*Season 15 Notable Picks

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On the eve of the 16th annual NSFL entry draft, the newly expanded league is getting ready to welcome another round of rookies into its ranks, and it is a substantially smaller class than the previous year. The season 15 NSFL draft class was both deep in top end talent and well as depth, spanning fourteen rounds and boasting a haul of players thanks to a concerted recruiting drive. It inspired the head office to go forward with their plans for league expansion, adding two new teams - the Chicago Butchers and the Austin Copperheads, bringing the league total to ten franchises and opening up a host of new NSFL job opportunities for young players in season 16. This means a ton a sophomore players are going to be playing important roles in the upcoming season, so with the benefit of year of tape, stats, and activity level, I wanted to take a look at some of the more notable draft picks throughout the rounds, rather they were immediate successes, disappointing busts, or late round gems.

Round 1:

Pick 1 (1st overall) - Brock Landers WR:

Brock Landers did not disappoint as the first overall pick of this loaded draft class, as he put up 68 receptions for 933 yards and 7 touchdowns. All three of those stats lead the upstart Arizona Outlaws, as he quickly supplanted Sam Hardwick as the go to receiver. His rookie performance was encouraging enough that they left long time WR1 Sam Hardwick unprotected and lost him to the expansion draft. In addition to making the Pro-Bowl as a rookie he accrued an impressive 416 TPE by the end of the season as well, justifying his lofty draft position.

Pick 8 (8th Overall) - A.J. Lattimore DT:

Through one season, it looks like the Orange County Otters first round pick A.J appears to be the weakest of the first round picks. Of all the players drafted in the first frame of the draft, Lattimore has the lowest TPE total with 358, which is respectable but does not live up to his draft slot. His stats on the field don’t jump out at all either, as he finished with just a single sack on the season. Lattimore still has plenty of time to turn things around, and can’t be thought of as a bust at all, but plenty of more deserving players went after he did.

Round 2:

Pick 1 (11th Overall) - Mo Berry LB:

Mo Berry did everything the Colorado Yeti’s asked of him and more during his rookie campaign, as he was all over the field piling up 114 tackles to go with a couple of sacks. A bright spot on an otherwise dismal season for the Yeti, Mo Berry took home defensive rookie of the year honors and with 404 TPE looks to be the young centerpiece of the Yeti defense going forward. That defense was the league’s worst, so there is plenty of work to be done, but nailing an active, franchise LB in round two will certainly help going forward.


Pick 2 (12th Overall) Faith Terim S and Pick 7 (17th Overall) Walt Green S -

The Baltimore Hawks did not have a pick in the first round of the draft, but the team nailed both of their two second round picks by selecting safeties Terim and Green. Both Players were integral pieces to the Hawks Ultimus run this season, as they combined for well over a 100 tackles, 10 sacks, 4 interceptions, as well as both a safety and a defensive touchdown between the two of them. The entire second round proved to be great values, but the ball hawking duo from Baltimore may have been the two most important selections in the entire draft. Oh, and they finished with 422 TPE and 406 TPE between them, home run second round picks.

Round 3:

Pick 1 (21st Overall) Lucas Knight CB and Pick 5 (25th Overall) Lamont McKinnie S -

Much like the Hawks drafted two franchise safeties in the second round, The Arizona Outlaws were able to select two young studs in their secondary in the third round. Both highly active players that racked up 383 and 394 TPE respectively - making them two of the top three TPE earners of the round. While neither player put up ridiculous stats (McKinnie did finish 8th among all safeties in tackles), they played big minutes as true rookies and acquitted themselves well in their first season of professional ball. They were instrumental in the Outlaws climb out of the cellar, and already have the look of franchise members of the secondary as they head into year two.

Pick 3 (23rd Overall) RB Dorfus Jimbo -

Dorfus Jimbo had a hell of a season for the Norfolk Seawolves, piling up 2087 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns. Unfortunately for the Baltimore Hawks, those stats had more to do with play calling and the RB friendly DSFL than Jimbo’s talent level, which at 269 TPE makes him the weakest of any selection in the first three rounds. He has not updated in a month, so there is a risk this pick flames out and if so this appears to be the first obviously bad pick in the draft. However, Jimbo had hit the DSFL cap of 250 TPE, so maybe a call up would reinvigorate his training regimen - he has at least remained active on the site. Time will tell, but it speaks volumes to the draft class that even after twenty-three picks we don’t know if we have seen an all and out bust yet.

Pick 9 (29th Overall) WR Nacho Varga -

Rookie Philadelphia Liberty WR Nacho Varga earned a NSFL job as a rookie, and for good reason. At 391 TPE, he trails only Lamont McKinnie in the round and with gains like that could have easily been a first round draft pick, instead of late in round 3. He played a reserve role on arguably the worst team in the league, behind a pair of established vets in Jordan Von Matt and Carter Bush. Nacho may not have made much of a name for himself yet, but looks like one of the high-end up and coming wide receivers and a steal at pick 29.

