MacPherson, Spears and Brown Receive ArenaFan.com Week Four Honors
Wednesday March 26, 2008
For their performances during the fourth week of the Arena Football League’s 2008 season, Grand Rapids Rampage quarterback James MacPherson, New Orleans VooDoo defensive back Calvin Spears and Philadelphia Soul wide receiver/defensive back Mike Brown have been named Offensive Player of the Week, Defensive Player of the Week and Two-Way Player of the Week, respectively, by the writers and staff of ArenaFan.com.
MacPherson is the first unanimous selection for any weekly award that ArenaFan.com has given out since the site began weekly awards in 2005. The New Orleans VooDoo is the first team to have three different players earn ArenaFan.com Defensive Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks. Brown is the first player this season to earn multiple ArenaFan.com weekly awards – he earned the same honor in Week Two.
Others considered for Week Four’s Defensive Player of the Week: Philadelphia lineman Gabe Nyenhuis and Arizona Rattlers DB Isaiah Trufant.
Others considered for Week Four’s Two-Way Player of the Week: Chicago WR/DB DeJuan Alfonzo, New York DB Levy Brown, Orlando WR/KR T.T. Toliver and New Orleans WR/KR Wendall Williams.
2008 ArenaFan.com Award Winners |
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WK
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OFFENSIVE
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DEFENSIVE
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TWO-WAY
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1
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Tony Graziani, PHI
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Dennison Robinson, CHI |
Robert Redd, CLE
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2
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Danny Wimprine, NO
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Keon Raymond, NO
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Mike Brown, PHI
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3
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Chris Greisen, GEO
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Michale Spicer, NO
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Will Pettis, DAL
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4
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James MacPherson, GR |
Calvin Spears, NO
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Mike Brown, PHI
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