Sentences with phrase «rookie year at»

In fact, two of his rivals this year — Gary Bettenhausen and Johnny Parsons — are sons of men A.J. drove against in his rookie year at the Speedway.

In McAdoo's rookie year at Buffalo, Ramsay kept the youngster at forward and somewhat under wraps through most of the season.

Not exact matches

Before co-founding food startup Hampton Creek, Josh Tetrick was a linebacker (and Rookie of the Year) at West Virginia University.

Sheldon Richardson: DT, New York Jets (4 games; substance abuse): The 2013 defensive Rookie of the Year was already set to miss four games of the season for violating the substance abuse policy but could now be facing an increased suspension after being arrested for allegedly resisting arrest and speeding at up to 143 miles per hour in St. Louis before the start of training camp.

During its first six years, the company grew so fast that its burgeoning revenues and proportionate profits prevented Nikollaj, a rookie CEO with a background in biochemistry, from taking a hard look at expenses.

Harper has managed to ensure he has an official opposition that will be full of rookie MPs who will need at least a year to figure out the parliamentary process.

Bryce Neilson Named Rookie of the Year at Trucking's «Super Bowl of Safety» Orlando, Florida — Today, American Trucking Associations announced Roland Bolduc as the Bendix Grand Champion of the 2017 National Truck Driving Championships.

Congratulations to Amy Justis, president of CMIT Solutions of Charleston, who was presented with the franchises coveted Rookie of the Year award at last weeks annual CMIT Convention in New Orleans.

At the end of the year, we have four awards that we give out — rookie of the year, going the extra mile, spirit award, and MVP.

The truly interesting thing about the new era is that teams can structure their payrolls any way they want, as long as they pay every player at least the league minimum ($ 100,000 for rookies this season, $ 125,000 for players with a year's service, $ 150,000 for two or more years) and stay under the cap.

Peppers, the No. 25 pick in this year's NFL Draft, is expected to see time at defensive back and special teams as a rookie.

It is not just that he is 26, in his fifth pro season, won a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Auburn, was the league's No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year in 2011 and likely will be named the NFL most valuable player this yYear in 2011 and likely will be named the NFL most valuable player this yearyear.

There are reasons to be skeptical that he'll continue preventing runs quite like this — he's stranding runners on base at an unsustainable rate, for one — but nothing that would make you think he won't continue to be the favorite for Rookie of the Year.

Make the team better just in case J.P. Crawford is suddenly an NL Rookie of the Year and MVP candidate, or Maikel Franco hits 50 home runs, or something just as pleasantly random, while also preparing for the likelihood that they'll be sellers again at the deadline.

There's no question there's a talented young core at the top of the roster — the Rams did have back - to - back rookies of the year in 2014 and» 15.

Haha, they were 28th in 2013 rushing DVOA at -14.8 % but Stacy had the best yardage of his rookie year (134/26 at 5.2 YPC) on October 28th vs the (squints)... Seattle Seahawks.

Specifically, how the two teams have drafted over this last rookie contract cycle or over the last four drafts (and five first - round picks because of the team option for a fifth year) to best utilize youth at a relatively inexpensive price point, the thing that builds and sustains hard cap success.

This is a ROOKIE poster mistake, common to FIRST year posters, i.e., failing to see there's more than one way to look at things.

The Brit won this year's European F3 title as a rookie with races to spare and tested with McLaren at the mid-season test in Hungary, all at the age of 17.

I agree, if LJ was a rookie or second year player you might say «he needs more time and experience to sharpen the mind and play at the NHL level».....

Second base could be handled by rookie Glenn Beckert, a good double - play man who was a shortstop at Salt Lake City and batted.277, or Ron Campbell, another Salt Lake graduate who spent 26 games with the Cubs last year and hit.272.

Sunday's race will feature the two Sunoco Rookie of the Year leaders (tied with 54 points), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Danica Patrick, both of whom have never turned a lap at Martinsville.

The Spurs will make a run at 60 wins, Tim Duncan is the odds - on choice to retain his MVP award, and guard Emanuel Ginobili is a favorite for Rookie of the Year.

