Anyone in the football world knows that one of the main claims of being a program is becoming a "Position U" when your college football team is known for sending top players in a certain position in the NFL. There are always different ways to measure what constitutes as becoming a good player to be considered with different advanced stats, playing time, and teams that a player played for. Thankfully with a sim football league, the advanced stats are put together during awards season to help decide who are the best players in the league at different positions. Putting aside the controversy of awards selections, we're going to breakdown the NSFL version of "Position U" without going into the vast number of colleges and focusing on the DSFL teams that have provided the league with the best of the best. I'll go through every award and see what DSFL teams have provided the most winners. We'll be going through the past five seasons, S18 to the most recent S22 (or in the years 2033-2037). The main reason for only using the past five years is for player relevancy and because finding players' DSFL teams prior to those seasons can become a chore with how little wiki pages are updated and how bad the jcink search can be.
NOTE: If there are any players that have repeat awards, they will only be counted once. More on this later
NOTE: Due to relocated teams, I have used the team that the player played for rather than what the current team is. (i.e. if a player played for the Marshals, they don't get credited for the Grey Ducks. They get credit for the Marshals)
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]
NSFL Positional Awards Breakdown [/div]
Quarterback of the Year:
- S18: Corvo Havran
& Andrew Reese 
- S19: Corvo Havran & Franklin Armstrong
- S20: Jay Cue
- S21: Franklin Armstrong
- S22: Cooter Bigsby
Obviously QBotY is an award that has a ton of repeats with just how dominant the pool of QBs has been in these past few years. Four of the DSFL teams are represented in the best NSFL QBs with the most coming from the Pythons with two QBs winning the NSFL QBotY award. Producing the famous Armstrong and Cue, the Pythons have made known how to best produce QB talent with hopeful repeat winner in Jay Cue. The Portland Pythons are the QB Development Leaders
Running Back of the Year:
- S18: Forrest Gump
- S19: Ludicolo Bigby
- S20: Mathias Hanyadi
- S21: Apollo Reed
- S22: Mathias Hanyadi
The award with the most amount of diversity and no repeat teams is the Running Back of the Year which features both of the relocated teams. The only real winner of this award would be the Marshals with producing, now Minnesota GM, Hanyadi who has won the award twice in the last five years. However, since it is the same person, they are not technically producing the most talent at that position. For the sake of arguments of the few people that read this article, the Running Back Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals with an asterisk
Wide Receiver of the Year:
- S18: Vinny Valentine
- S19: Errol Maddox
- S20: Ahri Espeeyeeseetee
- S21: Errol Maddox
- S22: Rod Tidwell
By this point it's safe to say that most awards are going to be very diverse which is great at showing just how much each DSFL team has managed to pump out talent in the NSFL. The WRs of the past fiver seasons have ranged from veteran players to...veteran players and not a lot of rookies managed to win this award from the usual faces of the league. That could change soon though as all the players on this list have mostly retired. As with the Running Back of the Year, the Wide Receiver Development Leaders are the Portland Pythons with an asterisk for Maddox
Tight End of the Year:
- S18: Johnny Blaze
- S19: Johnny Blaze
- S20: Jammerson Irving
- S21: Jammerson Irving
- S22: Austin McCormick
The award with the least amount of diversity with the long standing tradition of awarding the least amount of different players. The Tight End Award has only been awarded to three different players in the past five seasons and two of them were repeat winners. Without having any clear winner the Pythons and the Luchadores end up being the best teams for a tight end to play at based on famous players in Blaze and Irving. The Tight End Development Leaders are the Portland Pythons and the Tijuana Luchadores
Offensive Line of the Year:
- S18: Edmond Beaver-Dantes
- S19: Brave Ulysses
- S20: Givussafare Rubbe / 
- S21: Givussafare Rubbe
- S22: Laszlo Forty-Two
Finally an award that has a clear winner for where the most players come from. Not only that, but it isn't even close with another team on who has the best offensive linemen coming from their program. As a side note, the reason that I used both the Solar Bears and Buccaneers for Rubbe and not a player earlier was because Rubbe actually played during the relocation and still kept up his dominance. Then the recent change for Forty-Two from Colorado WR into Yellowknife OL helped secure the Tijuana dominance over offensive line. The Offensive Lineman Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Before we begin the defensive awards, I do not mean to exclude the wonderful winners of the new awards that were split up in S22 such as the DEotY, CBotY, or SotY but prior to this last awards, these were all grouped together and to compensate I will be using a 'tie' for the awards that fit with the positional award that was split.
