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==Early years== | ==Early years== | ||
| − | Tessie Garciaparra was born on July 23, 2024 to Austin and Emma Garciaparra, and as granddaughter to famous baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, and brother to current ISFL | + | Tessie Garciaparra was born on July 23, 2024 to Austin and Emma Garciaparra, and as granddaughter to famous baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, and brother to current ISFL player Jason Garciaparra. Growing up in California, Tessie would routinely play one on one football scrimmages vs her brother and developed a love of the game as a result. Tessie would avoid the route Jason went, and opted to stay in California to play football at Whittier High School, being named starting free safety on the defense as a freshman. Tessie would thrive early on as a ballhawk on the field, but would struggle with more physical coverages early on. A chance encounter with Tree Gelbman would help her figure out how to challenge her energy more effectively on the field and play a blow-up aggressive man coverage styled corner. Inspired by the shark she witnessed while surfing one day, Tessie was given the nickname of "Mako" for the incredible quickness in which she moved across the field. Following a shoulder injury sustained in practice, Tessie nearly retired from football to pursue her love of surfing before being convinced by her brother and grandfather to keep going. |
After high school, Tessie would be named a 4 star recruit out of high school and would receive several offers from big name schools such as Ohio State and Michigan before deciding to attend Vanderbilt University where she would be expected to start right away. | After high school, Tessie would be named a 4 star recruit out of high school and would receive several offers from big name schools such as Ohio State and Michigan before deciding to attend Vanderbilt University where she would be expected to start right away. | ||
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==DSFL Career== | ==DSFL Career== | ||
| + | ===Season 29=== | ||
| + | Being picked up on a pre-draft tryout by the Kansas City Coyotes at the insistence of her brother Jason, there wasn’t really much to write home about. Mostly playing as a depth cornerback for the team, she saw limited action playing in four games, getting five tackles, and defending one pass. The team would go on to make the playoffs but would lose in the first round. Tessie finished that game with one pass defended in a solid debut for her first playoff showing. Following the game, Tessie received significant praise from the media for the potential she showed on defense and the dangerous combo she formed with Jason Garciaparra. Rumors started to fly surrounding her future with the team as she was a name skyrocketing up draft boards. Despite all the rumors, Tessie kept her head down and focused on her workouts as mock draft rumors swirled across the football universe. | ||
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| + | ===Season 30=== | ||
| + | Despite rumors of her going elsewhere come draft day, Tessie would find herself back on the Kansas City Coyotes after they drafted her 5th overall in the DSFL Entry Draft. Coming out of the gate and being named a captain immediately, Tessie took the field with an aggressive angle and ran with it. After a relatively quiet game in a week one loss to the Minnesota Grey Ducks where she would record only 5 tackles, Tessie exploded in a Week 2 tie against the Portland Pythons, where she would finish with 9 tackles, three passes defended, and one interception. Tessie followed up this effort with another dominant game, with four tackles but three passes defended in a 33-0 win in Week 3 over Norfolk. Despite a very strong first full season with the Coyotes, finishing the season with 91 tackles, 3 interceptions, 7 forced fumbles and 5 fumble recoveries to go alongside with 21 passes defended, the Coyotes would miss the playoffs. | ||
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| + | ===Season 31=== | ||
| + | Due to the strong rookie showing and ties to her college coach Tree Gelbman, Tessie was drafted to the Chicago Butchers in the 1st round, 7th overall, reuniting her with her brother Jason. No longer a captain per personal request, Tessie settled down and focused more on her game and refining her craft. She opened up the season with an explosive game in a Week 1 31-14 win over the London Royals. Tessie would finish with 10 tackles, 3 passes defended, two interceptions and would return one of the interceptions back for a touchdown. She followed up this effort with an 11 tackle game and 1 pass defended in a Week 2 tie to the Portland Pythons, coming out of the gate with a white hot start. Simmering off the rest of the season, Tessie would finish with a respectable 93 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 6 interceptions and 16 passes defended as the Coyotes would make it to the Ultimini where they would lose to the Dallas Birddogs. Tessie would finish the playoffs with a stat line of 4 tackles, one fumble recovery, and three passes defended. | ||
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==ISFL Career== | ==ISFL Career== | ||
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==Career Stats== | ==Career Stats== | ||