Expected to be one of the top four picks in this Saturday's and Sunday's NFL draft, Ogden, who starred at left tackle for UCLA, is already being talked up as the league's next outstanding offensive lineman, a player with even more potential than last year's rookie wonder, the Jacksonville Jaguars» Tony Boselli, who went second in the draft.

Fifth - year - player Tim Barnes, who hasn't started a game since 2013, is battling to take over at center, and on the right side the Rams will probably line up two rookies: right tackle Rob Havenstein, a second - round pick out of Wisconsin, and Jamon Brown, a third - rounder out of Louisville.

Ready for the draft and to see how the rookies from last year continue to develop (looking at you Donnel Pumphrey Jr.).

He would be a rookie this year had he stayed all 4 at Indy.

I think if you told an average fan that Tyus and Bjelly were in our top five player they'd look at you the same way as someone would have looked at you if you told them at the end of their respective rookie years that Kevin Love was better than OJ Mayo.

Or say you're a rookie who played last year at East Carolina.

Ginobili is one of this season's most anticipated rookies, a 25 - year - old slasher who led Argentina to its upset of the U.S. at the world championships this summer.

The money, at this point, is secondary to Thomas making the leap on the PGA Tour and becoming one of its superstars, a spot that some pegged for him since his rookie season two years ago.

And yet Wallace is still atop the Rookie of the Year standings, has run better most weeks than he's finished — he had top - 20 efforts going at Atlanta Motor Speedway and ISM Raceway ruined by circumstances beyond his control — and has injected much energy into an organization that badly needed it.

For a 23 - year - old rookie to appreciate her historic accomplishment at the Indy 500, she first had to make it to the finish line

The rookies are locked into four - year contracts at a «rookie scale» no matter how talented the player pans out to be.

He hit.360 /.436 /.640 in rookie league at age 19, which is two years younger than the average player in that league.

Has had a good couple months, but his rookie year isn't close to what LaVine was at the trade.

To give you a ballpark idea of what their ratings are going to be like, Polygon.com breaks down what rookies and second - year players were rated at the last Madden roster update:

With Alvin Kamara and Marshon Lattimore taking both Rookie of the Year awards on offense and defense respectively, the Saints won the NFC South at 11 - 5 and advanced to the Divisional Round of the playoffs.

With the Nextel Cup roaring to life this eek at Daytona, SI gets some answers from the men behind the wheel, including defending champ Kurt Busch (above), profiles last year's top rookie and predicts that a wily veteran will win hsi fifth title

A year ago at this time, Mark (the Bird) Fidrych, the rookie Tiger pitcher who had enthralled Detroit fans with his 19 - victory season and his antics on the mound, would be putting on a ruffled shirt and a tuxedo to attend another banquet in his honor.

27 HERB SCORE, PITCHER: At 22, the best young pitcher in the game; won 1955 Rookie of Year award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games this yYear award with 245 strikeouts, and with added experience could win 25 or more games this yearyear.

is if he doesn't play next year, and by all accounts he probably won't, then he will be a redshirt rookie in year two... the way I see it, they won't get max results from him until at least year 3.

How does it tighten the rotation by giving more minutes to a rookie coming off a broken foot who has barely played this year and will not be playing at all in the playoffs?

At the end of the day, there is no doubt that Jones has top - 15 talent in this year's draft, but as far as I'm concerned he showed too much rookie free agent effort on tape at timeAt the end of the day, there is no doubt that Jones has top - 15 talent in this year's draft, but as far as I'm concerned he showed too much rookie free agent effort on tape at timeat times.

Unfortunately, he tore up his ACL at the end of the season, so it wasn't likely he would play right away, if at all, during his rookie year.

Upshaw, who at the time was a second - year guard known for being bold and boisterous, wondered out loud about the mammoth rookie tackle sauntering across the field.

At the start of spring training in 1992, righthander Greg Gohr was considered one of the front - runners for AL Rookie of the Year.

At the end of the year he was voted the Golden Glove as the best defensive catcher in the league (the first rookie to win it) and made the player - selected Sporting News national all - star team.

Luis Aparicio, at 29, stole 40 bases in 46 attempts, and he gives the Orioles speed, as do rookie Sam Bowens -LRB-.333 in 15 games with the Orioles last year) and Willie Kirkland.

I expect our rookies will cost us at least $ 15 million which will be offset by cheaper players we had on the team last year.