Bageshwari Singh

Bageshwari Singh

No. 11 – Berlin Fire Salamanders
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(2023-11-29)November 29, 2023 (aged 37) Varanasi, India
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	215 lb (98 kg)
Username:	Rapideagle
Career information
College:	University of Chicago
ISFL Draft:	2049  / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
DSFL Draft:	2048  / Round: 3 / Pick: 17
Career history
Bondi Beach Buccaneers (2047 (S32)-2050 (S35)) Berlin Fire Salamanders (2051 (S36)-Present)
Roster status:	Active
Career ISFL statistics
Passing Attempts: 1282 Passing Completions: 806 Completion %: 62.9% Passing yards: 8694 TD-INT: 41-20 Passer Rating: 86.9
Career DSFL statistics
Passing Attempts: 1475 Passing Completions: 814 Completion %: 55.2% Passing yards: 9950 TD-INT: 62-30 Passer Rating: 81.7
Player stats at ISFL.net

Bageshwari Singh (born November 29, 2028) is an American football quarterback for the Berlin Fire Salamanders of the International Simulation Football League (ISFL). He played college football for the Chicago Maroons for four seasons before being claimed off waivers by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers in 2048 and drafted by them the next season in the 3rd round with pick 17 of the Season 33 DSFL Draft. Singh was then drafted with the 8th overall pick of the Season 34 ISFL Draft by the Berlin Fire Salamanders and was called up to the ISFL during the 2051 Season.

Early years

Bageshwari Singh was born in Varanasi, India where growing up he had never heard of the sport of American football. Throughout his childhood his main focus was on his academics, which he excelled at, while Bageshwari always had a passion for sports his parents always made sure his education remained his priority instead. He would often have to sneak away from home to be able to go play soccer or cricket with his friends throughout primary school. After finishing secondary school in India, Singh had an opportunity to apply for an academic scholarship overseas in America. This scholarship through The Rockefeller Foundation was very hard to get, only a couple international students would receive it every year. Bageshwari worked hard however and received the scholarship and used it to attend the University of Chicago in America. Bageshwari arrived in downtown Chicago a few months before his school started to settle into his new environment and immediately fell in love with the city. The culture and big skyscrapers were a big change from his hometown but he loved every bit of it. One of the few things he learned before his first year started was about American football. Chicago was a big football city with the Chicago Bears of the NFL and Chicago Butchers of the ISFL both being big.

College career

Bageshwari being new to the sport of American football didn't know where to begin to pursue his newfound passion, the most experience he had throwing a ball was bowling in cricket. However the Chicago Maroons football not being a big football school, being in division III held open try outs early in the semester and Bageshwari found his chance. Being new to football altogether Bageshwari didn't have much of the technique down but his arm immediately caught the eye of Kyle Derickson, the team's offensive coordinator who saw glimmer of potential in Singh. Bageshwari got an invite to the team however spent his freshman year redshirted as he learned the playbook and more of the fundamentals of the sport. During Singh's sophomore season he was promoted to the the primary backup QB of the team. While he didn't get a lot of playing time, he still got his first action of real football this season when he came in for the last game of the season due to an injury to the starting QB and shined leading the Maroons to a come from behind win. Going into his Junior season Bageshwari was given the opportunity to win the starting QB job in camp, he had shown great development from when he first joined the team and ended up winning the job and getting his first full season as a starter. The team around him struggled at first but eventually Bageshwari put division III football on notice with his first season, leading the Maroons to their first Midwest Conference Championship in decades, the team would end up losing in the semifinals of the playoffs however. Singh ended up dominating the lower competition at DIII football and had the opportunity to transfer into the B1G the following season, but he decided to stay at UChicago to finish his degree before further pursuing his athletic career. His senior season of football went even better than the previous season, Maroons went undefeated and made the DIII Championship game against the Mount Union Purple Raiders where Singh went on to have the best performance of his colligate career. Singh passed for 553 yards, 7 TDs, 1 INT, while completing 73% of his passes and rushed for an additional 68 yards in a blowout 56-8 title game.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team	Games	Comp	Att	Yards	Pct	Lg	TD	Int	Rating	Att	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2043	UCHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2044	UCHI	1	28	37	441	75.7	79	4	1	139.6	11	67	6.1	14	1
2045	UCHI	14	324	457	5280	71.1	83	60	12	134.7	156	711	4.6	27	11
2046	UCHI	15	355	501	5668	70.1	75	61	9	140.4	163	871	5.3	33	9
Career	UCHI	30	707	995	11389	71.1	83	125	32	139.3	330	1649	5.0	33	21