| + | {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |! colspan="18" |<center>'''Career Statistics'''</center> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |! colspan="18" style="{{TeamPrimaryStyle|Chicago Butchers}}" |<center>'''Chicago Butchers'''</center> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! rowspan="2"| Year | ||
| + | ! rowspan="2"| Team | ||
| + | ! colspan="2"| Games | ||
| + | ! colspan="4"| Tackles | ||
| + | ! colspan="3"| Interceptions | ||
| + | ! colspan="2"| Fumbles | ||
| + | ! colspan="3"| Special Teams | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! GP !! GS !! TCK !! TFL !! Sck !! Sfty !! Int !! PD !! TD !! FF !! FR !! Blk P/XP/FG | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''2044''' | ||
| + | | Kansas City || 4 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''2045''' | ||
| + | | Kansas City || 14 || 14 || 91 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 21 || 0 || 7 || 5 || 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''2046''' | ||
| + | | Kansas City || 14 || 14 || 93 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 16 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''2047''' | ||
| + | | Chicago || 16 || 16 || 56 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | '''2048''' | ||
| + | | Chicago || 16 || 16 || 54 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! Career Totals | ||
| + | ! !! 64 !! 64 !! 299 !! 0 !! 6 !! 0 !! 10 !! 51 !! 1 !! 9 !! 5 !! 0/0/0 | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | ==Playoff Stats== | ||
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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 23, 2024 (aged 38) Whittier, California |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Username: | RenoJacksonHS |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Whittier High School |
| College: | Vanderbilt University |
| ISFL Draft: | 2046 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 |
| DSFL Draft: | 2045 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 |
| Career history | |
| Roster status: | Active |
Tessie Garciaparra (born July 23, 2024) is an American football safety for the Chicago Butchers of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL). She played college football for Vanderbilt University before declaring for the 2046 DSFL Draft (S31).
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Early years
Tessie Garciaparra was born on July 23, 2024 to Austin and Emma Garciaparra, and as granddaughter to famous baseball player Nomar Garciaparra, and brother to current ISFL player Jason Garciaparra. Growing up in California, Tessie would routinely play one on one football scrimmages vs her brother and developed a love of the game as a result. Tessie would avoid the route Jason went, and opted to stay in California to play football at Whittier High School, being named starting free safety on the defense as a freshman. Tessie would thrive early on as a ballhawk on the field, but would struggle with more physical coverages early on. A chance encounter with Tree Gelbman would help her figure out how to challenge her energy more effectively on the field and play a blow-up aggressive man coverage styled corner. Inspired by the shark she witnessed while surfing one day, Tessie was given the nickname of "Mako" for the incredible quickness in which she moved across the field. Following a shoulder injury sustained in practice, Tessie nearly retired from football to pursue her love of surfing before being convinced by her brother and grandfather to keep going.
After high school, Tessie would be named a 4 star recruit out of high school and would receive several offers from big name schools such as Ohio State and Michigan before deciding to attend Vanderbilt University where she would be expected to start right away.
College career
Tessie was named one of the starting cornerbacks immediately upon arrival at Vanderbilt after a strong showing in preseason workouts. Due to early injuries to the team, Tessie pulled double duty as placekicker in the pre-season scrimmages vs Georgia Tech in which she beat her brother's team 24-21 on a last second field goal, before going 0-3 vs Bayfield University and promptly losing any chance at becoming the permanent kicker once the original one came back. In the opening day matchup against Georgia, Tessie would have 1 interception, 6 tackles, and 1.0 sack in a closely contested 21-14 loss to the divisional rival. Vanderbilt would struggle heavily during Tessie's rookie season, with the worst offense in franchise history due to multiple injuries to starting quarterbacks, finishing 1-12 with the sole win coming vs South Harmon Institute of Technology in a 14-0 game where the only points were a pick-six by Tessie and a fumble recovery by teammate Jonathan Kleinfeld.
Tessie's sophomore season was one to forget as well, as despite new recruits on offense, the team still struggled due to inconsistent quarterback play and coaching, leading to head coach Jimmy "Jim-Jim" Jimmers being fired after a 2-11 season and the hiring of new head coach Chika Fujiwara. Tessie's best game would be vs Boston College where she wouldn't pick up an interception, but picked up 4.0 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.
