Ignatius Reilly
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| No. 57 – London Royals | |
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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 17, 2019 (aged 41) Bruxelles, Belgium |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Username: | Yesboom |
| Career information | |
| College: | ULB |
| DSFL Draft: | 2050 / Round: 4 / Pick: 26 |
| Career history | |
| London Royals (2050 (S35)) | |
| Roster status: | Active |
Player stats at ISFL.net | |
Ignatius Reilly (born December 17, 2020) is an American football linebacker who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks.He played college football for ULB and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season.
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Early years
Raised by a single mother in a small home in Bruxelles, Belgium, Ignatius lived a quite and nice childhood. Unlike most other players he didn't play football in high school, preferring to spend his time reading and rambiling about medieval history, medieval litterature, medieval philosophy, and many more medieval things. According to him, any sport whatsoever was "chaos, lunacy, and bad taste alltogether." The only exception being jousting, alas the combination of not knowing how to ride an horse nor how to use a lance and the fact that absolutely no one else but him even thought about jousting more than once every decade or so made it impossible for him to become a professional jouster. In his free time, he enjoys playing the trumpet as well as the lute. He is believed to enjoy playing Dungeon and Dragons, unfortunately for him he enjoys it as much as people hate to play with him.
College career
Due to the fact that he didn't play in high school, Ignatius wasn't scouted nor offered a scolarship to play in college. He got a bachelor and master degree in medieval history and had started the second year of his PhD before being noticed by one of the football coach due to his imposing stature. Quite enjoying the idea of wearing an armor, Ignatius joined the football team. His multiple attempts to get his teammates to form a coup with him to change the name of the team from ULB Owls to ULB Knights didn't gather much traction. He played there for one season, and ended up voted as a 1st team all conference despite his team missing the playoffs. He would quit the team later that year following a heated debate about theology and Fortuna. According to multiple statements, he was seen storming off, claiming he would "only mingle with his peers or no one and has he had no peers wouldn't mingle with anyone"
College career statistics
| Career statistics | Defense | ||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Tck | TFL | FF/FR | Sck | Int | PD | Sfty | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
| 2045 | ULB | 16 | 112 | 9 | 4/1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0/0/0 |
DSFL Career
DSFL Waivers and DSFL Draft
Joining too late to be picked up on waiver, Reilly got to impress scouts at the Prospect Bowl, helping the Asgard Drengr to the Bowl's best defense. After interviewing with multiple teams, Reilly got picked in the 4th round by the London Royals. This pick surprised him very much as he expected to go way later. It might have been the first time in his life he didn't fail a job interview he later said in comment to this 4th round selection.
2050
After quickly securing a starting linebacker position in the Royal's defense, Reilly played organized football again for the first time in ages. London's season started well, with 2 wins in the first 2 games, but not managing to put a decent passing attack, regressed a bit to finish the season 7-7 and missing the playoffs. While London's season could have went better, Reilly lead a statistically impressive defensive season. After being first for multiple weeks in the tackling leaderboard, he got overtaken with just a few weeks left, only to catch up on the last week and finish tied for 1st place with 121 tackles - 32 more than the next Royals defender.
2051
After being drafted as a 1st round draft pick in the S36 ISFL draft by the Arizona Outlaws, Ignatius could not crack a roster spot in the loaded Arizona Defense. He agreed to stay for a few more years in the DSFL and returned to the London Royals. With the core of London's Defense staying, the team was expected to have a strong showing defensively. And a strong showing they had, finishing as the best defense in yard and 2nd best in points. This performance helped them secure an 8-6 record and a spot in the playoff, but their run ended quickly with a first round loss to Portland. Ignatius finished the season tied for 1st in tackles among LBs with 108. He added 9 sacks and 3 forces fumbles to his resume, as well as a 96 yards Kick Return for a touchdown. His performance helped him being voted as an All Pro along with fellow Arizona's LB, Akaki Akayre.
DSFL Career Statistics
| Career statistics | Defense | ||||||||||
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| Season | Team | Games | Tck | TFL | FF/FR | Sck | Int | PD | Sfty | TD | Blk P/XP/FG |
| 2050 (S35) | Royals | 14 | 121 | 5 | 1/0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 |
| 2051 (S36) | Royals | 14 | 108 | 10 | 3/1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 |
| Total | 28 | 229 | 15 | 4/1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | |
Achievements and records
Awards
- Individual
- DSFL Pro Bowl Selection (1): 2050
- DSFL All Pro Selection (1): 2051
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