection turned out.
Saleem Spence - Wide Receiver - Sarasota Sailfish - @StadiumGambler
Spence comes in as the 5th highest TPE earner of the class, racking up a total of 1144 TPE to date. As mentioned a third time now, Spence was an integral member of the Season 30 championship team in Sarasota, where funny enough he was able to swipe yet another award from my grasp, the first being the Season 29 Offensive Rookie of the Year award that Spence handily won after the voting committee decided not to include my player despite Spence coming up 11 catches and 304 yards short of my marks. Not that I'm bitter about it (well kind of about the Ultimus thing, that would've been cool to win but definitely not the OROY award, that was well earned and I'm only giving some friendly ribbing on the topic to one of the two receivers ahead of me on the TPE scale for the class).
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