Professional career

DSFL career

2047 (S32)

Prior to Week 11 of the DSFL season the Bondi Beach Buccaneers picked up Bageshwari Singh off waivers. The team already had an established quarterback in Tron Carter, who was into his fourth season as the team's starting QB. This gave Singh a chance to learn behind an established DSFL veteran, although it meant he would not get much playtime in his waiver eligible season before the S33 DSFL Draft. However, Singh who sat as a backup in his first two season of college ball was enthusiastic for the chance to learn more as he was still very new to the sport of football despite his dominance in Division III. In his first two games with the team he didn't see a snap of action watching from the sidelines as the Buccaneers lost to the London Royals and Kansas City Coyotes 39-21 and 44-10 respectfully. In Week 13 Singh saw his first snaps of action, subbing in for Carter in the midst of a 52-13 blowout to the Tijuana Luchadores. Bageshwari only got 2 pass attempts but completed both of them for a total of 31 yards. In the final game of the season the Buccaneers found themselves in another blowout, this time down 40-16 to the Minnesota Grey Ducks so once again Singh entered the game. This time he completed 4/5 of his passes for 30 yards, capping off his waiver season with 6/7 for 61 yards total. Underwhelming overall due to the lack of playtime but he showed flashes of potential when he entered games and learned plenty from his teammates in Bondi Beach.

2048 (S33)

In the 3rd round with pick 17 of the Season 33 DSFL Draft the Bondi Beach Buccaneers selected Bageshwari Singh in a stacked draft class return to the team. With Tron Carter graduating to the ISFL to join the Sarasota Sailfish, the reigns of the starting Quaterback of the franchise. Singh had a solid preseason winning 3 of the 4 games while completing 80/153 (52.3%) of his passes for 905 YDS, 8 TD, 3 INT, giving him a total passer rating of 79.56. Things were looking up for the Buccaneers coming off a 3-11 season, this draft class was looking to give the Bondi a boost back into contention. After losing a close season opener to the Norfolk Seawolves the Bucs went on to win 3 in a row to start the season 3-1. The team then hit a wall losing their next 3 games and continued to play streaky having another 3 game win streak but ending the season on back to back losses to end the season 7-7. This record was good to tie for 2nd in the South, however, the Norfolk Seawolves held the tiebreaker over the Bondi Beach Buccaneers meaning they just barely missed out on the playoffs. Singh's season overall was ok but left plenty of room for improvement. Singh completed 290/513 of his passes for 3,691 yards with a league best 22-5 TD-INT ratio and an overall passer rating of 89.4 on the season.

2049 (S34)

Bageshwari Singh's second year as the starter of Bondi Beach Buccaneers had a rough start in the preseason, going 0-4 with a poor stat line of 85/161, a 52.8 completion percentage for 857 Yds, 5 Td, 4 Int and a passer rating of 68.3. Luckily the team and Singh didn't let their preseason affect their week 1 performance as they started the season with a win vs their rival Norfolk Seawolves 45-24, Singh had a career best 4 passing TDs in the game. The Buccaneers didn't sustain any momentum from this unfortunately dropping their next two games to [[[Dallas Birddogs]] and Portland Pythons. Versus the Pythons Singh had one of his worst games of his career in the 34-3 loss he completed 13 of 43 pass attempts for 108 yards, 0 touchdowns and 3 interceptions which resulted in a passer rating of 10.7. After this trashing the Buccaneers didn't give up on the season getting hot and winning 4 of their next 5 games getting to a 5-3 record. The rest of the season was disappointing, only winning 1 of their final 6 games. Ending the season with a 6-8 record and once again falling short of the playoffs.

