by Reaser » Thu Nov 07, 2019 6:50 pm
WLAF/NFLE is a tough one by nature of the league. One because there was the first incarnation then it returned after a two year hiatus and secondly because after it came back, by the year the rosters were more put together by allocations until for all intents and purposes the entire league talent pool was allocated which meant less players playing in the league longer than one season. Still was multi-year players, the international players of course (Marco Martos, Scott Couper, etc), Scott McCready and also guys like Mario Bailey and Skyler Fulton (who I played against in youth football and in a HS jamboree). Kenny McEntyre had a good run with the Monarchs but he's more remembered as an Arena player.
Would be tough to pick a best ever player, especially since most just tie their NFL career to it (e.g. Kurt Warner), you can start with the first MVP Stan Gelbaugh but then year 2 he had a disaster season and was replaced by the original Air McNair. Then it's a bunch of one year guys, David Archer, Jon Kitna, Lawrence Phillips, Danny Wuerffel and so on.
Even though he didn't get league MVP (T.J. Rubley) I'd say Kitna's one season and Phillips' one season were the best individual seasons. I'd probably go with Mario Bailey as the best player who played multiple years. No bias, even though Kitna and Bailey both played HS and college football here in The Great State of Washington.