The votes are in and have been counted, so without further ado, here are our 1987 All Pro Players.
QB Oscar Willis Portland
RB Rudi Johnson New Jersey, Timothy Roquemore Portland
WR Willie Howland Memphis, Gabriel Ahrens Houston
TE Mario Burton Birmingham
OL Joseph Popovich Washington, Phillip Davis Honolulu, Tim Daniels Southern California, David Ellis Honolulu, (TIE for 5th) Shane Wood Florida, Jeffrey Garrett Florida, Randall Briggs Baltimore
KR/PR Raymond Hampton Jacksonville
K Roger Ruzich Oklahoma
P Glenn Cannon Oakland
DL Shawn Hicks Memphis, Sylvester Teal Memphis, John Thompson Charlotte, (TIE for 4th) John Hunter Pittsburgh, Larry Kuykendall Boston
LB Dino Perez Washington, Luis Fellows Orlando, (TIE for 3rd/4th) Joseph Totten Boston, Charles Mooney Tampa Bay, Victor Thomas Oakland
DB Allan Buchanan Washington, Thomas Welker Honolulu, Steven Turnbull Michigan, Emmett Simmons Tampa Bay
Offensive Rookie of the Year
Timothy Roquemore Portland
Defensive Rookie of the Year
Kevin Bowen Portland
Offensive MVP
Rudi Johnson New Jersey
Defensive MVP
Dino Perez Washington
Coach of the Year
Infinity on Trial
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We had a total of 23 votes for All Pro and 20 of those 23 filled out question 10. Defensive MVP and Defensive Rookie only had 19 votes as someone didn't include those in the write in portion. The MVP race was close on both sides of the ball. Seven different offensive players received votes, with Rudi Johnson edging Oscar Willis 6-5. Timothy Roquemore had 3 votes while Tony Dean and David Allen had 2 each. Mark Lambert and Willie Howland split the remaining 2 votes.
Defensively, ten players received votes with Dino Perez edging Thomas Welker 5-4. Allan Buchanan and Stephen Ray Vaughan had 2 each while the following got 1 vote: Sylvester Teal, Robert Skinner, Joseph Totten, Robert Schuler, Shawn Hicks, and Chris Elmore.
The rookie races and coach of the year were not as close. Timothy Roquemore received 16 of 20 votes to easily out distance Timothy Richardson (3 votes) and Christopher Sherrick (1 vote). Defensively, Kevin Bowen made it a Portland rookie sweep, garnering 8 of 19 votes. Second place went to Michael Skaggs with 4 votes. Christopher Schneider got 3 votes, Kenneth Ross 2, and 1 vote each went to Freddie Brewer and Michael Brown.
Infinity on Trial received 9 of the 20 votes to easily win Coach of the Year. Setherick finished second with 3 votes, while Macarovil, CrazyRazor and Hellbringer getting 2 each. One vote went to Hectorg93 and 1 to vcr5150
