Year End Awards: All Rookie Team/Rookie Of The Year

It's time to announce the Year End Awards for our league. Now the criteria is specifically for this league only. To be considered eligible you had to have been a significant player used in our league. First up will be the All-Rookie Team.

QB- As has been a recurring theme each year, there is no QB eligible to make this team. Dak Prescott was used for one spot start for Mayra, so despite having a terrific season, he wasn't too relevant in our league

RB

Ezekiel Elliott (Hoosier Daddy)

1,631 Rushing Yards, 15 Rushing TD's, 32 Receptions, 1 Receiving TD, 1 Fumble Lost, 309.40 Fantasy Points

RB Rank: 2

Overall Rank: 8

Acquired: 1st Round of Draft By Ryan (2nd Overall)

 

It is so rare that a rookie with sooooo much expectations and hype, especially on the fantasy side of things not only lives up to all of it, but exceeds it, but that's exactly what Zeke did all year. It's so risky to take a unknown commodity in the first round of the draft, much less the 2nd pick. There were established guys like Le'Veon Bell, Odell Beckham Jr., A.J. Green still on the board, but Ryan took a swing for the fences and hit a grand slam with Elliott. He finishes our season as the #2 overall running back and #2 overall non QB scorer. The guy is amazing and Ryan has the cornerstone of his team for years to come.

RB

Jordan Howard (Channel 4 News Team)

1,178 Rushing Yards, 6 Rushing TD's,  29 Receptions, 298 Receiving Yards, 1 Receiving TD, 1 Fumble Lost, 202.10 Fantasy Points

RB Rank: 9

Overall Rank: 42

Acquired: Via Waivers By Albert

 

Every season there's that one rookie who comes outta nowhere to take advantage of an opportunity given via injury and ends up dominating and become a fantasy star. This year it was Jordan Howard, who despite not being the main back for the first 3 games of the season, took advantage of a Jeremy Langford injury and never looked back. Howard had a brief two game slump, but quickly bounced back and helped Albert finish his season strong and get a 3rd place finish. Howard ended up being a top 10 back for the season and there's no doubt Albert's got an intriguing keeper prospect on his hands.

WR

Michael Thomas (No Soup For You)

82 Receptions, 981 Receiving Yards, 8 Receiving TD's, 2 Fumbles Lost, 183.10 Fantasy Points

WR Rank: 11

Overall Rank: 51

Acquired: 10th Round of Draft By Leland (109th Overall)

 

Out of what was supposed to be a deeply talented receiver class, the only constant one in the bunch was Michael Thomas (Sterling Shepard had a solid season but he was rarely used in our league). Thomas led all rookies in receiving yards and tied Sterling Shepard in receiving TD's. He was one of the bright spots on Leland's underachieving team and as a 10th round pick, Leland might have found him yet another great talent at a cheap price. Be interesting to see if he's part of Leland's rebuilding plans for next season.

Wane McGarity Bowl Rookie Of The Year

Ezekiel Elliott (Hoosier Daddy)

 

No competition. A once in a generational talent, and this year's no brainer Rookie Of The Year