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Windsor named af2 Offensive Player of Year
HIDALGO —Rio Grande Valley Dorados wide receiver Rod Windsor was named the af2’s Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Year on Tuesday as selected by a vote of arenafootball2 head coaches and media members.
This is the third postseason award for Windsor. Last week, the league named him the Spalding Rookie of the Year. He was also recently named to the National Conference All-af2 First Team.
Windsor was a four-time weekly league award winner in 2009. He earned the Big Game Catch of the Week for Week 1 and Week 8 and the Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Week for Week 9 and Week 16.
The 6-2, 208-pound rookie from Western New Mexico had arguably the best receiving season in af2 history with the Dorados in 2009. Windsor set four new league single-season records in his inaugural league campaign — scoring (362 points), receiving touchdowns (59), total touchdowns (59) and receptions (184). His efforts helped RGV earn their third playoff berth in team history on the strength of the club’s 9-7 regular season standing (3rd in Southwest Division).
Windsor also recorded the second-highest, single-season receiving yards total in league history with 2,364 in 15 games played. His yard mark fell 26 yards short of the af2-record mark set this year by Quad City veteran WR Jesse Schmidt (2,390). The previous league record for receiving yards in a season of 2,086 yards was set in 2000 by Carl Bond of Tallahassee.
One week after setting four league single-season records, Windsor set two af2 postseason game records in the team’s National Conference First Round playoff contest at Bossier-Shreveport. Despite the result (56-46 loss), he caught 18 passes for 211 yards and four TDs — all game-high marks. His 18 receptions and 211 yards receiving both set new postseason records. The previous receptions record was 17.
Windsor’s receiving yards mark was eclipsed by Tulsa WR Jeff Hughley’s 241-yard total (14 catches) one week later in the Talons’ semifinal round victory against the Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings.