Defensive Lineman of the Year:
- S18: Bubba Thumper
- S19: Grayson Kuusela
- S20: Bubba Thumper
- S21: Kyle Idlewyld
- S22: Giannis Kroustis & Immanuel Blackstone
A more contested award for the top spot and with an actual tie instead of having two players being the only ones to win the award multiple times. The Luchadores just manage to sneak Blackstone in with his impressive performance that could have won him DLotY if the award was still a single award and Blackstone is still young. There is a ton of talent in this group of players with a tie going between two teams. The Defensive Lineman Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals and the Tijuana Luchadores
Linebacker of the Year:
- S18: Mo Berry
- S19: Lanzer Grevious
- S20: Mo Berry
- S21: Mo Berry
- S22: Mo Berry
I think there might be a theme here...there can never be enough Berry around. There was little contest when it came to the Tight End of the Year award but the Linebacker of the Year award has even less competition as Mo Berry almost won the award five years straight to only be upset by Grevious in one season. Despite this, the teams being represented technically have only had one player each win the award. Another asterisk on the LB class but with how dominant Mo Berry has been, I am sure people are fine with this winner. The Linebacker Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
Defensive Back of the Year:
- S18: Chase Jensen
- S19: Richard D'Attoria V
- S20: Axel Hornbacher
- S21: Walt Green
- S22: Mason Blaylock / & Mervin Leonard
The other split award gives us an interesting breakdown due to Blaylock that played for two separate teams. The added one Luchadores helps keep the Pythons from running away with the trophy despite the fact that both of their players only played in Portland during their DSFL tenure. The defensive backs also are an award where our two relocated teams appear together but do not manage to take the show. The Defensive Back Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores and the Portland Pythons
Kicker of the Year:
- S18: Kulture Future
- S19: Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname
- S20: Alfredo Crisco
- S21: Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname
- S22: Dougie Smalls
The first of the special teams awards comes with the big legs of the league. Along with the big leg comes the hardest name to read and type with Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname but he was the first person to break the reign of kicker of the year from Future who might have won the award seven or more times in a row. However with this most recent season, it seems Tijuana produced kickers are back on top with the insane tie the Smalls had over Alex D and only barely winning out with more first place votes. The Kicker Development Leader are the Tijuana Luchadores
Punter of the Year:
- S18: Kicky Bobby
- S19: Baxter Frost & Neo Donaldson
- S20: Alfredo Crisco
- S21: Venus Powers
- S22: Venus Powers
The other big leg position provides us with a similar issue as the kickers but instead there are no clear cut better developing teams. The Luchadores find themselves again making an appearance for a great professional leg but the repeat wins by Venus Powers keeps other teams from claiming the spot of best punters around. With yet another asterisk, the leaders for to a team with a repeat winner. However at least this time it is a new winner? The Punter Development Leader are the Norfolk Seawolves
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] NSFL Major Awards Breakdown [/div]
Offensive Player of the Year:
- S18: Forrest Gump
- S19: Ludicolo Bigby
- S20: Mathias Hanyadi
- S21: Corvo Havran
- S22: Mathias Hanyadi
Taking away the title of development leader from the repeat winner in Hanyadi, the Luchadores managed to win the Offensive Player of the Year twice with two different players that are both now NSFL GMs and definitely have a shot at the Hall of Fame. Hanyadi represents the Marshals well but unfortunately gets edged out. The Offensive Player Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Offensive Rookie of the Year:
- S18: Marcella Toriki
- S19: Ruff Ruff
- S20: Jay Cue
- S21: Chris Kross
- S22: Acura Skyline
The immediate impact players in the league that start creating havoc right away are some of the most intriguing players around. All of these players started to make an impact from the get-go and cemented themselves on the NSFL history books with this award. Another bit of history is that this is the first of the awards that has a player from the most recent expansion teams in Acura Skyline. With just how many great rookies there are, no team ends up taking the crown for this award alone and it is a five way tie. The Offensive Rookie Development Leaders are the Norfolk Seawolves , San Antonio Marshals , Portland Pythons , Kansas City Coyotes , and the London Royals
Defensive Player of the Year:
- S18: Chase Jensen
- S19: Richard D'Attoria V
- S20: Mo Berry
- S21: Mo Berry
- S22: Mo Berry
