Blaze DL Maurice Fountain named to AFL All-Rookie Team
Tuesday June 24, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Blaze DL MAURICE FOUNTAIN (6-4, 270, Clemson) was named to the 2008 AFL All-Rookie Team as announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon.
In the 2008 regular season, Fountain recorded 13.5 total tackles, one forced fumble and one pass breakup in nine games. Fountain was also second on the team in sacks with 4.0.
Fountain made his Blaze debut in Week Eight against the San Jose SaberCats. He recorded 4.0 tackles, one pass breakup and 2.0 sacks, an individual team-high.
Prior to the Blaze, Fountain spent his rookie season with the Manchester Wolves (af2). Fountain tallied 29.5 total tackles, four pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a franchise-record 13.0 sacks in 16 games.
The Blaze (6-10), winners of six of their last seven games, earned their first-ever home playoff game with a 62-45 win over the Arizona Rattlers in the final game of the regular season last week. Utah will host the Colorado Crush (6-10) Saturday at 2 p.m. (MT) at EnergySolutions Arena. The game will be televised ESPN.
| POSITION | PLAYER | TEAM |
| Quarterback | D. Bryant | Kansas City |
| Fullback | Odie Armstrong | Orlando |
| Center | Beau Elliott | Chicago |
| Offensive Lineman | Atlas Herrion | Arizona |
| Offensive Lineman | Bobby Harris | Orlando |
| Wide Receiver | Tiger Jones | Georgia |
| Wide Receiver | Chad Owens | Colorado |
| Wide Receiver | Donovan Morgan | Chicago |
| Defensive Lineman | Farouk Adelekan | New York |
| Defensive Lineman | Maurice Fountain | Utah |
| Defensive Lineman | John Syptak | Colorado |
| Mack Linebacker | Michael McFadden | Grand Rapids |
| Jack Linebacker | Norman LeJeune | New Orleans |
| Defensive Back | Levy Brown | New York |
| Defensive Back | Ahmad Carroll | Orlando |
| Defensive Back | Chris Martin | Grand Rapids |
| Kicker | Connor Hughes | Philadelphia |
ABOUT THE UTAH BLAZE
The Utah Blaze were recipients of the Best Support Staff Award for the 2006 and 2007 seasons as recognized by the Arena Football League. Tickets are available by logging onto www.utahblaze.com or by calling (801) 257-3111. The Blaze will take on the Colorado Crush this Saturday, June 28th. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m. (MT). In order for season-ticket holders to reserve their seats for the playoff game, they must purchase their tickets no later than Wednesday by calling the Blaze ticket office at (801) 257-3111.The Blaze are owned and operated by the Ken Garff Automotive Group – www.kengarff.com.
