Rapid Eagle

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Rapid Eagle

Otters DT #92, Rapid Eagle
No. 92 – Orange County Otters
Position:	Defensive Tackle
Personal information
Born:	(2015-03-11)March 11, 2015 (aged 51) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	310 lb (141 kg)
Career information
High school:	Conant High School
College:	Illinois
ISFL Draft:	2036  / Round: 2 / Pick: 3
DSFL Draft:	2035  / Round: 5 / Pick: 4
Career history
Myrtle Beach Buccaneers (2035 (S20)-2035 (S20)) Orange County Otters (2036 (S21)-present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
4x Pro Bowl (2035, 2038,2039,2040)
Career ISFL statistics
Total tackles: 357 Tackles for loss: 51 Forced fumbles: 11 Fumble recoveries: 5 Sacks: 63.0 Safeties: 1 Defensive touchdowns: 0
Career DSFL statistics
Total tackles: 47 Tackles for loss: 3 Forced fumbles: 0 Fumble recoveries: 0 Sacks: 11.0 Defensive touchdowns: 0
Player stats at ISFL.net

Rapid Eagle (born March 11, 2015) is a three time Pro Bowl American football defensive tackle and defensive end for the Orange County Otters of the National Simulation Football League (NSFL). He played college football for Illinois before being drafted by the Orange County Otters in the 2036 ISFL Draft (S21). Prior to this, he had been drafted by the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers in the 2035 DSFL Draft (S20).

Early Years

Rapid Eagle, born in Chicago, IL before flying to Philadelphia, PA early in his childhood where he was raised. Eagle lived with his parents Fast Eagle, Quick Eagle and younger sibling Molasses Eagle growing up. Eagle's family flew back to Chicago, IL right before high school which lead him to attending Conant High School. Eagle was a two sport Athlete in high school playing baseball and football all 4 years. He was a two way player on the football team playing on the offensive and defensive line as well as getting snaps at tight end. However he was never recruited for football out of high school considered to be undersized. However, Eagle was a top baseball recruit in Illinois after leading his team to the Illinois State Championships his last 2 years of high school. He was drafted in the 21st round by the Minnesota Twins out of high school but instead committed to the University of Illinois.

College Career

As a freshman Eagle quickly lost favor with Illinois head coach Dan Hartleb. He was noted as being lazy and late to many team meetings, after only starting in four games he was cut from the baseball team despite leading the team in home runs and walks during the stretch. Cited as a bust Eagle did not transfer from the school electing to stay and finish his degree. Eagle did not participate in any athletics his sophomore year of college instead focusing on his education and cultivating mass, almost doubling his weight from his freshman year of college as well as his GPA. His junior year he tried out for the football team with during a walk-on tryout and was immediately noticed by Lovie Smith due to his size and quickness. He walked on as a backup defensive tackle starting 5 of 12 games. Finishing the year with 21 tackles and 2.5 sacks. His senior year Eagle was named a starter and captain of the defense after making large strides during the off season, starting all 13 games including the Redbox Bowl vs Cal, he finished the year with 48 tackles and a team leading 11.5 sacks.

College Career Statistics

Career statistics			Tackles			Sacks	Interceptions		Other
Season	Team	Games	Reg	TFL	Total	Sack	Int	IntTD	DefTD	FFum	FRec	PD	Safety
2033	ILL	5	16	5	21	2.5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
2034	ILL	13	37	11	48	11.5	0	0	0	3	2	2	1

Professional career

DSFL career

2035 (S20)

Rapid Eagle was drafted by the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers in round 5 of the 2035 DSFL Draft (S20) with the 28th overall pick. Eagle had a slow start to the Developmental Simulation Football League Preseason, only getting 2 tackles per game in the first three games. However he showed a glimmer of hope in Myrtle Beach's fourth preseason game against the Tijuana Luchadores in which he had 5 tackles and a sack. With a total of 11 tackles and a sack through the preseason Eagle solidified the starting defensive tackle job heading into the regular season. Eagle had a decent start to the season getting his first career sack in a week one match up against rival Norfolk Seawolves. The Buccaneers had a historic season on the defensive side of the ball Eagle's rookie season, allowing the fewest points per game in DSFL history. Eagle's season was highlighted with a three sack game vs the Portland Pythons in week 7 of the regular season. Myrtle Beach would end the regular season winning nine straight games leading them to a 12-2 record, the best in the SFC. The Buccaneers went on to steam roll the Norfolk Seawolves 43-10 to move onto the Ultimini game, although Eagle only recorded 2 tackles. In the Ultimini game the Buccaneers ten game win streak came to an end, the Minnesota Grey Ducks defeated them 28-3, Eagle only recorded 1 tackle in the entire game. The game would be Rapid Eagle's last in the DSFL as he was called up to the NSFL following the draft.

