Who are some guys that came out of nowhere to put up a monster season (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

I guess he doesn't quite count as "out of nowhere", but Muhammad is one that comes to mind.

93/1405/16 back in 2004 after Steve Smith was out and #1 fantasy WR that year. Then right back to same ole same ole.

Santana Moss is another I think of with his big 2005 season where he finished with 84/1483/9 and finished 3rd for fantasy WR's that year.

Of course, you can list a few Denver RB's. Any others you guys can think of that played way over their heads and had a very significant (top 5-10) fantasy year and then relatively disappeared again?

 

[jurb26]

I guess he doesn't quite count as "out of nowhere", but Muhammad is one that comes to mind.

93/1405/16 back in 2004 after Steve Smith was out and #1 fantasy WR that year. Then right back to same ole same ole.

Santana Moss is another I think of with his big 2005 season where he finished with 84/1483/9 and finished 3rd for fantasy WR's that year.

Of course, you can list a few Denver RB's. Any others you guys can think of that played way over their heads and had a very significant (top 5-10) fantasy year and then relatively disappeared again?

Moss also had an 1100/10 season with the Jets prior to becoming a Skin. So I don't now that his season in Wash was "out of nowhere." Actually, I traded for Moss just prior to that season after looking at the target numbers for Coles in that same role that Moss was heading to. Honestly, I thought what Moss put up there was expected given health.

 

[finito]

Marcus Robinson for Chicago - 1400 yds, 9 TDs in '99.

Germain Crowell for Detroit - 1300+ yds and 7 TDs in '99

 

[Patoons]

Albert Connell comes to mind.

 

[finito]

Natrone Means had 1300 + yds rushing and 12 TDs in '95 - never approached those numbers again, though he had a couple of 800+ yds seasons.

 

[prymetyme25]

Patrick Jeffers!!!

 

[finito]

Napolean Kaufman had a great '957 with 1200+ yds rushing and 400 yds recieving. Never had another 1000 yd season.

Harvey Williams in '95 also for the Raiders had 1100+ yds, 300 recieving and 9 TDs. His only 1000 yd season.

 

[Patoons]

I guess he doesn't quite count as "out of nowhere", but Muhammad is one that comes to mind.93/1405/16 back in 2004 after Steve Smith was out and #1 fantasy WR that year. Then right back to same ole same ole.

Muhammed has almost 10K career yards... had one or two others that were 90 catches, 1K yards, iirc. He didn't really fade all THAT much. Not a continuous stud, but definitely still productive.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Crowell was young and had a breakout season, then got hurt and never really recovered. Not sure if that counts or not, but there was at least a reason he disappeared.

 

[bcr8f]

Michael Clayton has to be the poster child for this.

2004 13

2005 94

2006 86

2007 98

 

[Horsec]

Did you mean Bolivia?

can't help but mention David Boston's '01 season, though he had a 70 catch effort 2 years later in SD...

how bout Kevin Johnson in '01... he was top 15, with 84 grabs and 9 tds...

Peerless Price had a fairly ridiculous year in 2002, and then relocated back to Bolivia...

 

[Hoss_Cartwright]

Michael Westbrook 1999 - 65/1190 and 9

 

[The Man with the Plan]

Lamar Smith 2000

309 1,139 14

31 201 2

Michael Bennett 2002

255 1,296 5

37 351 1

Drew Bennett 2004

80 1247 11

Charles White 1987

324 1374 11

23 121 0

 

[travdogg]

Drew Bennett has to be the exact definition of this.

Tommy Maddox in 02' really came out of worse than nowhere(the XFL) and was a top-5 QB for half a season.

While it wasn't a monster season Koren Robinson really bailed me out in 02' only to never be useful again.

 

[gianmarco]

Did you mean Bolivia? can't help but mention David Boston's '01 season, though he had a 70 catch effort 2 years later in SD... how bout Kevin Johnson in '01... he was top 15, with 84 grabs and 9 tds... Peerless Price had a fairly ridiculous year in 2002, and then relocated back to Bolivia...

Yeah, Peerless is another great example. I lucked onto that one

 

[Jeff Haseley]

Lots of WR mentions here, but there are several RBs too. Look no further than Denver's RBs not including Terrell Davis and Clinton Portis.