Round 4:

Pick 1 (31st Overall) RB Terry Taffy -

Terry Taffy fell all the way to round 4, but the Colorado Yetis quickly realized his potential and gave him a substantial role out of the gates, as he tallied almost 900 total yards and 9 touchdowns as a rookie. And, but not to brag, I drafted him with the last pick of the fantasy draft…. I know you all really care about my fantasy team. Anyway, Taffy not only put up impressive counting stats as a fourth round rookie on a bottom feeder team, he accrued 355 TPE which leads the fourth round by a large margin. A pretty impressive building block to pair with LB Mo Berry for the Colorado Yeti.

Pick 5 ( 35th Overall) S Troy Humuhumunukunuku?pua?a -

Okay, first of all, fuck all you guys with ridicously long names that aren’t readily pronoucable. Seriously, it's not clever just stop. And, luckily for all of us but the Austin Copperheads, Troy Humu-who-cares is the first unmitigated bust in the class. He only accrued a total of 175 TPE and has been inactive for well over a month. I propose a public tar and feathering if he ever returns, and shame on the Copperheads for drafting he of the unpronounceable name. You deserve this pick, as its clear the pick is the worst of this otherwise excellent draft. And by the way, I’m a huge Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole fan, so I’m not just a curmudgeon, the name is lame.

Round 5:

Pick 1 (41st Overall) TE Jammerson Irving -

Interestingly enough, each of the first picks of their respective rounds have turned out to be gems, punctuated by Arizona Outlaws tight end Jammerson Irving. The fifth round pick ended the season with 384 TPE, which puts him above every fourth round pick and all but two third round picks. Irving was also one of four true rookies to qualify for the pro-bowl, as he put up a solid 45 reception, 393 yard and two TD stat line for the up and coming Arizona Outlaws.

Pick 2 (42nd Overall) K Alex Da-this-is-a-terrible-name -

Possible great pick ruined by a retarded name. Maybe a weird European or something, so I don’t want this to get lost in translation: just change your name you douche bag. Extra points as my go to put-down seems culturally appropriate.

Pick 4 (44th Overall) RB Apollo Reed -

The second of two fourth round gems, Apollo Reed lead the play-off bound Orange County Otters with 926 rushing yards and 9 touchdowns. Those numbers, along with his integral role in the Otters run, earned him a rookie season pro-bowl nod. At 256 TPE, Reed isn’t the most prolific of TPE earners, but is consistent enough to project to starting offensive piece and great mid-round pick.

Pick 5 (45th Overall) DT Nick Snider -

In a disturbing trend, the Austin Copperheads select their second consecutive bust in DT Snider. After a couple of early media pieces, Snider fell off the map and registers a so far draft worst with 126 TPE. With the worse picks in both round 4 and 5, this expansion franchise is stumbling out of the gate.

Round 6:

Round 6 (54th Overall) Ryan Leaf Jr. QB/DT-

Leaf Jr. quickly made a name for himself as a locker room nuisance, wasting time publicly feuding teammates while ignoring his training and I assume doing large amounts of blow with co-eds or women of the night in or around Washington State. While overly active, his rookie year TPE was awful and he fell to the 6th round due to wasted talent and character concerns. He has since switched position to DT and has been training like hell. I assume he stopped the coke, grew up, blew up, and is now just a fatso trying to earn a paycheck. Anyway you look at it, the former QB looks to be the gem of a pick in the sixth round.

[BigKicks]

I appreciate the kind words.

[ValorX77]

Nice, I’ve sure changed in one season.

[iseedoug]

[124715]

I'm not notable feels bad

[Fordhammer]

Thanks for the kind words! Great to see the later rounds getting some love.

[Rising Equinox]

I'm not notable feels bad

Don't worry, apparently Lanzer isn't notable either. I thought this was just players that got called up last season, but Jimbo was on here, so I'm confused lol.

[124715]

Don't worry, apparently Lanzer isn't notable either. I thought this was just players that got called up last season, but Jimbo was on here, so I'm confused lol.

I guess maybe it was steals and busts exclusively? But even then Jimbo would be on there for being such a huge bust idk

[Frick_Nasty]

Don't have super long name or you will get called out lmao.

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Don't worry, apparently Lanzer isn't notable either. I thought this was just players that got called up last season, but Jimbo was on here, so I'm confused lol.

I had originally planned this to be much longer, but my computer broke like a week ago so I lost the ability to write long compositions spontaneously while drunk. Now I'm reduced to borrowing my roommate's girlfriend's laptop on a night to night basis to just get some double draft media in for that sweet, sweet equipment TPE. I could borrow my own girlfriend's extra laptop, but she still doesn't know what a nerd I actually am. Maybe I don't either.

Anyway, Jimbo was the first actual low TPE guy in regards to draft position so he got included. There was a ton of guys that I wanted to write about but didn't, as I had one night and this took me way longer than I planned, so I mostly focused on current NSFL players.

Also, Bigkick's player who shall/can't be named/spelled was a 5th round gem, but man I was fired up after drunkenly trying to spell troy whatever's name so he took one off the chin lol