The return of Mo Berry dominating awards comes back for the Defensive Player of the Year award. It truly is insane just how dominant Berry has been as a player and without question should be recognized for his talent level. Both Jensen and D'Attoria managed to get the award here early before Berry came in and swept. As with Linebacker of the Year, there is an asterisk on the winner but with how much has been won, it might be safe to remove it if you wish. The Defensive Player Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
Defensive Rookie of the Year:
- S18: Pete Parker
- S19: Mack Arianlacher
- S20: Kyle Idlewyld
- S21: Immanuel Blackstone
- S22: Ugarth the Dissector
It goes without question the the Tijuana Luchadores do one thing extremely well and that is produce defensive talent. Unlike other runs by teams on awards, the rookie of the year award keeps repeat winners away for obvious reasons so it becomes harder to just be one single amazing player. The Luchadores have decided that a new team winning the award was overrated and has locked down the defensive rookies for a long streak. Obviously, the Defensive Rookie Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Most Valuable Player:
- S18: Cooter Bigsby
- S19: Franklin Armstrong
- S20: Franklin Armstrong
- S21: Franklin Armstrong
- S22: Cooter Bigsby
Well it's safe to say that the MVP award does not like to exchange too many different hands over the past five seasons. Only two players have won the award which ties with Linebacker of the Year for least changing award in the NSFL and with good reason. Both Bigsby and Armstrong have been constant faces of the league season after season with little to no doubt that they deserve this awards. However since both of them are close to the end of their careers, perhaps there will be a new MVP soon. Either way, the leaders are tied. The MVP Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals and the Portland Pythons
[div align=\\\"center\\\"] NSFL Awards Breakdown Overview [/div]
As we take a look back at the past five seasons of the NSFL, it is interesting to see just how much the awards have come from only a few of the DSFL teams with a lot of repeat winners taking the cake for just how dominant their early years were. It could be said that these players would have done just as amazing on other teams but it's interesting to note with how things played out that perhaps certain players were meant to end up playing for certain teams while others could have truly been just as successful anywhere they played. For a better look at the breakdown of what DSFL teams have done and an easy guide to look at, I made an easy to read bar graph that shows how many different awards teams had control over (including the ones with asterisks on them).
![[Image: NqtoPHX.png]](https://i.imgur.com/NqtoPHX.png)
As we can see, the Tijuana Luchadores barely edge out the Marshals and Pythons with being Development Leaders. They have had some of the best GMs around that truly take the developing in the DSFL seriously and have turned out talented players which has constantly gotten them recognized as a great team to play at.
NOTE: If there are any players that have repeat awards, they will only be counted once. More on this later
NOTE: Due to relocated teams, I have used the team that the player played for rather than what the current team is. (i.e. if a player played for the Marshals, they don't get credited for the Grey Ducks. They get credit for the Marshals)
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]
NSFL Positional Awards Breakdown [/div]Quarterback of the Year:
- S18: Corvo Havran
& Andrew Reese - S19: Corvo Havran & Franklin Armstrong
- S20: Jay Cue
- S21: Franklin Armstrong
- S22: Cooter Bigsby
Obviously QBotY is an award that has a ton of repeats with just how dominant the pool of QBs has been in these past few years. Four of the DSFL teams are represented in the best NSFL QBs with the most coming from the Pythons with two QBs winning the NSFL QBotY award. Producing the famous Armstrong and Cue, the Pythons have made known how to best produce QB talent with hopeful repeat winner in Jay Cue. The Portland Pythons are the QB Development Leaders
Running Back of the Year:
- S18: Forrest Gump
- S19: Ludicolo Bigby
- S20: Mathias Hanyadi
- S21: Apollo Reed
- S22: Mathias Hanyadi
The award with the most amount of diversity and no repeat teams is the Running Back of the Year which features both of the relocated teams. The only real winner of this award would be the Marshals with producing, now Minnesota GM, Hanyadi who has won the award twice in the last five years. However, since it is the same person, they are not technically producing the most talent at that position. For the sake of arguments of the few people that read this article, the Running Back Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals with an asterisk
Wide Receiver of the Year:
- S18: Vinny Valentine
- S19: Errol Maddox
- S20: Ahri Espeeyeeseetee
- S21: Errol Maddox
- S22: Rod Tidwell