Mike Anderson's 1487 yards with Denver in 2000

Michael Bennett's 1296 yards with Minnesota in 2002

Tatum Bell's 1000 yard season with Denver in 2006

LaMont Jordan's 1000 yard season with Oakland in 2005

James Allen's 1000 yard season with Chicago in 2000

Anthony Thomas fell off the wagon after 2003

Lamar Smith had 1100 yards and 14 TDs with Miami in 2000

Olandis Gary had 1100 yards with Denver in 1999 and never reached 400 yards again

 

[Jeff Tefertiller]

the Volek/Bennett connection seems the poster boy

 

[yesitsme]

Lee Evans

 

[FUBAR]

re: Clayton and A-Train - can you really consider highly rated rookies to be coming out of nowhere?

Evans didn't come from nowhere either.

Scott Mitchell?

Christian Okoye

Charles White

Steve Buerlein - kind of

Don "magic man" Majkowski

 

[SSOG]

Lots of WR mentions here, but there are several RBs too. Look no further than Denver's RBs not including Terrell Davis and Clinton Portis. Mike Anderson's 1487 yards with Denver in 2000

MAnderson was a top-10 RB again in 2005, though.

Lee Evans

Lee Evans has never ranked lower than 32nd in fantasy, meaning he's been a starting-caliber fantasy WR in every season in the league, and he had perhaps the best rookie season of any WR not named Moss, Boldin, or Clayton.

 

[RavensUNFL]

Patrick Jeffers!!!

He did disappear, but i think it was due to a bad injury, not lack of actual talent. But i guess, it would still fall into the OP's theme. sorry

 

[FantasyTrader]

James Jett.

 

[gianmarco]

the Volek/Bennett connection seems the poster boy

Yep. I forgot about them. More like I probably blocked it out since they killed me and cost me a championship.

 

[Raider Nation]

Marshawn Lynch.

 

[RavensUNFL]

Here is an old one for ya,

Vince Ferragamo Rams QB

1980... although he had a decent season in 83 also, but definitely came out of nowhere to have a monster season.

 

[Brewzers]

My first thought was Mike Furrey, but I guess the jury is still out.

 

[menobrown]

Barry Foster

 

[FF_Guru]

Marshawn Lynch.

maybe not fallen off the wagon yet, but i'm not on his bandwagon. anyone who has a hit and run, and parks the car in the drive way might be teaming up with Vick in cell block D. They would make heck of yard ball one two punch.

 

[Rockchild]

Erik Kramer,QB,Chicago 1995

 

[fun-b]

Raymont Harris, Runningback, Bears, 1997. Put up great numbers in only 13 games.

275 carries, 1,033 yards, 10 TD, 28 receptions, 115 yards

Only to be replaced by Curtis Enis.

 

[Marvelous]

Albert Connell comes to mind.

Albert Connell came to my mind too.

 

[Jack Burton]

Albert Connell comes to mind.

Albert Connell came to my mind too.

Isn't Connell the guy who swiped a couple hundred bucks out of Deuce McAllisters wallet?

 

[Knight who says Ni]

the Volek/Bennett connection seems the poster boy

First thing that came to mind when I saw this topic - Volek + Bennett single-handedly (or would that be double-handedly) murdered me in the FF playoffs that year.I drafted Bennett as my #2 WR the following year and he did crap

 

[KellysHeroes]

the Volek/Bennett connection seems the poster boy

First thing that came to mind when I saw this topic - Volek + Bennett single-handedly (or would that be double-handedly) murdered me in the FF playoffs that year.I drafted Bennett as my #2 WR the following year and he did crap

My Roommate was in his big $$ Championship game w/ Volek at QB... Volek was so bad that he put-up a 1 or a 0. To this day he cries that all he needed was 1 more pt from the guy and he would won. He never took FF seriously again.TE wise... Desmond Clark comes to him.

 

[KellysHeroes]

Droughns in 05..

 

[bcr8f]

Marshawn Lynch.

maybe not fallen off the wagon yet, but i'm not on his bandwagon. anyone who has a hit and run, and parks the car in the drive way might be teaming up with Vick in cell block D. They would make heck of yard ball one two punch.

It' a misdemeanor, leaving the scene of an accident. It isn't anywhere near Vick legally.

 

[Sabertooth]

Marcus Robinson for Chicago - 1400 yds, 9 TDs in '99. Germain Crowell for Detroit - 1300+ yds and 7 TDs in '99

Patrick Jeffers comes to mind. Michael Clayton in his rookie campaign.Kevin Jones to some extent.Scott Mitchell threw 30+ touchdowns once.Kurt Warner could qualify.

 

[gianmarco]

Kurt Warner could qualify.

1999-2001 down?

