Cross-Eriksen
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| No. 27 – Colorado Yeti | |
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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 8, 2030 (aged 32) Venus |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Username: | Tesla |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Data Expunged |
| College: | Not Applicable |
| ISFL Draft: | 2049 / Round: 2 / Pick: 23 |
| DSFL Draft: | 2048 / Round: 3 / Pick: 20 |
| Career history | |
| Roster status: | Active |
Cross-Eriksen (born March 8, 2030) is an American football safety for the Colorado of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL).
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Early years
Cross-Eriksen was more created than born on her home planet of Venus as the product of a scientist by the name of Data Expunged who used materials from a variety of sports superstars in an attempt to create an army of genetically perfect super soldiers. Among the subjects Cross-Eriksen performed the best in tests of physical ability, mental acumen, and Data Expunged. It was not until she was almost six years old that she was rescued from the laboratory by a raid run by Agent Tesla, and as one of the best performing survivors was officially taken in by them.
During her time being taken care of by Agent Tesla she was introduced to the two people who would become most important to her in Matt Cross and Wesley Eriksen the dynamic safety duo of the Norfolk Seawolves. Their ability to be frightening figures on the field while being friendly fellows off the field helped her learn to redirect her destructive impulses to more productive ends. Given their connection when the two were called up to the Philadelphia Liberty together they officially adopted her ahead of time so they could take her with them.
Cross-Eriksen spent four years in Philadelphia with them before the news broke that Wesley was going to join the Arizona Outlaws. Given that news it was decided that it would be for the best that she spend the season in as productive a place as possible and that is where Agent Tesla came back into the picture with the suggestion of a boarding school suitable to develop Cross-Eriksen's athletic talents even more. Thus she got shipped off to begin training at Data Expunged for several years.
High School career
While studying at Data Expunged she was able to join in on roughly high school equivalent competitions in a variety of sports once of an appropriate age, although the two that she favored the most were gridiron football and baseball. Given her upbringing she was a natural born free safety able to play the deep middle of the field well enough to be scouted by colleges during the equivalent of her freshman year. This led to her taking the position of center fielder in baseball where the crossover helped her develop well in both sports.
By the time of her sophomore equivalent season her skills led her to playing both ways with routine time as a wide receiver on offense. She would be brought in routinely in four and five wide receiver aligned formations. That season she set an unofficial [Data Expunged] record for Hail Mary receptions with six. It was that season where she also started getting attention from the advanced analytics department which determined that her team had not given up a reception of over thirty yards with her on the field.
Her junior and senior equivalent seasons saw her on the field for every snap on defense, and a majority of snaps period courtesy of her developing receiver skills. It was her junior equivalent season that she earned more snaps on special teams courtesy of a blocked punt in their first game of the season. The end of her senior year there was a question of which college she would be joining, but she instead declared that she would be joining the DSFL at the trade deadline where she would be represented by Agent Tesla.
Professional Career
DSFL Career
Cross-Eriksen began their DSFL career by joining the Dallas Birddogs for the last four games of the 2047 (S32) season where she showed talent despite Data Expunged. The last game of the season she helped the Birddogs to their fourth win of the season with an interception and key forced fumble that earned her player of the game honors for the first time in her professional career.
Going into the draft she knew she would be taken late courtesy of her agent's connections, but was taken earlier than expected in the third round with the twentieth overall pick by the Minnesota Grey Ducks. Despite her relative inexperience she quickly earned a starting role in the lineup and even earned a player of the game honor for a one sack, two interception, and one touchdown performance against her parents team the Seawolves. A performance deemed the best of the season as it was that game that led to her win of DSFL Defensive Performance of the Year for the season.
Cross-Eriksen continued the award worthy performance throughout the season helping her team to be the best in scoring defense and one of just two teams to surrender fewer than 300 points throughout the season. Her performance in the regular season won her both a Pro Bowl nod and ultimately won her Safety of the Year. However the team's performance took them into the playoffs where they would host the Kansas City Coyotes in the first round. It was there that she accumulated the majority of her playoff stats including an interception in opponent territory in the first five minutes that helped lead to a touchdown. That touchdown proved to be decisive as the team won 32 to 27 to make it to the Ultimini XXXI where they faced off against the Norfolk Seawolves. Despite her early exceptional performance against the team her parents played for she had a much more meager stat line against the Seawolves this time around accounting for just two tackles and a pass defended in the 17 to 24 loss. Given her parents and her agent's leanings though she did not take the loss too hard and headed into the off-season ready to be called up to the next level.
DSFL Career Statistics
| Regular Season | Defense | |||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | FF/FR | Sacks | Interceptions | PD | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
| 2047 (S32) | DAL | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0/0/0 |
| 2048 (S33) | MIN | 14 | 57 | 0 | 3/2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1/0/0 |
| Career | 18 | 70 | 0 | 4/2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1/0/0 | |
| Playoffs | Defense | |||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | FF/FR | Sacks | Interceptions | PD | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
| 2048 (S33) | MIN | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0/0/0 |
ISFL Career
Surprising absolutely no one courtesy of her agent's status as general manager of one of the teams Cross-Eriksen was selected in the second round of the draft by the Colorado Yeti with the twenty-third overall pick. She was slow to sign her initial contract courtesy of commitments in other dimensions, but was able to include a clause that would prevent any punishment to her or her agent so long as she continued to perform on the field.
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | ||||||
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| 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
195 lb (88 kg) |
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| 2049 ISFL scouting combine (S34) | ||||||||||||
Achievements And Records
DSFL Safety Of The Year: 2048 DSFL Defensive Performance of the Year: 2048 DSFL Pro Bowl Selection (1): 2048