By this point it's safe to say that most awards are going to be very diverse which is great at showing just how much each DSFL team has managed to pump out talent in the NSFL. The WRs of the past fiver seasons have ranged from veteran players to...veteran players and not a lot of rookies managed to win this award from the usual faces of the league. That could change soon though as all the players on this list have mostly retired. As with the Running Back of the Year, the Wide Receiver Development Leaders are the Portland Pythons with an asterisk for Maddox
Tight End of the Year:
- S18: Johnny Blaze
- S19: Johnny Blaze
- S20: Jammerson Irving
- S21: Jammerson Irving
- S22: Austin McCormick
The award with the least amount of diversity with the long standing tradition of awarding the least amount of different players. The Tight End Award has only been awarded to three different players in the past five seasons and two of them were repeat winners. Without having any clear winner the Pythons and the Luchadores end up being the best teams for a tight end to play at based on famous players in Blaze and Irving. The Tight End Development Leaders are the Portland Pythons
and the Tijuana Luchadores Offensive Line of the Year:
- S18: Edmond Beaver-Dantes
- S19: Brave Ulysses
- S20: Givussafare Rubbe
/ - S21: Givussafare Rubbe
- S22: Laszlo Forty-Two
Finally an award that has a clear winner for where the most players come from. Not only that, but it isn't even close with another team on who has the best offensive linemen coming from their program. As a side note, the reason that I used both the Solar Bears and Buccaneers for Rubbe and not a player earlier was because Rubbe actually played during the relocation and still kept up his dominance. Then the recent change for Forty-Two from Colorado WR into Yellowknife OL helped secure the Tijuana dominance over offensive line. The Offensive Lineman Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Before we begin the defensive awards, I do not mean to exclude the wonderful winners of the new awards that were split up in S22 such as the DEotY, CBotY, or SotY but prior to this last awards, these were all grouped together and to compensate I will be using a 'tie' for the awards that fit with the positional award that was split.
Defensive Lineman of the Year:
- S18: Bubba Thumper
- S19: Grayson Kuusela
- S20: Bubba Thumper
- S21: Kyle Idlewyld
- S22: Giannis Kroustis
& Immanuel Blackstone A more contested award for the top spot and with an actual tie instead of having two players being the only ones to win the award multiple times. The Luchadores just manage to sneak Blackstone in with his impressive performance that could have won him DLotY if the award was still a single award and Blackstone is still young. There is a ton of talent in this group of players with a tie going between two teams. The Defensive Lineman Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
and the Tijuana Luchadores Linebacker of the Year:
- S18: Mo Berry
- S19: Lanzer Grevious
- S20: Mo Berry
- S21: Mo Berry
- S22: Mo Berry
I think there might be a theme here...there can never be enough Berry around. There was little contest when it came to the Tight End of the Year award but the Linebacker of the Year award has even less competition as Mo Berry almost won the award five years straight to only be upset by Grevious in one season. Despite this, the teams being represented technically have only had one player each win the award. Another asterisk on the LB class but with how dominant Mo Berry has been, I am sure people are fine with this winner. The Linebacker Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
Defensive Back of the Year:
- S18: Chase Jensen
- S19: Richard D'Attoria V
- S20: Axel Hornbacher
- S21: Walt Green
- S22: Mason Blaylock
/ & Mervin Leonard The other split award gives us an interesting breakdown due to Blaylock that played for two separate teams. The added one Luchadores helps keep the Pythons from running away with the trophy despite the fact that both of their players only played in Portland during their DSFL tenure. The defensive backs also are an award where our two relocated teams appear together but do not manage to take the show. The Defensive Back Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
and the Portland Pythons Kicker of the Year:
- S18: Kulture Future
- S19: Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname
- S20: Alfredo Crisco
- S21: Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname
- S22: Dougie Smalls
The first of the special teams awards comes with the big legs of the league. Along with the big leg comes the hardest name to read and type with Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname but he was the first person to break the reign of kicker of the year from Future who might have won the award seven or more times in a row. However with this most recent season, it seems Tijuana produced kickers are back on top with the insane tie the Smalls had over Alex D and only barely winning out with more first place votes. The Kicker Development Leader are the Tijuana Luchadores
Punter of the Year:
- S18: Kicky Bobby
- S19: Baxter Frost
& Neo Donaldson - S20: Alfredo Crisco
- S21: Venus Powers
- S22: Venus Powers
