Retirement, It's Gotta Happen
Forget What You Thought You Knew, Here's
The Real Story
During
the 2071 off-season, LB Leighton Canham
announced that he would be returning to
play an unheard of 15th season. All the
GMs were scrambling through their data
to see if they had ever seen a
linebacker play that many seasons. It
was looking like our long-held doctrine
of when players retire was being turned
on it's head. So the league commissioned
crack FBPRO investigator Todd Ricotta
(also known as the USAFL PPP creator) to
dive into the massive USAFL roster
archive and get some real hard evidence
for this mysterious retirement factor.
What he found will astound you ... Turns
out we already had 23 LBs play a 15th
season. Where were we? He also uncovered
that there were several instances where
players played beyond their critical
ages, despite not being in a key
starting role.
So here comes the data ... time to alter
your formulas again ...
Revised Aging Matrix
POSITION |
SLOT |
MAX
YR |
COMMENT |
QB |
A1 |
15 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
8 |
5
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 7 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
RB |
A1 |
13 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
12 |
6
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 11 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
WR/TE |
A1 |
12 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
10 |
8
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 9 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
OL |
AI |
14 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
12 |
9
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 11 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
K |
A1 |
15 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
* |
PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED TO RETIRE
IF LESS THAN 7. |
P |
A1 |
11 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
* |
PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED TO RETIRE
IF LESS THAN 7. |
DL |
A1 |
13 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
10 |
10
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 9 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
LB |
A1 |
14 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
12 |
4
PLAYERS AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 11 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
DB |
A1 |
12 |
|
|
INACTIVE |
11 |
1
PLAYER AT THIS AGE AND IN THIS
SLOT, NONE HAVE RETURNED FOR
ANOTHER SEASON. AT LEAST 1 PLAYER
AT AGE 10 IN AN INACTIVE SLOT DID
RETURN THE FOLLOWING SEASON. |
New
Aging Chart
ALL DATA FROM 2001-2071 (MODERN ERA OF
USAFL)
POSITION |
YR |
PLAYERS |
COMMENT |
QB |
11 |
158 |
32.9%
OF THE NUMBER OF QBs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
12 |
109 |
|
13 |
88 |
|
14 |
70 |
|
15 |
52 |
TOTAL |
477 |
RB |
9 |
438 |
23.1%
OF THE NUMBER OF RBs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
10 |
317 |
|
11 |
221 |
|
12 |
160 |
|
13 |
101 |
TOTAL |
1,237 |
WR/TE |
8 |
922 |
12.6%
OF THE NUMBER OF WR/TEs IN THE
LEAGUE 5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED
THROUGH THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
9 |
489 |
|
10 |
335 |
|
11 |
203 |
|
12 |
116 |
TOTAL |
2,065 |
OL |
10 |
810 |
24.8%
OF THE NUMBER OF OLs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
11 |
518 |
|
12 |
387 |
|
13 |
298 |
|
14 |
201 |
TOTAL |
2,214 |
K |
11 |
76 |
82.9%
OF THE NUMBER OF Ks IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
12 |
68 |
|
13 |
65 |
|
14 |
62 |
|
15 |
63 |
TOTAL |
334 |
P |
7 |
107 |
90.7%
OF THE NUMBER OF Ps IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
8 |
103 |
|
9 |
101 |
|
10 |
99 |
|
11 |
97 |
TOTAL |
507 |
DL |
9 |
637 |
27.9%
OF THE NUMBER OF DLs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
10 |
420 |
|
11 |
309 |
|
12 |
236 |
|
13 |
178 |
TOTAL |
1,780 |
LB |
10 |
634 |
3.6%
OF THE NUMBER OF LBs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
11 |
257 |
|
12 |
124 |
|
13 |
62 |
|
14 |
23 |
TOTAL |
1,100 |
DB |
8 |
1,054 |
12.5%
OF THE NUMBER OF DBs IN THE LEAGUE
5 YEARS AND YOUNGER PLAYED THROUGH
THEIR MAXIMUM AGE. |
|
9 |
617 |
|
10 |
404 |
|
11 |
242 |
|
12 |
132 |
TOTAL |
2,449 |
Many
thanks to Green Bay General Manager,
Todd Ricotta, for researching our roster
archive for this article.
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