Dougie Smalls

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Dougie Smalls
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Smalls on the Gamecocks in 2034
No. 90 – Yellowknife Wraiths
Position:Kicker/Punter
Personal information
Born: (2015-12-21)December 21, 2015 (aged 47)
Orange County, CA
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school:John F. Kennedy High School
College:University of South Carolina
ISFL Draft:2036 (S21) / Round: 2 / Pick: 9
DSFL Draft:2035 (S20) / Round: 9 / Pick: 1
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NSFL statistics as of Week 13, 2036
Extra Point Made:34
Extra Point Percentage:94.4%
Field Goal Attempts:21
Field Goal Made:17
Field Goal Percentage:81.0%
Punts:78
Punt Yards:3682
Inside 20:7
Player stats at ISFL.net

Douglas 'Dougie' Smalls (born December 21, 2015) is an American football kicker and punter for the Yellowknife Wraiths. He played college football for the University of South Carolina before being picked up late-season by the DSFL's Myrtle Beach Buccaneers in 2034 (S19). He was then drafted by the Tijuana Luchadores in the 2035 (S20) DSFL draft. In 2036 (S21), Smalls was drafted in the 2nd round by the NSFL's Yellowknife Wraiths.

Dougie Smalls nicknames include: The Notorious D.U.G., The Spooky Kicker

Early years

Dougie Smalls was born in Orange County California in 2015 and stayed in the area until he left for college. As a child, Smalls loved the strategy of American football, spending many hours playing Madden Classic Franchise Mode and reading about football history. Once he got a chance to play flag football, Smalls athletic ability was revealed, dominating the competition in his age group at all positions. Despite his early athletic ability, Smalls enjoyed the strategy and focus of being a kicker. To Smalls, kicker was not only a focused position, but also one that had an impact on the game. So, he stuck with kicking, winning many Punt, Pass, and Kick competitions before high school. Due to Smalls being very athletically gifted, many of his middle school and high school coaches wanted him to play other positions, but Smalls remained focused on the craft of kicking. During high school, Smalls played both football and golf. While most talented kickers have a background in soccer, Smalls never once played soccer.

College career

Smalls was a top recruit kicker and punter coming out of John F. Kennedy High School. Late 2032, Smalls committed to the University of South Carolina late in high school after being recruited by multiple schools, including University of Tennessee Knoxville, University of Texas San Antonio, Texas A&M University, University of Memphis, and University of Tulsa. At South Carolina, Smalls became the starting kicker as a Freshman. While he also competed for the starting punter position, he did not win the position, struggling with distance punts. Smalls quickly became known as an extremely accurate kicker and a clutch kicker, winning several big games with long, last minute field goals. His clutch kicking gave him the nickname The Notorious D.U.G. by the fans and media. Despite this accurate kicking, South Carolina struggled to compete in the stacked SEC. After his second season at South Carolina, Smalls announced he would leave for the DSFL, in hopes of starting a long professional career and break the NSFL kicking records held by Turk Turkleton, who had a very long professional career. Many speculated that Smalls left South Carolina early due to the back to back losing seasons and the high turnover among the coaching staff. During his college career, Smalls only missed 2 extra points and 2 field goals.

For being a kicker, Dougie Smalls has been known for his extreme confidence and cocky attitude. His cocky attitude often rubbed competitors the wrong way. In 2033, Smalls put am extremely hard hit on the kick returner from Michigan after the second half kickoff. After this huge hit, Smalls had some harsh words for multiple opposing players, which set off multiple fights. Smalls was suspended one game for his part in the incident, but as expected, a huge hit from the kicker provided fuel for his teammates, which carried a 4 game winning streak, after losing the first 4 games of the season.

College career statistics

Career statistics Extra Points Field Goals Punts Points
Season Team Games Made Attempted PCT Made Attempted PCT Long Punts Yards Inside 20 Long Points
2033 USC 7 20 22 90.9 20 22 90.9 59 - - - - 80
2034 USC 8 20 20 100 21 21 100 57 - - - - 83
Total 15 40 42 95.2 41 43 95.3 0 0 0 0 0 163

Professional career

DSFL career

After leaving South Carolina, Smalls was picked up by the Myrtle Beach Buccaneers of the DSFL for their final 2 regular season games. He immediately became the starter after the late season pick up.

The following season, Dougie entered the DSFL draft. He was picked by the Tijuana Luchadores in the 1st pick in the 9th round. The Luchadores were coming off of a strong season, but lost their starting QB to the NSFL. This QB turnover significantly hurt what was previously a very strong offense, giving Smalls very few kicking opportunities. In total he only attempted 20 Extra Points and 21 Field Goals during the season. Despite few opportunities, he made the most of them, hitting 90% of his Extra Points and 90.5% of Field Goals. In Week 3 and Week 10, Smalls was named Offensive Player of The Game for scoring the only Tijuana points of each game (2 Field Goals and 3 Field Goals respectively.). For most of the season, Smalls was expected to be the DSFL kicker of the year, but in the end he was beaten out by Thelonius Junk in the last few weeks, where Junk hit 93% of his Field goals and 96% of his Extra Points.. Many members of the media attributed this unexpected award win to the number of red zone opportunities available to Junk versus Smalls.

Tijuana failed to make the playoffs, ending the season with only 5 wins. It was reported that Smalls was frustrated with the stagnant offense and would quit football if he was sent down by the NSFL team that drafted him. Although these rumors could never be confirmed and Smalls appeared to be a team player in press conferences.

NSFL career

In 2036 (S21), Dougie Smalls was drafted by the Yellowknife Wraiths in the 2nd round. He was the highest picked kicker in the draft. Being such a high pick kicker, Smalls was expected to be not only the best rookie kicker in the draft, but potentially the best kicker in the league. On top of this expectation, Yellowknife had been, what some considered, a kicker away from winning the championship three seasons in a row. While Smalls didn’t necessarily crumble under the pressure, he did not live up to expectation in year one. Statistically, both other rookie kickers in the class of 3 performed better than Smalls, despite Smalls being significantly more skilled on paper. He hit 94.4% of his extra points and only 81.0% of his Field Goals. Many in the media debated if this was due to the under performing Yellowknife offense, putting Smalls in scoring position less than expected, or if Smalls athletic skills simply hadn’t transferred to the pro game yet. Despite the Yellowknife up and down offensive production, the team made it to the big game for the 4th time in a row. Yellowknife came into the postseason as an underdog in a wild card spot. Smalls and the Yellowknife offense turned thrings around in the playoffs performing excellent throughout. Sadly the team would fall short in the Ultimus to a stacked New Orleans team. Smalls would make two big Field Goals in the game, but the team would play from behind the whole game.

Professional career statistics (Regular Season)

Career statistics Extra Points Field Goals Punts Points
Season Team Games Made Attempted PCT Made Attempted PCT Long Punts Yards Inside 20 Long Points
2034 (S19)- MB 2 4 5 80 3 5 60 41 - - - - 13
2035 (S20)- TIJ 14 18 20 90 19 21 90.5 49 91 4138 18 63 75
2036 (S21) YKW 13 34 36 94.4 17 21 81.0 49 78 3682 7 71 85
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

- DSFL Season

Professional career statistics (Post Season)

Career statistics Extra Points Field Goals Punts Points
Season Team Games Made Attempted PCT Made Attempted PCT Long Punts Yards Inside 20 Long Points
2034 (S19)- MB 1 2 2 100 1 1 100 18 - - - - 5
2036 (S21) YKW 3 6 7 85.7 5 5 100 49 25 1150 2 64 21
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

- DSFL Season

Achievements and records

Awards

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