The other big leg position provides us with a similar issue as the kickers but instead there are no clear cut better developing teams. The Luchadores find themselves again making an appearance for a great professional leg but the repeat wins by Venus Powers keeps other teams from claiming the spot of best punters around. With yet another asterisk, the leaders for to a team with a repeat winner. However at least this time it is a new winner? The Punter Development Leader are the Norfolk Seawolves
[div align=\\\"center\\\"]
NSFL Major Awards Breakdown [/div]Offensive Player of the Year:
- S18: Forrest Gump
- S19: Ludicolo Bigby
- S20: Mathias Hanyadi
- S21: Corvo Havran
- S22: Mathias Hanyadi
Taking away the title of development leader from the repeat winner in Hanyadi, the Luchadores managed to win the Offensive Player of the Year twice with two different players that are both now NSFL GMs and definitely have a shot at the Hall of Fame. Hanyadi represents the Marshals well but unfortunately gets edged out. The Offensive Player Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Offensive Rookie of the Year:
- S18: Marcella Toriki
- S19: Ruff Ruff
- S20: Jay Cue
- S21: Chris Kross
- S22: Acura Skyline
The immediate impact players in the league that start creating havoc right away are some of the most intriguing players around. All of these players started to make an impact from the get-go and cemented themselves on the NSFL history books with this award. Another bit of history is that this is the first of the awards that has a player from the most recent expansion teams in Acura Skyline. With just how many great rookies there are, no team ends up taking the crown for this award alone and it is a five way tie. The Offensive Rookie Development Leaders are the Norfolk Seawolves
, San Antonio Marshals , Portland Pythons , Kansas City Coyotes , and the London Royals Defensive Player of the Year:
- S18: Chase Jensen
- S19: Richard D'Attoria V
- S20: Mo Berry
- S21: Mo Berry
- S22: Mo Berry
The return of Mo Berry dominating awards comes back for the Defensive Player of the Year award. It truly is insane just how dominant Berry has been as a player and without question should be recognized for his talent level. Both Jensen and D'Attoria managed to get the award here early before Berry came in and swept. As with Linebacker of the Year, there is an asterisk on the winner but with how much has been won, it might be safe to remove it if you wish. The Defensive Player Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
Defensive Rookie of the Year:
- S18: Pete Parker
- S19: Mack Arianlacher
- S20: Kyle Idlewyld
- S21: Immanuel Blackstone
- S22: Ugarth the Dissector
It goes without question the the Tijuana Luchadores do one thing extremely well and that is produce defensive talent. Unlike other runs by teams on awards, the rookie of the year award keeps repeat winners away for obvious reasons so it becomes harder to just be one single amazing player. The Luchadores have decided that a new team winning the award was overrated and has locked down the defensive rookies for a long streak. Obviously, the Defensive Rookie Development Leaders are the Tijuana Luchadores
Most Valuable Player:
- S18: Cooter Bigsby
- S19: Franklin Armstrong
- S20: Franklin Armstrong
- S21: Franklin Armstrong
- S22: Cooter Bigsby
Well it's safe to say that the MVP award does not like to exchange too many different hands over the past five seasons. Only two players have won the award which ties with Linebacker of the Year for least changing award in the NSFL and with good reason. Both Bigsby and Armstrong have been constant faces of the league season after season with little to no doubt that they deserve this awards. However since both of them are close to the end of their careers, perhaps there will be a new MVP soon. Either way, the leaders are tied. The MVP Development Leaders are the San Antonio Marshals
and the Portland Pythons [div align=\\\"center\\\"]
NSFL Awards Breakdown Overview [/div]As we take a look back at the past five seasons of the NSFL, it is interesting to see just how much the awards have come from only a few of the DSFL teams with a lot of repeat winners taking the cake for just how dominant their early years were. It could be said that these players would have done just as amazing on other teams but it's interesting to note with how things played out that perhaps certain players were meant to end up playing for certain teams while others could have truly been just as successful anywhere they played. For a better look at the breakdown of what DSFL teams have done and an easy guide to look at, I made an easy to read bar graph that shows how many different awards teams had control over (including the ones with asterisks on them).
As we can see, the Tijuana Luchadores barely edge out the Marshals and Pythons with being Development Leaders. They have had some of the best GMs around that truly take the developing in the DSFL seriously and have turned out talented players which has constantly gotten them recognized as a great team to play at.
![[Image: kNvmTU0.png]](https://i.imgur.com/kNvmTU0.png)
![[Image: 62493_s.gif]](https://signavatar.com/62493_s.gif)
![[Image: isflacc.gif]](https://sig.grumpybumpers.com/host/isflacc.gif)
![[Image: ETilp7j.png]](https://i.imgur.com/ETilp7j.png)