2050 (S35)

Bageshwari's third season in the DSFL would end up being his final one down with the Bondi Beach Buccaneers and it was not a pretty one. Singh had by far the worst season of his football career. Once again the Buccaneers would start the preseason winless, however unlike the prior season they never seemed to get it together. Singh's poor performance at QB was a hurdle too large for the team to overcome as they had a last place finish of 3-11 on the season. In the 14 games of the season Singh only managed a passer rating above 70.0 in 5 games, two of them being vs the Kansas City Coyotes. Singh had career lows in Yards, 2,837, Touchdowns, 14 and a career high in interceptions with 15. Singh couldn't get on track at any point in the season, however with Joliet Christ Jr. retiring from the ISFL, the Berlin Fire Salamanders would need him in the big leagues next season. Coming off his worst season Bageshwari would have a lot to prove at the next level.

NSFL career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.55 s	4.09 s	6.97 s	34 in (0.86 m)	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)	N/A reps	28

2051 (S36)

The Berlin Fire Salamanders had called up Bageshwari Singh at the start of the 2051 season where he immediately became the starting QB of the team. In Berlin Singh was reunited with his former WR1 from the Bondi Beach Buccaneers, Zayne Dangle, whom which Singh had his best passing season in the DSFL. This connection would spark chemistry right away in the preseason with a couple 80+ yard games from Dangle. Berlin was a rebuilding team so while the team didn't win a ton of games this season, ending the season in last place with a 2-14 record, unlike his last season in the DSFL Singh put up impressive stats, especially for a rookie quarterback. Thanks to his chemistry with Dangle and Berlin Legend Goat Tank being traded the offense ran through Singh allowing him to 4th in the league in passing yards with 4,503, the most by any of the three rookie QBs by a significant amount. Not only did Singh have the volume yards but was fairly efficient completing 62% of his passes and had a 23-10 touchdown to interception ratio, 10 interceptions also being tied for the least amount in the entire ISFL.

2052 (S37)

Singh's second season as the starter of the Berlin Fire Salamanders showed signs of progress during the preseason as the team went 2-2 despite his up and down statistical performance, 68/117 (58.1%) for 823 yards, 3 touchdowns and 5 interceptions for an overall passer rating of 70.6. Clearly numbers below the expectation set by his rookie season, but winning games was what was more important for Singh. Unfortunately for him and the Fire Salamanders the regular season didn't start with any of those. The first three weeks against the New York Silverbacks, Sarasota Sailfish and Yellow Knife Wraiths led to an 0-3 record. In week 4 Singh would have his best game of the season so far help towards the team's first victory of the season over the Colorado Yeti, a game that was pivotal in the race to avoid last place in the NSFC. The season would continue to be inconsistent going 3-6 in their next 9 games, which did double the team's win total from last season. However the most impressive part of the season for both Singh and the team as a whole were the final 3 games. Salamanders would end the season on a 3 game win streak including upsets against the Baltimore Hawks and the Orange County Otters, the third game being a rematch with the Yeti. All three games were one point victories, where Singh had his best stretch of the season completing 81/125 passes (64.8%) for 849 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interceptions. Overall Singh had a slightly worse season statistically than his ISFL rookie season, however the team improved their win margin by 5 games showing plenty of promise going forward.

Professional career statistics

DSFL

Career statistics			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team	Games	Comp	Att	Yards	Pct	Lg	TD	Int	Rating	Att	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2047 (S32)	Buccaneers	4	6	7	61	85.7	27	0	0	103.0	4	0	0.0	0	0
2048 (S33)	Buccaneers	14	290	513	3691	56.5	79	22	5	89.4	11	3	0.3	0	0
2049 (S34)	Buccaneers	14	285	501	3361	56.9	73	26	10	86.4	15	-3	-0.2	0	0
2050 (S35)	Buccaneers	14	233	454	2837	51.3	83	14	15	67.4	27	12	0.4	0	1
Career	Buccaneers	46	814	1475	9950	55.2	83	62	30	81.7	54	12	0.2	0	1

ISFL

Career statistics			Passing								Rushing
Season	Team	Games	Comp	Att	Yards	Pct	Lg	TD	Int	Rating	Att	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2051 (S36)	Fire Salamanders	16	392	632	4503	62.0	92	23	10	89.0	25	-21	-0.8	0	0
2052 (S37)	Fire Salamanders	16	414	650	4191	63.7	51	18	10	84.8	23	4	0.2	0	1
Career	Fire Salamanders	32	806	1282	8694	62.9	92	41	20	86.9	48	-17	-0.4	0	1

Achievements and records

• Season 33 DSFL Pro Bowl

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