Gladiators' Marlion Jackson and Otis Amey earn All-Arena honors
Wednesday June 25, 2008
Both players led the AFL at respective positions
CLEVELAND – The Arena Football League announced today that Cleveland Gladiators (9-7) FB MARLION JACKSON and WR OTIS AMEY have been named to the All-Arena First and Second Team, respectively.
Jackson (6-1, 255, Saginaw Valley State) started all 16 games for the Gladiators and led the AFL in rushing attempts (108), yards (356) and rushing first downs (43) in his fifth season in the league. He also tied Torrance Marshall of the Tampa Bay Storm for the league-lead with 23 rushing touchdowns on the year, leading to his All-Arena First Team honors.
Amey (5-10, 192, Sacramento State) started all 16 games for Cleveland and led the AFL in scoring with 302 total points, total touchdowns scored (50, 48 receiving, one rushing, one missed field goal return) and ranked second in the league with 48 receiving touchdowns. His two-touchdown performance in the season finale broke the franchise records for points in a season and total touchdowns scored in a single-season.
| 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 | |||