 

[Knight who says Ni]

My Roommate was in his big $$ Championship game w/ Volek at QB... Volek was so bad that he put-up a 1 or a 0. To this day he cries that all he needed was 1 more pt from the guy and he would won. He never took FF seriously again.

Yea, Volek carried this one guy through 2 playoff rounds - the first round was the Monday night game in which Bennett had something like 3 TDs in the first half. He then beat me (#1 seed, top points for the year) in the 2nd round with those two in his lineup - I remember they were playing a team like the Raiders, and I didn't stand a chance. He then went on to lose in the Championship when Volek and Bennett put up goose-eggs.

 

[perry147]

How about a blast from the past -

Natrone Means in 1994 he had 1350 yrds and 12 TDs.

The rest of his career he never remotely approached those stats.

 

[Crazy8s]

Marcus Robinson for Chicago - 1400 yds, 9 TDs in '99. Germain Crowell for Detroit - 1300+ yds and 7 TDs in '99

I had both these guys in a Dynasty league in 99...I packaged them both for Holt. I step in poop once in awhile.Who also come to mind:JeffersM. BennettC. Taylor

 

[jamil]

Did you mean Bolivia? can't help but mention David Boston's '01 season, though he had a 70 catch effort 2 years later in SD... how bout Kevin Johnson in '01... he was top 15, with 84 grabs and 9 tds... Peerless Price had a fairly ridiculous year in 2002, and then relocated back to Bolivia...

Yeah, Peerless is another great example. I lucked onto that one

peerless was the man for me that season. i remember one week i was ready to take the loss cause he had done nothing for me goin in the 4th then he ended the game with 2/90/2

 

[DawnBTVS]

RB Troy Stradford (Miami 1987)

Finished 8th among RB. Had 619 rushing and 457 receiving along with 7 TD total.

RB Earnest Jackson (San Diego 1984)

Finished 10th among RB. Had 1,179 rushing and 222 receiving along with 9 TD total. Proceeded to finish at 23, 24, 38, and 63 among RB afterwards.

QB Chris Chandler (Atlanta 1998). Iffy b/c he finished 12th among QB in 1992 and 1997 too but never came close otherwise.

3,154 yards with 25 TD vs. 12 INT. Also worth noting he had a 9.6 YPA on the year.

 

[vandyt]

How about Gary Brown?

PFR Page

Comes out of nowhere to put up 1000 yards rushing in 8 starts in 93, then the next year fails miserably, then gets hurt the next year, then later kind of comes back and posts mediocre numbers, before abruptly ending his career.

He was an 8th rd pick in '91, put up 80 yards rushing in each of his first two seasons, then BAM, 1000 yards in 8 games after becoming the starter in midseason.

 

[The Man with the Plan]

How about Gary Brown?

PFR Page

Comes out of nowhere to put up 1000 yards rushing in 8 starts in 93, then the next year fails miserably, then gets hurt the next year, then later kind of comes back and posts mediocre numbers, before abruptly ending his career.

He was an 8th rd pick in '91, put up 80 yards rushing in each of his first two seasons, then BAM, 1000 yards in 8 games after becoming the starter in midseason.

That sounds a lot like Ryan Grant.

 

[SSOG]

TE wise... Desmond Clark comes to him.

Desmond Clark has finished as the #12 and #8 fantasy TE over the past two seasons to go with his #4 finish in 2002.

Droughns in 05..

In '04, Droughns finished 14th among RBs. In '05, Droughns finished... 14th among RBs. Back to back 1240 yard rushing seasons does not a one-season wonder make.You want some good recent Denver names, there's Ashley Lelie (one 1,000 yard, 20ypc season, and no other seasons cracking the top 40 WRs), Olandis Gary (one 9th place finish, no other finish higher than 32nd).The best examples in recent memory, IMO, are a pair of Bucs- Michael Clayton and Cadillac Williams. Both had tremendous rookie seasons, neither has been fantasy relevant since.

 

[BuckeyeArt]

Derrick Fenner, 1990, Sea - 215/859/14. Back in the TD-only league days, he was a stud. Just mediocre after that.

 

[5-ish Finkle]

John Settle, 1988

Near 1,600 total yards, 60-odd receptions and 8 TDs.

Undrafted out of App. State, out of the league by 1990 IIRC.

 

[ReggieHammond]

Michael Jackson WR

1996 Baltimore Ravens 76 1,201 15.8 14TD

One stand out year amongst a bunch of pretty average ones.

 

[bcr8f]

Earnest Graham.