In my last article, I talked about Brandon Prince and his ambitions for the DSFL draft. Now that the DSFL season has come and gone and Prince is now heading into the ISFL draft, let’s check in on him and see how he fared in his rookie campaign.
Prince was selected 40th overall by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, and was the 2nd running back off the board. After the draft, Prince said he was “excited to work with Bondi Beach”, and “I can’t wait for the future”. Having won the Ultimini just the season before Prince was selected, hopes were high for the reigning champs. But as we all know, the DSFL is anything but easy to predict. The man they call Overdrive was gonna learn the hard way that winning doesn’t come easy, and previous seasons don’t matter in the current year.
Prince was saddled in an offense designed around 2 running backs who would alternate carries pretty evenly. Losing out on the starting job to Big Chungus, Prince would still get his fair share of carries. Prince started off rather slow in his first couple weeks, his best game through the first 4 weeks coming in week 1 where he had 7 carries for 38 yards. Week 5 would prove to be Prince’s best game of the year, where he ran for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 7 carries, averaging a ridiculous 19.4 yards per carry. While this game proved that Prince could hang with the future stars of sim football, consistency was a big problem in his first year.
Prince would range from getting more than 100 yards in a game, to less than 10. Averaging over 10 an attempt to averaging less than 1. Consistency issues plagued Prince throughout his rookie campaign. The Buccaneers as a whole would struggle to find consistency throughout the year. They would beat the future Ultimini champion Birddogs, and then losing to the lowly Royals just 2 weeks later. As the year came to a close, the Buccaneers did finally find consistency. Losing 7 of their last 8 to close out the year. Prince also didn’t fair well during this long losing stretch, and he would pick up less than 200 yards in this timeframe.
At the end of the year, Prince totaled 546 yards and 5 touchdowns with an average of 4 yards per carry. While these numbers aren’t great, ISFL GMs tend to pick players based off of how much TPE they earn, or how they act in the locker room. As Prince gets ready to enter the ISFL draft, he tells interviewers “I’m ready to suit up for whoever drafts me. Whenever I’m needed, I’ll be there”. It will be interesting to see where he goes in the draft.
No matter where Prince ends up, or how long it takes him to get drafted, it’s all about what he does afterwards. Whether he gets the call up immediately or is told to stay in the DSFL for another year, it is crucial that he earns as much TPE as possible to fix his flaws. As the old saying goes, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Prince was selected 40th overall by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, and was the 2nd running back off the board. After the draft, Prince said he was “excited to work with Bondi Beach”, and “I can’t wait for the future”. Having won the Ultimini just the season before Prince was selected, hopes were high for the reigning champs. But as we all know, the DSFL is anything but easy to predict. The man they call Overdrive was gonna learn the hard way that winning doesn’t come easy, and previous seasons don’t matter in the current year.
Prince was saddled in an offense designed around 2 running backs who would alternate carries pretty evenly. Losing out on the starting job to Big Chungus, Prince would still get his fair share of carries. Prince started off rather slow in his first couple weeks, his best game through the first 4 weeks coming in week 1 where he had 7 carries for 38 yards. Week 5 would prove to be Prince’s best game of the year, where he ran for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns on only 7 carries, averaging a ridiculous 19.4 yards per carry. While this game proved that Prince could hang with the future stars of sim football, consistency was a big problem in his first year.
Prince would range from getting more than 100 yards in a game, to less than 10. Averaging over 10 an attempt to averaging less than 1. Consistency issues plagued Prince throughout his rookie campaign. The Buccaneers as a whole would struggle to find consistency throughout the year. They would beat the future Ultimini champion Birddogs, and then losing to the lowly Royals just 2 weeks later. As the year came to a close, the Buccaneers did finally find consistency. Losing 7 of their last 8 to close out the year. Prince also didn’t fair well during this long losing stretch, and he would pick up less than 200 yards in this timeframe.
At the end of the year, Prince totaled 546 yards and 5 touchdowns with an average of 4 yards per carry. While these numbers aren’t great, ISFL GMs tend to pick players based off of how much TPE they earn, or how they act in the locker room. As Prince gets ready to enter the ISFL draft, he tells interviewers “I’m ready to suit up for whoever drafts me. Whenever I’m needed, I’ll be there”. It will be interesting to see where he goes in the draft.
No matter where Prince ends up, or how long it takes him to get drafted, it’s all about what he does afterwards. Whether he gets the call up immediately or is told to stay in the DSFL for another year, it is crucial that he earns as much TPE as possible to fix his flaws. As the old saying goes, hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
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