Kumquat Archipelago

Kumquat Archipelago

No. 33 – Dallas Birddogs
Position:	Runningback
Personal information
Born:	(1969-09-06)September 6, 1969 (aged 91) Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia
Height:	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight:	420 lb (191 kg)
Username:	Reverendoreily
Career information
College:	Stanford University
DSFL Draft:	2049  / Round: 4 / Pick: 26
Career history
Roster status:	Active

Kumquat Archipelago (born September 6, 1969) is an American football runningback for the Dallas Birddogs of the Developmental Simulation Football League (DSFL).

Early years

Kumquat Archipelago was born with a dream in his heart: to produce the best citrus fruits any cluster of islands had ever mustered before and ever would muster. Unfortunately, that dream did not work out well for him from a very early age, so he decided rather early on in life to go with his fall back plan: a professional football player. Kumquat had heard talk of American Football but, being a young lad from Bali, had never actually seen the sport played, be it live or on a television. Kumquat, however, naturally excelled at most athletic pasttimes and football was no exception for him when he moved to America at the age of 8 and was finally able to dive into the nitty gritty of the sport. One of the first things Kumquat did upon arriving in America was enroll in a Pop Warner league where he learned the foundation of a football technique that would one day carry him on to unparalleled greatness.

College career

After a fairly successful athletic career in high school, including a highlight in which his team lost the national championship in his junior year, Kumquat was recruited by a few different well respected NCAA teams around the country including LSU (where he was told he'd probably never start), Maryland (where he was told he'd probably do nothing but start), and the University of Alabama Birmingham, whom he only briefly considered because of their "cool dragon mascot." Kumquat eventually settled on Stanford University, where he tried out for the team as both a receiver and a running back. Kumquat did not see the field in his first season, but began seeing more and more practice reps throughout his sophomore year, eventually culminating in his first NCAA start after the Cardinal's starting running back went down with an injury. After gaining the starting spot in his sophomore season, Kumquat would never give the spot up - despite only playing three seasons for the Cardinal, Kumquat ended his collegiate career at #3 in career rushing yards and #2 in rushing touchdowns in Stanford's history.

College career statistics

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Professional career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad
6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	420 lb (191 kg)

Professional career statistics

Career statistics			Rushing					Receiving					Offensive Line
Season	Team	Games	Att	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2049 (S34)	Birddogs	14	182	901	5	58	7	20	294	14.7	41	2
2050 (S35)	Wraiths	16	174	775	4.5	51	6	13	89	6.8	17	0
2051 (S36)	Wraiths	16	245	1052	4.3	31	3	33	270	8.2	30	0
2052 (S37)	Wraiths	16	170	687	4	37	8	82	904	11	35	2
2053 (S38)	Wraiths	16	244	1025	4.2	41	7	67	674	10.1	39	3
2054 (S39)	Wraiths	16	309	1336	4.3	44	19	64	720	11.2	48	3
2055 (S40)	Wraiths	16	117	570	4.9	29	6	74	908	12.3	50	6
2056 (S41)	Wraiths	16	222	1135	5.1	58	11	41	370	9	23	0
2057 (S42)	Wraiths	16	222	1135	5.1	58	11	41	370	9	23	0
2058 (S43)	Wraiths	16	222	1135	5.1	58	11	41	370	9	23	0
2059 (S44)	Wraiths	16	177	902	5.2	41	11	99	1180	11.9	39	9

After a fairly successful (and short!) career in the DSFL with the Dallas Birddogs in which he was able to put up some decent stats but very unable to put up some decent wins, Kumquat Archipelago was drafted by the Yellowknife Wraiths and received a call almost immediately afterwards that he'd be coming up to join the rest of the Wraiths team in the big leagues. Kumquat's rushing abilities seemed to stay fairly consistent between his season in the DSFL and his first season in the ISFL, which is a great sign for things to come, considering the huge contrast in the level of defensive talent Kumquat is rushing against between the two leagues. After a fairly up and down regular season, Kumquat cashed in on a career goal he had set early on for himself; In his first season as a Wraith, Kumquat was able to help see the team to the playoffs, where many doubted they would stand a chance of competing let alone showing up. Unfortunately the Wraiths fell just short in the wildcard round of the playoffs, losing to the Chicago Butchers 24-20 and sending the Wraiths home for an early holiday. Season 35 gave Kumquat a great deal of hope for his career down the road though; if he's already making the playoffs and putting up nearly a thousand all-purpose yards in his rookie season, the sky is the limit for our citrus-y Island friend.

Kumquat was able to build on the taste of success he was offered in his rookie season thanks to some excellent play by both himself and his teammates. Although he did not have an awards caliber season or anything quite along those lines, he was able to break the 1000 rushing yard mark for the first time in his professional career; hopefully the first of many times. Kumquat also proved himself to be a respectable asset in the passing game, racking up another 270 yards through the air. He is well aware that this is not quite enough, however, and if he hopes to be talked about among the upper echelon of ISFL running backs, he’ll have to learn to do better. Nonetheless, Kumquat could not be happier that he has made the playoffs every season he’s been in the league (even if that is only two seasons) and the team that surrounds him, in addition to steady management, has been an enormous part of the success. Here’s hoping to more success for both team and citrus!

