AFL'S Inside The Numbers: Week 12

Toliver Ready To Become All-Purpose Yards, Receptions Leader
June 16,2016

LAS VEGAS (June 16, 2016) - Tampa Bay's T.T. Toliver reached one of the great milestones in the history of the Arena Football League in Week 11 when he surpassed AFL Hall of Famer Damian Harrell for the most receiving yards ever in a career. Lost in that mix of his 15,232 receiving yards though, is the fact that Toliver is right on the verge of becoming the all-time leader in all-purpose yards and receptions as well, marks he very well could hit when the Storm take on the KISS on Saturday night.
More Accolades Coming For T.T.
Fans who have only been around the game for the last decade or so will only remember Toliver as a wide receiver. He's been either an Offensive Specialist or a wide receiver for over a decade now, but he came into the League as a Defensive Specialist and a kick returner. In a league which was founded on two-way play, the argument could be made that Toliver surpassing the great Barry Wagner for the most all-purpose yards in AFL history is a greater accomplishment than passing Harrell for the most receiving yards ever.
Toliver (20,881) needs 162 yards on Saturday to become the all-time leader in all-purpose yards. He's already one of the four in League history, joining Barry Wagner (21,042), Hunkie Cooper (20,586) and George LaFrance (20,436) as the only men with over 20,000 all-purpose yards all-time. All three are AFL Hall of Famers.
What also shouldn't be lost in the sauce is the fact that Toliver needs four receptions to tie and five to surpass Harrell for the most in League history. Harrell finished his illustrious career with 1,164 receptions. Considering the fact that Toliver has had at least eight receptions and at least 115 receiving yards in five games in a row, he's a good bet to break both records against Los Angeles this weekend.


If Toliver has a particularly good game this week and scores six times, he'd become the fourth man in AFL history to log 300+ receiving touchdowns for a career.
Week 12 Milestone Watch
Tiger Jones came up just short of 14,000 receiving yards for his career last week. The Jacksonville wide out needs 46 more yards to get to 14,000, a mark which only Toliver and Harrell have reached in their careers. Jones also needs just two TD catches to tie James Roe (281) for fifth place in League history. KISS WR Donovan Morgan is right on the tail of Jones and Roe as well. He enters this week with 276 career touchdown catches.
Philadelphia's Dan Raudabaugh needs two touchdown passes to reach 582 in his career, a mark which would move him past John Kaleo for the ninth most in AFL history.
Arizona's Rod Windsor is five receptions away from surpassing Greg Hopkins for No. 13 all-time in catches. Windsor is sitting on 829 career receptions heading into the Rattlers' game this Friday versus the Soul.
Philadelphia's Shaun Kauleinamoku needs two TDs to reach 100 for his career. Cleveland's Collin Taylor is also within reach of the 100-TD mark, though he needs four scores to get the job done. Philadelphia's Darius Reynolds is sitting on 92 career receiving touchdowns.
Both Portland's Shane Austin and Orlando's Randy Hippeard are in sight of 250 career passing touchdowns, a mark which only Nick Davila, Tommy Grady, Dan Raudabaugh and Bernard Morris have reached in their careers amongst active players. Austin needs six scores to reach 250, while Hippeard is 11 shy of the mark.
Portland's Jared Perry needs 233 receiving yards to reach the 5,000-yard plateau for his career. Just 10 active players have made it to 5,000 receiving yards.
Kevin Guy is set to coach his 154th career game including the regular season and postseason. That mark ties him with Jay Gruden for the ninth most in AFL history. Guy will surpass both Gruden and John Gregory (155) in the next three weeks in games coached in League history.
Week 11 Quick Hitters
Collin Taylor extended his streak of consecutive regular-season games with a receiving touchdown to 26, a Gladiators franchise record.
Jacksonville's Joe Hills ran his streak of consecutive regular season games with a TD up to 62 in a row.
Hills' teammate, Tiger Jones moved into fourth place in AFL history in receptions, surpassing Chris Jackson. Jones is one of the five men in the history of the League to log at least 1,000 receptions in his career, and in a few weeks, we'll be talking about him going past Lawrence Samuels (1,035) for third place all-time in that category.
Cleveland receiver Quentin Sims' touchdown in the third quarter of the Gladiators' 59-56 loss in Orlando put the AFL beyond the 300,000 points scored mark in its history including regular season and postseason games.
LA's Donovan Morgan became the seventh man in League history to reach the 12,000-yard mark in his career. With a strong ending to his season, "Captain Morgan" can move into sixth place all-time in receiving yards. He's currently 658 shy of Eddie Brown.
It's not often you see a defensive tackle score touchdowns in the AFL. It's even more out of the ordinary to see defensive players score TDs in their first ever game. Jordan Miller did just that for the Sharks on Saturday, as he intercepted Jason Boltus off of a tipped pass and brought it back to the house for his first trip to the end zone in his first career game.
Arizona's win at home over Portland last week was its 10th in a row in the regular season dating back to last year. Since the start of the 2013 campaign, the Rattlers are a League-best 29-2 in the regular season at the "Snake Pit." Including the postseason, the Rattlers are on a ridiculous run at home in which they're 37-2 in their last 39 games. They're the only team in the League to remain undefeated at home this season.
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