Parker and Taylor earn All-Arena recognition

Wednesday June 25, 2008

Two defenders lead Dragons to second-best league defense

(June 25, 2008) - DB Billy Parker and DL Henry Taylor have earned 2008 All-Arena First Team honors, as announced by the AFL on Wednesday.

Parker, one of three defensive backs to be named to the First Team, ranked fourth in the league with 22 passes defended and finished first in the National Conference with eight interceptions. A graduate of William & Mary, Parker finished his third season with the Dragons.

Taylor in his first season with the Dragons tied for second in the AFL with 9.5 sacks. With Taylor at the helm of the defensive line, the Dragons allowed only 107 touchdowns against, which ranked second in the league. 

Parker, Taylor and the Dragons take on the Desperados in Dallas on Friday at 7:30 pm ET in a first round playoff matchup.

2008 ALL-ARENA FIRST TEAM
OFFENSE			DEFENSE
QB	Matt D’Orazio	Philadelphia	DL	Aaron McConnell	Colorado
FB	Marlion Jackson	Cleveland	DL	Colston Weatherington	Dallas
C	Will Rabatin	Columbus	DL	Henry Taylor	New York
OL	Phil Bogle	Philadelphia	MLB	Steve Watson	San Jose
OL	Martin Bibla	Philadelphia	JLB	DeJuan Alfonzo	Chicago
WR	Chris Jackson	Philadelphia	DB	Dennison Robinson	Chicago
WR	Huey Whittaker	Utah	DB	Marquis Floyd	San Jose
WR	T.T. Toliver	Orlando	DB	Billy Parker	New York
K	A.J. Haglund	San Jose
2008 ALL-ARENA SECOND TEAM
OFFENSE			DEFENSE
QB	Joe Germaine	Utah	DL	Bryan Save	Philadelphia
FB	Brian Johnson	San Jose	DL	Gabe Nyenhuis	Philadelphia
C	Kyle Moore-Brown	Colorado	DL	Tim McGill	Tampa Bay
OL	Howard Duncan	Columbus	MLB	Duke Pettijohn	Dallas
OL	Shane Grice	Georgia	JLB	Norman LeJeune	New Orleans
WR	Otis Amey	Cleveland	DB	Clevan Thomas	San Jose
WR	Kenny Higgins	Grand Rapids	DB	Eddie Moten	Philadelphia
WR	Damian Harrell	Chicago	DB	Kenny McEntyre	Orlando
K	Remy Hamilton	Dallas