NSFL career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	310 lb (141 kg)	4.50 s	4.53 s	7.50 s	27.9 in (0.71 m)	9 ft 7.7 in (2.94 m)	32 reps	22

2036 (S21)

Rapid Eagle was drafted by the Orange County Otters in round 2 of the 2036 ISFL Draft (S21) with the 13th overall pick. Eagle had a slow start with the Otters in the preseason only racking up 6 tackles through all four games. Making it a close call whether he would make the team for his rookie season or be send back down to the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. The team decided to keep him in the big leagues however and thus began Rapid Eagle's rookie campaign. In his first game with the Otters Eagle recorded his first career sack, as well as 3 tackles. He cooled off rather fast however recording no stats for the next couple of weeks. It wasn't until a week 4 blowout of the Arizona Outlaws that he recorded his second sack and another 3 tackles. The rollercoaster of a season continued for Rapid Eagle as he went another three weeks without a single sack, only 6 tackles. Eagle then got hot, recording a sack for three straight weeks between weeks 8-10. However he disappeared again down the stretch not recording another sack for the rest of the season. The Otters clinched the best record in the NSFL anyways and went to the playoffs. In his first playoff game against the New Orleans Second Line he only recorded a single tackle in an overtime loss. While week to week his rookie season was quite up and down as a whole Rapid Eagle had a successful rookie campaign. Recording 5 sacks which was good to tie for 10th most in the NSFL, and tied for 4th most by a defensive tackle. Going forward he will need to improve on his tackles, only 24 his rookie year, and tackles for loss, of which he recorded zero this season.

2037 (S22)

Rapid Eagle came into his sophomore season ready to make big improvements in his game. Eagle had a solid preseason racking up 9 tackles and 1 forced fumble through the 4 games. The Otters had added two stellar defensive players in Big Edd and Deshun Jones this season, so the pressure was on for Eagle to step his game up this season. The Otters week one matchup was against the newly established Honolulu Hahalua and Eagle had himself a game, 4 tackles, a sack and his first ever NSFL tackle for a loss in a 17-7 win things were looking up for Rapid. The next two games were victories against rivals New Orleans Second Line and the Austin Copperheads, Eagle slowed down a bit only recording 3 tackles, however he did get a sack in Austin. The next week was a heartbreaking 24-17 loss to the San Jose Sabercats where Eagle had 3 tackle and a sack, this loss lit a fire in the Orange County locker room as the team went on a tear winning six straight games in convincing fashion. Eagle took a bit of a backseat in the first 5 games of the streak only getting 9 tackle, but in the last game of the win streak Eagle recorded 5 tackles and a sack against the New Orleans Second Line. In the final three games the Otters went 1-2, however Eagle had a career game in a loss to the San Jose Sabercats where he recorded 7 tackles, 2 tackles for losses, and a sack for a safety. Eagle and the otters ended the season with a 10-3 record as the 1 seed in the ASFC. In the ASFC conference finals the Otters won 50-38 over the Austin Copperheads in which Eagle recorded his first ever playoff sack and would go onto play in his first ever Ultimus Bowl. The matchup in the Ultimus would be the Colorado Yeti, and the game would end in a heartbreaking 24-25 loss, Eagle was held to 2 tackles, and one for a loss by the Yeti offensive line.

2038 (S23)

Rapid Eagle entering his third season in the NSFL was looking ready to emerge as a reliable option on this Otter defensive line, recording his best preseason to date with 15 tackles, 3 for a loss and 3 sacks, Eagle was ready to put the league on notice. Eagle kept getting pressures through the first three games of the season but only sacked one quarterback and recording 12 tackles in that span, however things were looking good with the team at 3-0. The next five games were up and down for Eagle and the Otters, the team went 3-2 in that span with Eagle having great and invisible games overall getting 19 tackles and 3 sacks and tackles for losses. Eagles was definitely playing at a higher level than he ever had in his career and was starting to get noticed league wide. Eagle finished the season with a career high 8.0 sacks which ranked 4th most between defensive tackles, this along with his huge leap in tackles from 38 the season prior to 51 this season led to Rapid Eagle being selected to his first every NSFL Pro Bowl. The Otters would finish the season 11-5 and once again were the 1 seed in the ASFC, Eagle was hungry for another crack at the Ultimus, however the dream would end short. The Austin Copperheads upset the Otters in the ASFC Championship 31-22 after being outscored 6-14 in the final quarter of the game. Eagle was absolutely contained in the game, unable to record a single stat in the game. Yet again an underwhelming playoff performance Eagle was determined to get even better.

