Erie Fantasy Football League Awards

Rookie of the Year

Player

Details

Player

2002 – Clinton Portis (RB)

Hostile Omish (Mike Kuratko) – All-American Conference – 62 points

The Godfather (Doug Frank) – Browns Conference – 72 points

  

2001 – LaDainian Tomlinson (RB)

LTP (Don Jones) – All-American Conference – 60 points

Long Shots (Bill Long) – Browns Conference – 62 points

  

2000 – Mike Anderson (RB)

Mid. Vigilantes (Kirk Pavelich) – All-American Conf. – 40 points

Donikers-DTL (Sam Profio) – Browns Conference – 46 points

  

1999 – Edgerrin James (RB)

Masons (John Thiem) – All-American Conference – 62 points

Atomic Punks (Keith Kuratko) – Browns Conference – 66 points

 

1998 – Fred Taylor (RB)

Cosmic Monsters (Brad Rzyczycki)

76 total points

 

1997 - Warrick Dunn (RB)

Assassins (Mike Bell)

80 total points

 

1996 – Eddie George (RB)

Midnight Vigilantes (Kirk Pavelich)

60 total points

 

1995 – Curtis Martin (RB)

Assassins (Mike Bell)

58 total points

 

1994 – Marshall Faulk (RB)

Captain Tripps (Matt Rzyczycki)

 

 

History of the award: At the end of the 1994 season, Commissioner Kirk Pavelich used statistical analysis to name the league's Rookie of the Year. The formula used studied which rookie NFL player had been most valuable to his team's efforts through consistent point production. After the '95 season, Pavelich called for the league’s owners to vote for the NFL Rookie Player that contributed the most to the success of his respective Erie League team. The honor has been voted on every year since. Starting in 1999, owners could vote for the Rookie of the Year from their respective conference. This presented the possibility that two different players could win the award in a given year. The point total is derived by allowing each of the owners to make first, second, and third place votes. First place votes receive six points, second place votes receive four points, and third place votes receive two points.