*NOLA Team Hall of Fame Inductees

[mithrandir]

The New Orleans Second Line have had many great players in our storied history. We periodically honor those players by inducting them into our team Hall of Fame. As of our last inductions in S22, we had 12 former players in the Hall of Fame, seven of whom are also in the ISFL Hall of Fame. Our previous inductees were:
bovovovo Borkus Maximus III QB
ben Ardie Savea RB 
tlk742 Darren Smallwood RB 
majesiu Vladimir Fyodorovich WR 
124715 Paul DiMirio TE
Phobospwns Lo Rax DE 
JuOSu Julian O'Sullivan LB
PaytonM34 Brian Mills LB 
Beaver Blackford Oakes S
Mongoose87 William H Harrison S
AsylumParty Dustin Evans WR
slothfacekilla Johnny Slothface LB


We voted to induct 6 more players that have retired between S22 and S27. All six were important members of our S21 Ultimus victory and have multiple franchise and league records and accomplishments. Without further ado, here are our new inductees:

@BrewCrew Deon Taylor CB
Franchise Ranks 3rd in INTs (22), 2nd in PDs (142)
Taylor was an outstanding outside CB his entire career, making five Pro Bowls and an Ultimus victory.

@JuOSu Stan Francisco QB
2nd in Franchise Yds and TDs, 17th in league Yds and TDs
An Ultimus winning quarterback, Francisco was a steadying presence for the franchise and a top 20 statistical QB of all time. Francisco only made two Pro Bowls, but that can be attributed to the misfortune of playing in the same era and in the same conference as all-time greats Franklin Armstrong and Easton Cole.

@bex Marcella Toriki RB
Franchise/League Ranks are Rushing yards (2/9), Rushing TDs (3/9)
Toriki and Gump were a legendary duo of running backs, perhaps the best 1-2 punch ever. Toriki was a team player, and accepted a role as the second option behind Gump for the majority of her career. Despite that, she showed remarkable efficiency throughout her entire career, and ended up retiring in the top ten for both rushing yards and touchdowns thanks to a late career spike in volume and an incredible nineteen touchdown final season. She made two Pro Bowls, won offensive rookie of the year in both the DSFL and ISFL, and was awarded offensive performance of the year in S26 for a 4 touchdown day in a rout over the rival Orange County Otters.

@ddrector David Rector CB*
Franchise/League Ranks are PDs (1/10) with 168, INTs (2/11) with 31
Rector was perhaps the best cornerback in the modern era of the league. He won four awards in his career: defensive breakout, defensive performance, cornerback of the year, and defensive player of the year. Though he only managed two Pro Bowls in a highly competitive cornerback conference, his consistency and volume of statistics ranks among the best players drafted since S15. His masterpiece season in S26 is seen as perhaps the best season by a cornerback ever. He was the first player to ever finish first in passes defended (32), interceptions (7) and defensive touchdowns (2) in the same season. He was so dominant that he won Defensive Player of the Year as a cornerback, the first CB to do so since S9 in an award often reserved for linebackers and safeties.

@terriblehippo Quenton Bode LB*
Franchise/League Ranks are Tackles (1/1) with 1441, Forced Fumbles (1/2) with 19, fumbles recovered (1/1) with 11. Also franchise ranks 9th in TFL, 6th in Sacks, 8th in PDs, 9th in INTs
The tackling king! Bode has over 100 tackles more than anyone else in league history, and his penchant for forcing and recovering fumbles was also historically great. Perhaps the best defensive player in NOLA history, Bode dominates the franchise top ten leaderboards like he dominated opposing running backs. Bode made four Pro Bowls in his career, and filled a vital but often underappreciated role in the defense, and did not win awards as a result of his selflessness in playing MLB instead of the flashier SLB role which dominated awards conversations at that time. Playing most of his career in the thirteen game per season era, he was still so dominant that his tackle record will likely stand for many more seasons.

@TomHanks Forrest Gump RB*
Franchise/League Ranks are Rushing Yards (1/5) with 10,504, Rushing TDs (2/8) with 70, All-Purpose yards (1/5) with 21,205
It is fitting that Gump and Toriki are inducted together. The #1 in the potent 1-2 punch, Gump is one of the greatest running backs in league history. In addition to his career volume ranks, which are amazing, Gump made 10 Pro Bowls and won six awards. He was a dominant returner in addition to his skill as a running back, winning returner of the year twice. His crowning achievement is a S21 Ultimus MVP, a game which saw Gump put up an astounding 291 all-purpose yards, including over 100 on the ground and through the air and a 49 touchdown reception.

*unanimous induction

Congrats to these amazing users and players. Each and every one of you are an important part of our team history and deserve this honor and many more!

[Jay_Doctor]

doot doot!

[terriblehippo]

[C9Van]

Yup.

[huck24]

[DatSmolBoi]

snyder snubbed

[Jay_Doctor]

snyder snubbed

That beast is still active

[AdamS]

Deserving as hell.