Dougie Smalls

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Dougie Smalls
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Smalls on the Gamecocks in 2034
No. 90 – Retired
Position:Kicker/Punter
Personal information
Born: (2015-12-21)December 21, 2015 (aged 45)
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:Retired
Career highlights and awards
Career NSFL statistics as of Week 16, 2040
Extra Point Attempts:201
Extra Point Made:191
Extra Point Percentage:95.02%
Field Goal Attempts:137
Field Goal Made:128
Field Goal Percentage:93.43%
Punts:452
Punt Yards:21,235
Player stats at ISFL.net

Douglas 'Dougie' Smalls (born December 21, 2015) was an American football kicker and punter for the New York Silverbacks. He was drafted by the Yellowknife Wraiths in 2036 (S21), where he won a Kicker of the Year Award, two Pro Bowl, and an Ultimus Championship. He played in Yellowknife for four seasons.

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 DSFL draft.

Dougie Smalls nicknames include: The Notorious D.U.G., The Spooky Kicker, and The Cold Weather Sniper

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

Yellowknife Wraiths

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.

In 2037 (S22), Dougie Smalls was much improved from his rookie season. Some say Smalls got better over the off-season, others say he had more opportunities to prove his worth with the improved Yellowknife offense. By seasons end, Smalls hit 43 extra points and 27 Field Goals, hitting 93.5% and 96.4% respectively. As a punter, Smalls also improved, hitting 16 punts inside the 20 yard line. The team again made it to the playoffs, winning the division by a multiple game margin. The wraiths would earn a first round by and meet their budding rival Colorado in the NSFC championship game. The game was neck and neck throughout, with Colorado taking the early lead. At the halfway point, Colorado lead the game 14 to 10, but that score could have been tightened to a 13 to 14 point game. With seconds left in the half, the Yellowknife offense drove into field goal range, setting one of the most accurate regular season kickers in the league with a 54 yard try, 2 yards less than his regular season long. And to everyone's surprised, Dougie Smalls missed it. In the second half, the Wraiths would take the lead for the first time in the game, 16 to 14 on the back of two Field Goals from Dougie Smalls, but those two Field Goals would not be enough. The Wraiths would lose the game 17 to 16. Despite the disappointment in the big game, fans were happy to see Dougie Smalls perform throughout the season and make his first NSFL Pro Bowl. Smalls would also win Kicker of The Year.

The 2038 (S23) season would not only turn out to be a great year for Small’s Wraiths, but also for kickers across the league. Season number 23 would be the first season of the expanded regular season, playing 16 games instead of the 13 games (the league went from 14 to 13 games in 2031 (S16) due to the league expansion) and the introduction of a league name change from the NSFL to the ISFL. While some saw the extended season as an extra opportunity for kickers to get in the career record books for number of field goals and extra points scored, others saw it as more time to miss kicks and decrease career make percentages. As it turns out, nearly all the ISFL kickers did well with this extra opportunity, averaging 90% field goal percentage across the regular season. Dougie Smalls would be at the top of this accuracy list, hitting 94.4% of his field goals, ranking him 4th in field goal percentage that season. Additionally, Smalls would have his best year punting, averaging 47.3 yards a punt and hitting 19 inside the 20 yard line.

While the regular season was good, this meant nothing to long time Yellowknife fans, who only wanted a championship after losing 4 in the past 5 seasons. Yellowknife would get a first round bye, a feat that they had achieved many times before. The team faced their rival Colorado in the NSFC championship game. The game was close throughout, with defense playing a huge part on both sides. Late in the 3rd quarter, the game was tied 10 to 10, and Smalls legacy in Canada would grow, as he tied the playoff record for longest field goal, hitting a 57 yarder. This record tying score would prove crucial, as the game ended with no more points; final score 13 to 10. Yellowknife would go on to break the Ultimus losing streak, smashing the Austin Cooperheads 38 to 13. Smalls would play a perfect championship game, hitting 5 of 5 extra points and 1 of 1 field goals.

In 2039 (S24), the Yellowknife Wraiths would lose many veterans to retirement and free agency, including QB Bigsby and WR Swift. These big name player losses meant a new offense full of young players. While the team saw some big plays out of the new offense, the team would end the season in the bottom of the league in offensive production, leaving Dougie Smalls with few kicking opportunities. Smalls would make the most of those chances, hitting 100% of his Field Goal attempts (20 for 20). Similarly, Smalls would perform well with extra points, hitting 92.9% of his attempts. Smalls also had a solid season punting the ball, pinning 18 punts inside the 20 yard line and averaging 46.7 yards per punt. The Wraiths would miss the playoffs due to this unproductive offense, only winning 6 games. This would be the first missed post season of Smalls ISFL career.

As the past few seasons had been, kickers performance was high across the league. 9 of 12 kickers high over 90% of their Field Goals and 11 of 12 kickers high over 90% of their extra points. While Smalls was near the bottom of extra point percentages with 92.9%, he was one of only two kickers with 100% Field Goal percentage. The other being long time award rival Venus Powers of the Honolulu Hahalua. In terms of punting, the league also saw extremely high performances across the board, including a huge punting year from Philadelphia Rookie K. Hunt. Dougie Smalls would fall in the middle of the pack, both in terms of pins inside the 20 and average yards per punt. He would earn his second Pro Bowl, as he tied with Hunt for the NSFC kicker spot.

New York Silverbacks

In 2040 (S25), Smalls was left unprotected by the Yellowknife Wraiths in the ISFL's 4th expansion draft. He was selected by the New York Silverbacks. With the move to the ASFC, Smalls would not only be competing in, what many analysts consider, the best kicking era in ISFL history, but also would begin competing in the best kicking conference. With the addition of Smalls, the AFSC would contain the top 3 kickers: Powers, McDairmid, and Smalls, along with historically great kicker Alex Dasistwirklichseinnachname in his last season.

From a team standpoint, Smalls' first season in New York was a struggle, with the New York Silverbacks starting out the season with 10 losses. The team would get the first win in franchise history in week 11 against the Arizona Outlaws. The Silverbacks ended the season with a 4 and 12 record, placing last in the ASFC. However, new expansion teams rarely perform well in their first season. The Silverbacks' NSFC counterpart, the Berlin Fire Salamanders, also finished the season last in their conference, with a 3-13 record. Despite the abysmal record, Smalls told reporters he was confident in the team's future, saying: “This team has a ton of young talent on both sides of the ball. Combine that with a front office duo that has a history of success, I trust this team will be competing for the championship soon.”

From an individual player standpoint, Smalls took advantage of his opportunities, hitting 97.4% of his Extra Point tries and 93.8% of his Field Goals. Smalls would also have the best punting season of his career, likely due to an increase in opportunities. He punted for 5337 yards with an average of 47.2 yards per punt. More importantly, Smalls pinned opposing teams inside the 20 yard line 23 times over the season. His punting performance would earn him a Punter of The Year Award and his 3rd Pro Bowl.

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
2037 (S22) YKW 13 43 46 93.5 27 28 96.4 56 73 3383 16 71 124
2038 (S23) YKW 16 38 39 97.4 34 36 94.4 57 93 4400 19 72 140
2039 (S24) YKW 16 39 42 92.9 20 20 100 52 95 4433 18 72 99
2040 (S25) NYS 16 37 38 97.4 30 32 93.8 51 113 5337 23 72 127
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
2037 (S22) YKW 1 1 1 100 3 4 75 38 6 247 0 57 10
2038 (S23) YKW 2 6 6 100 3 4 75 57 11 493 1 60 15
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

- DSFL Season

Achievements and records

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