2039 (S24)

His fourth season called up in the big leagues Rapid Eagle began to shed the title of rising star and solidified himself as a legitimate star in the ISFL. If his entire career were only preseasons Eagle would be on a hall of fame track already as with yet another year Eagle had another career performance before the season with 21 tackles and 5 sacks. This season Eagle would need for it to translate into the regular season as the ASFC was as competitive as its ever been. After the first three weeks of the season it didn't look like it would, recording 7 tackles, 1 for a loss and 1 sack and most importantly with the team starting 0-3 on the season things did not look good. However the Otters and Eagle used the next week as a bounce back winning 39-16 over the Honolulu Hahalua, Eagle himself had 5 tackles and 2 sacks in the game. 3 tackles and a sack next week in a convincing 23-3 win over the Austin Copperheads had the Otters back into playoff contention. The Otters would slow down however splitting their next 4 games with Eagle continuing to show off a career year. The Otters refused to give up after this slow start to the season and went on a run winning 5 of their last 7 games of the season to enter a 4 team tie at 9-7 a top the ASFC. After tiebreakers the Otters were the 2nd seed, however Rapid Eagle had recorded a career best season with 58 tackles, 5 for a loss and 13.0 sacks, a career high. This playoffs would mark the first every time Rapid Eagle had played for a team who was not the 1 seed, and thus be his first experience in wildcard weekend. The Otters matchup would be their rivals New Orleans Second Line where Eagle recorded 4 tackles and a sack in a 31-21 victory to get back to the ASFC championship game for the 4th year in a row, this time with the San Jose Sabercats awaiting them. The Otters would hold the Sabercats offense to just 17 points in the game, Eagle recording 3 tackles, one for a loss and a sack in the game did well but San Jose's defense played out of their minds holding the Otters to just 3 points.

2040 (S25)

Rapid Eagle's fifth season in the ISFL he took a step back statistically due to the Otters addition of another defensive tackle, Goat Tank, however he still had a solid season overall lining up all over the defensive line. In the preseason Eagle dominated yet again where he racked up 13 tackles, 4 tackles for loss and 2 sacks. In the season opener Eagles started up with 2 sacks a great start to the season that translated to the whole team. The Otters then started the season on absolute fire winning their first 9 games of the season. However that is where the momentum seemingly came to an end. in the final seven games of the season Eagle only managed to record 1 sack while the Otters as a whole only won 2 of their last 7 games. The regular season ended with the Otters 11-5, which was luckily still enough for 1st place in the ASFC. Eagle overall finished the season with 66 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, 1 forced fumbled and 1 fumble recovery. The slow start to the season didn't bode well in the playoffs as the Otters lost to the eventual Ultimus champion San Jose Sabercats 23-14, in the game Eagle had a really bad time only recording 2 tackles.

2041 (S26)

In his 6th season in the ISFL Rapid Eagle made an official position switch to play defensive end full time transitioning to the edge role after bouncing around last season. Due to the different role Eagle had a career high in tackles for loss this season but across the board saw major regression in every other statistical category. Finishing the season with 34 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6 sacks and 1 forced fumble. The team as a whole was streaky this season, they had 2 win streaks of 4 and 3 games where they recorded 7 of their season's 9 wins but the ASFC was uber competitve so this was only good for a 5 way tie for best record in the division. In the playoffs they were once again bounced out in the first round, this time by rival New Orleans Second Line 24-15, one of Eagle's better playoff performances where he had 4 tackles, 2 tackles for loss and 1 sack, however it wasn't enough to help the team record the win.

2042 (S27)

Rapid Eagle's second season at defensive end and seventh in the ISFL was more of the same performance wise, Eagle's stats for this season ended up with 33 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 8 sacks and a career high 3 forced fumbles, with 1 recovered. The Otters went 6-10 capped off by a 6 game losing streak that really put their season in jeopardy, finishing tied with the 5th record in the ASFC with the Philadelphia Liberty, with only the winless Baltimore Hawks below them. This season would be his first with a losing record in his career, including his time in the DSFL with the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers. Eagle's career clearly in a decline at this point in his career contemplated retirement but decided he would stick it out with the Otters and try to bounce back from this new low that he had never encountered before in his career.

Professional career statistics

Career statistics			Tackles		Sacks	Turnovers		Other
Season	Team	Games	Tck	TFL	Sack	FFum	FRec	DefTD	Safety	Blocks
2035 (S20)	MB	14	44	3	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
2036 (S21)	OCO	13	24	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
2037 (S22)	OCO	13	38	3	5.0	1	1	0	1	1
2038 (S23)	OCO	16	51	5	8.0	1	0	0	0	0
2039 (S24)	OCO	16	58	5	13.0	0	1	0	0	0
2040 (S25)	OCO	16	66	9	9.0	1	1	0	0	0
2041 (S26)	OCO	16	34	10	6.0	1	0	0	0	0
2042 (S27)	OCO	16	33	7	8.0	3	1	0	0	0
2043 (S28)	OCO	16	53	12	9.0	4	1	0	0	0
2044 (S29)	OCO	16	23	4	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
2045 (S30)	OCO	16	23	3	6.0	1	1	0	0	0
ISFL	OCO	154	403	58	76.0	13	6	0	2	1

Achievements and records

• Season 20 DSFL Pro Bowl
• Season 23 ISFL Pro Bowl
• Season 24 ISFL Pro Bowl
• Season 25 ISFL Pro Bowl