The Indoor Football League (IFL) has named RB LaRon Council, DL Quince Holman and KR Korey Williams Vidswap.com Week 16 Players of the Week.
Green Bay RB LaRon Council has been named Vidswap.com’s Offensive Player of the Week. Bloomington DL Quince Holman and Sioux Falls KR Korey Williams have been named Vidswap.com’s Defensive Player of the Week and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively.
IFL Offensive Player of the Week: Green Bay RB LaRon Council (5’10, 205, Northwest Missouri St.) rushed for five touchdowns and helped the Blizzard score a franchise record 89 points in an 89-27 victory over the Reading Express. Council rushed 15 times for 77 yards and five touchdowns. It is the second five rushing touchdown performance in the IFL this season. Council can set IFL history this week vs. the Wichita Wild. Council needs 45 rushing yards to set the IFL record for rushing yards in a season. He is also 108 yards away from rushing for 1,000 yards, an extreme rarity in the indoor game. This is Council’s second Offensive Player of the Week Honor. He previously won in Week 10.
IFL Defensive Player of the Week: Bloomington’s Quince Holman (6’4, 270, Northern Illinois) had a dominant performance in the Edge’s 74-64 victory over the Cedar Rapids Titans. Holman sacked Titans’ QB Colton Hansen 3.5 times, which is the highest single game sack total in the IFL this season. Holman also added 12 total tackles and also blocked a Field Goal. Holman is the third different Bloomington player to win Defensive Player of the Week.
IFL Special Teams Player of the Week:On a day where the Sioux Falls Storm tied the best record in IFL history, KR Korey Williams (5’11, 185, Northwestern Oklahoma St.) put in his most explosive kick return day of the season. Williams returned two Colorado kickoffs for touchdowns in the Storm’s 69-26 victory over the Ice. In total, Williams returned five kickoffs for 165 yards for a 33 yard per kick return average. Williams also added seven rushes for 18 yards and another TD as well as one catch for 16 yards. Williams finished the game with 199 All-Purpose yards.
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IFL Offensive Player of the Week: Chris Dixon (6’0,200, Humbolt St.) and the Sioux Falls Storm beat the Tri-Cities Fever 73-72 in an instant classic on Saturday night. Dixon completed 27 of 40 passes for 293 yards and eight touchdowns. He also had six rushing attempts for 64 yards and two touchdowns. Dixon additionally rushed for the game-winning touchdown in overtime to help the Storm move to 11-0 on the season. He accounted for 10 total touchdowns vs. the Fever. This is Dixon’s fourth Offensive Player of the Week award in the 2012 season.
IFL Defensive Player of the Week: Kendrick Harper (6’0,190, Kansas) has helped the Wild to a four game winning streak in part to his dominant performance against the Allen Wranglers. Harper had two interceptions, four tackles and a fumble recovery in the Wild’s 59-41 victory over the Wranglers. Harper also returned one of his interceptions for a touchdown. In addition, Harper and the Wild’s defensive backfield held the Wranglers to just 36 total passing yards. Harper is the first Wild player to win Defensive Player of the Week this season.
IFL Special Teams Player of the Week: Despite a 59-41 loss to Wichita, Allen Wranglers KR Ramonce Taylor (5’11,200 Texas) accumulated 208 kickoff return yards on just nine returns. In the middle of the third quarter Taylor also returned a Wild kickoff 50 yards for a Wranglers touchdown. Taylor averaged 23 yards per return and is the second Allen Player to be awarded IFL Special Teams Player of the Week this season. Frankie Solomon Jr. was also awarded the honor in Week 1.
IFL Offensive Player of the Week: Patterson (6’4, 240, Syracuse) helped Chicago get its fourth win in a row with an impressive performance against Reading last week. In a 67-50 Slaughter victory Patterson completed 19 of 29 passes for 288 yards and seven touchdowns. He also ran for six yards and another touchdown. Patterson is the second Chicago offensive player to win Offensive Player of the Week honors. RB Daniel Dufrene was awarded the honor in Week 3.
IFL Defensive Player of the Week: The Slaughter sweep both the Offensive and Defensive honors this week as DB Christopher Rodgers (5’10, 205, St. Xavier) takes home the Defensive honors. Rodgers snagged four interceptions vs. the Express in Chicago’s 67-50 victory. He is the second player in the IFL to grab four interceptions in one game this season. In addition, Rodgers also had four tackles and two pass breakups. Rodgers is Chicago’s all-time interceptions leader as he has collected 16 interceptions in three years.
IFL Special Teams Player of the Week: Omaha has won back-to-back games for the first time this season thanks to the accurate leg of K Gary Cismesia (6’0, 220, Florida St.). In the Beef’s 64-44 victory over Steelhawks last week, Cismesia made three Field Goals from distances of 24, 32 and 49 yards. He also was seven of eight on extra point attempts. Cismesia finished the game with 16 total points. Cismesia leads the IFL in field goal percentage as he has converted 65 percent of his attempts, min. 10 attempts.