Tessie's junior season is where she would have her Heisman caliber season under new defensive coordinator Tree Gelbman. Using a new method of defense known as the "Axe Attack" Tessie would see a career number of interceptions, sacks, passes defended, and fumbles forced. Vanderbilt would improve to a 10-3 season under the new coaching, and while missing out on the college football playoffs, would still make it to the Taco Bell Cheesy Fiesta Potato Bowl vs Northwestern where they would win 28-7.
Following her college football career, Tessie cited interest in going pro and declared for the DSFL draft.
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | ||
| 2042 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 13 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 4.0 | 10 | 4 | 136 | 34.0 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2043 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 13 | 50 | 30 | 20 | 4.0 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2044 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 13 | 85 | 60 | 15 | 13.0 | 25 | 8 | 176 | 22.0 | 85 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Career Totals | 39 | 39 | 170 | 115 | 45 | 21.0 | 45 | 14 | 360 | 36.6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
DSFL Career
Season 29
Being picked up on a pre-draft tryout by the Kansas City Coyotes at the insistence of her brother Jason, there wasn’t really much to write home about. Mostly playing as a depth cornerback for the team, she saw limited action playing in four games, getting five tackles, and defending one pass. The team would go on to make the playoffs but would lose in the first round. Tessie finished that game with one pass defended in a solid debut for her first playoff showing. Following the game, Tessie received significant praise from the media for the potential she showed on defense and the dangerous combo she formed with Jason Garciaparra. Rumors started to fly surrounding her future with the team as she was a name skyrocketing up draft boards. Despite all the rumors, Tessie kept her head down and focused on her workouts as mock draft rumors swirled across the football universe.
Season 30
Despite rumors of her going elsewhere come draft day, Tessie would find herself back on the Kansas City Coyotes after they drafted her 5th overall in the DSFL Entry Draft. Coming out of the gate and being named a captain immediately, Tessie took the field with an aggressive angle and ran with it. After a relatively quiet game in a week one loss to the Minnesota Grey Ducks where she would record only 5 tackles, Tessie exploded in a Week 2 tie against the Portland Pythons, where she would finish with 9 tackles, three passes defended, and one interception. Tessie followed up this effort with another dominant game, with four tackles but three passes defended in a 33-0 win in Week 3 over Norfolk. Despite a very strong first full season with the Coyotes, finishing the season with 91 tackles, 3 interceptions, 7 forced fumbles and 5 fumble recoveries to go alongside with 21 passes defended, the Coyotes would miss the playoffs.
Season 31
Due to the strong rookie showing and ties to her college coach Tree Gelbman, Tessie was drafted to the Chicago Butchers in the 1st round, 7th overall, reuniting her with her brother Jason. No longer a captain per personal request, Tessie settled down and focused more on her game and refining her craft. She opened up the season with an explosive game in a Week 1 31-14 win over the London Royals. Tessie would finish with 10 tackles, 3 passes defended, two interceptions and would return one of the interceptions back for a touchdown. She followed up this effort with an 11 tackle game and 1 pass defended in a Week 2 tie to the Portland Pythons, coming out of the gate with a white hot start. Simmering off the rest of the season, Tessie would finish with a respectable 93 tackles, 2 forced fumbles, 6 interceptions and 16 passes defended as the Coyotes would make it to the Ultimini where they would lose to the Dallas Birddogs. Tessie would finish the playoffs with a stat line of 4 tackles, one fumble recovery, and three passes defended.
ISFL Career
Career Stats
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | Special Teams | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | TCK | TFL | Sck | Sfty | Int | PD | TD | FF | FR | Blk P/XP/FG | ||||||
| 2044 | Kansas City | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2045 | Kansas City | 14 | 14 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2046 | Kansas City | 14 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2047 | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2048 | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| Career Totals | 64 | 64 | 299 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0/0/0 | |||||
Playoff Stats
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | Special Teams | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | TCK | TFL | Sck | Sfty | Int | PD | TD | FF | FR | Blk P/XP/FG | ||||||
| 2044 | Kansas City | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2045 | Kansas City | 14 | 14 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2046 | Kansas City | 14 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2047 | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| 2048 | Chicago | 16 | 16 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | ||||
| Career Totals | 64 | 64 | 299 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0/0/0 | |||||