Season 37 was without a doubt Kumquat's best year of his career, and the progression that has been displayed so far in his career has been more than enough to make the Archipelago family proud (and let's be honest, that's the goal right?). Kumquat's rushing yards may have taken a slight ding with the breakout of his dear friend and backfield partner Adebayo Akinfenwa, who is trying a new sport after a great career in association football, but Kumquat benefited handsomely from the breakout of his friend in the form of stealing all of Akinfenwa's touchdowns. Kumquat's coaches foresaw Akinfenwa's breakout as a rusher, and prepared Kumquat for this by having him work on his hands for much of the offseason/preseason. Kumquat found himself playing in the wide receiver role, and occasionally even tight end, in most games, and he saw great success in this role. His ability to help his team cruise down the field through the air, coupled with the opportunity to leech rushing touchdowns from his partner in crime, not to mention Kumquat's own rushing talents, made this season Kumquat's best year personally, and he hopes to continue in that same progressive direction. Kumquat would also be remiss if he didn't mention that the Yellowknife Wraiths were a game away from the Ultimus and are only getting better, so there's lots of hope in that department too!

The 38th ISFL season saw Kumquat improve upon his rushing stats while slightly regressing in the receiving department. This is a pretty natural turn of events (he can’t do both in the same play!) but overall Kumquat’s all purpose yardage increased from about 1500 to 1700 between seasons 36 and 37, while the amount of times he found the end zone stayed static between seasons with ten scores. The Yellowknife Wraiths, meanwhile, managed to once again clinch a berth in the playoffs which a respectable 10 win season, which was good enough for second place among our conference. Yellowknife also managed to once again make it to the conference championship, just as they did last season, but unfortunately the result was much the same - Yellowknife did manage to take the game against the Fire Salamanders into overtime but unfortunately everyone’s favorite spooky football team fell short by just 3 points, thanks in part to a heartbreakingly disappointing performance by the offense.

In Season 39, Kumquat Archipelago saw just about every goal he set for his career accomplished in wonderfully dramatic fashion. Season 39 saw highs and lows, celebrations and tragedies, awards that brought players joy and awards that, for some reason, brought players misery. Luckily, for Kumquat, there was much more celebration, joy, and highs than any of that other stuff. Kumquat once again improved on his all purpose scrimmage yardage, breaking the 2,000 yard mark for the first time in his career but hopefully not the last. Kumquat started off the season with an incredible amount of touchdowns that had him on pace to shatter the league rushing touchdown record, but unfortunately he regressed to the mean toward the end of the season, scoring only one rushing touchdown in the final few weeks of the season. Kumquat still managed to finish the year with 19 rushing touchdowns and another 3 through the air, which when coupled with his yardage and his overall usefulness to Yellowknife’s formidable offense, was enough to earn him Season 39’s most valuable player award. As if that weren’t enough to celebrate, Kumquat and the Wraiths managed to finally get over the hump in the playoffs, winning the second championship and first major league trophy of Kumquat’s career.

Season 40 saw a bit of a swapping in roles, as Kumquat and his backfield partner Adebayo Akinfenwa sort of took over each other's duties from the previous season. As such, Akinfenwa was in prime position to lead the team to success with many a rushing opportunity, while Kumquat was able to show off his skills in the passing game a little more. Though Kumquat wasn't in the running for any major awards this time around, he would hesitate to call this season a regression of any sort, as his abilities as a receiver has never been better and he had many opportunities to show that off to the ISFL world this season. Kumquat absolutely shattered his previous career high in receiving yards by a whopping 4 yards, but what's more, he did it in 8 less catches, which means his yards per catch average was also an ISFL career high at 12.3! Though Kumquat admits he yearned for the endzone a bit this season after so much glory in the limelight last season, he was thrilled to see the team continue to be top competitors in both the regular season and the playoffs, and very happy to see Akinfenwa's successes. The Wraiths ultimately met the Arizona Outlaws once again in an Ultimus rematch from last season, but alas came up short this time around. Will Yellowknife be able to make it three appearances in a row next season? Let's find out!

Season 41 was both a season of many firsts and career milestones for our hero Kumquat Archipelago, and in another way, a continuance of certain aspects of last season. Season 41 was Yellowknife's most equal running back workload split to date as far as Kumquat's career goes - a chance for both of the teams running backs to see the spotlight! And both players certainly tried to make the most of this spotlight, combining for almost 2500 yards on the ground and 25 touchdowns and another 700 yards through the air. Kumquat was responsible for over 1500 all purpose yards this season, and also set a career high in yards per carry, finally hitting the 5 YPC mark. Kumquat also racked up a mighty 39 pancakes while allowing only 1 sack, showing that he's no slouch in the blocking department either. The Yellowknife Wraiths unfortunately did not win this season's Ultimus thanks to getting trounced by the Stinkfish in the first round of the playoffs.

Kumquat had himself a great season in S44, managing to once again clinch the league's most prestigious award, the most valuable player award. In the process of doing that, Kumquat managed to have a very different season from the first time he won the league's MVP award - this time, rather than being a work horse running back, Kumquat's offensive usage was spread out both on the ground and through the air. Kumquat ran for 902 yards and 11 touchdowns (with an impressive 5.1 yards per carry to boot) while simultaneously managing to put up 1180 yards through the air and another 9 touchdowns via 99 catches on the season. These totals combined to put Kumquat over the 2000 all purpose scrimmage yards mark while also giving him 20 touchdowns on the season, good for one of his most impressive seasons yet. His team, the Baltimore Hawks, meanwhile, managed to make a solid run both through the regular season and into the playoffs, but unfortunately came up short in the conference championship game.

Achievements and records

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