[MIJB#19]

Olive Is 151st Merchantmen Player
The off-season is heading towards the draft, yet the Maassluis Merchantmen are never busy trading. A few days ago, the Merchantmen management announced the trade of backup left tackle Edgar Dunkin to acquire Bordeaux Vineyards' left tackle Darrin Olive. In addition, the Merchantmen give a 2009 third round pick and get a fourth in the trade.

Olive should be an upgrade at the backup spot on the offensive line and make the scare for injuries history at the line and especially tackle positions. Olive will battle with Cornelius Rice and legend Harold Hurtado for a starting job opposite Ivan Jacques. Olive played for the Vineyards since the league start, but fell to a backup role the past season. So, Olive will probably have the same problem in Maassluis, but th chance to play against Bordeaux should make up for it, in a way.

With the addition of left tackle Darrin Olive, the Merchantmen have acquired 152 different players in team history. 53 players were acquired in the 2004 league draft followed by 56 signed as a free agent, 31 acquired in a trade and 12 players were picked in the amateur drafts of 2005 and 2006. With cornerback Johnnie Stidham acquired twice, the team actually acquired 150 before Olive, thus making him #151.

Here are the 153 names with their current teams and roles, in order of acquisition as approved by the league office. Note that Edgar Dunkin and Darrin Olive are not officially traded yet.
1 DT Charles Gomez - Maassluis starter
2 DE Harold Wells - Bordeaux starter
3 DT Robert Duong - Fairbanks starter
4 DE Deon Chapa - Rochester starter
5 RB Randy Harris - Maassluis starter
6 DT John Bryant - Georgia starter
7 DE Cecil Doney - Tucker starter
8 WR Gergory Monti - Maassluis starter
9 QB Justin McDavid - Maassluis backup
10 WR Fredric Vargas - North Plainfield starter
11 WR Amos Collins - Rochester starter
12 FB Mark Burger - Fort Worth starter
13 LB Cody Cluff - Maassluis starter
14 LB Mike Kershner - Maassluis starter
15 TE Jim Reiser - Maassluis starter
16 TE Jerry Aubrey - Rochester starter
17 RB Jonathan Smith - Maassluis backup
18 WR Raul Marshall - Fairbanks backup
19 WR Bryce Ewald - Maassluis starter
20 S Percy Francis - Outer Banks backup
21 CB Earl Turner - (retired)
22 LB Sam Sasa - (retired)
23 S Lincoln Gilmore - Maassluis starter
24 S Randall Smith - Paris starter
25 DT Stanley Jacke - Maassluis backup
26 DE Geoff Lake - (retired)
27 OT Russell Malave - Telluride backup
28 FB Vincent Lopez - (retired)
29 CB Gus Alston - (retired)
30 CB C.J. Schwartz - (retired)
31 CB David Armstead - (retired)
32 LT Seth Hirsch - (retired)
33 LB Les Norton - (retired)
34 LB Britt Silvan - (retired)
35 QB Earnest Sheldon - (retired)
36 RB J.J. Palacios - (retired)
37 RB Kyle Page - (retired)
38 LB Matt Sellers - Fairbanks backup
39 OT Jeff Fontenot - (retired)
40 G Albert Young - (retired)
41 TE Ethan Winfield - (retired)
42 G David Burdett - (free agent)
43 C Tom Schwartz - Astoria free agent
44 C Julio Carranza - (retired)
45 G Devin McDaniel - (retired)
46 CB Zack Kinney - (retired)
47 LB Oren Lashley - (retired)
48 S Graham Stevens - (retired)
49 QB Calvin Snider - (retired)
50 LT Willie Dudley - (retired)
51 G Darrin Nellums - (retired)
52 P Roscoe Corrales - Maassluis backup
53 K Cary Coles - Maassluis backup
54 DT Andrew King - Springfield free agent
55 QB Antoine Shepard - Paris backup
56 WR Arnulfo Arnett - (retired)
57 QB Jerrold Sipes - (retired)
58 CB Johnnie Stidham - Maassluis starter
59 CB Jose Haggard - (retired)
60 DE Junior McKeehan - Columbus free agent
61 C R.J. Miller - Chesapeake backup
62 RB Seth Kinney - (retired)
63 CB Dennis Preciado - Conyers backup
64 LT Harold Hurtado - Maassluis starter
65 LB Ellsworth Thelen - Maassluis starter
66 OT Wilson Grimaldo - Vicksburg starter
67 DE Albert Bernardo - Maassluis starter
68 S Wiley McGhee - San Luis Obispo starter
69 S Richard Muller - Maassluis backup
70 G Alvin Causey - Bordeaux starter
71 LB Roosevelt Whalen - (free agent)
72 RB Roy Kesler - (retired)
73 S John Cole - Maassluis starter
74 RB Kyle Montoya - Maassluis backup
75 WR Devin Henson - Maassluis backup
76 G Butch White - Maassluis starter
77 CB Tai Wayne - Maassluis starter
78 CB Steven Davis - (retired)
79 RB Kennedy Colwell - Brooklyn free agent
80 LB Mitch Groh - (retired)
81 WR Lonnie O'Reilley - (retired)
82 DT Cornelius Farr - (retired)
83 CB Sammie Hernandez - (retired)
84 TE Charlie Martins - Maassluis backup
85 CB Desmond Craig - Maassluis backup
86 QB Leonard Lyon - Springfield starter
87 C Brant Heinrich - Maassluis starter
88 QB Aubrey Brunelle - (retired)
89 CB Carl O'Hara - (free agent)
90 WR Mario Halas - (retired)
91 LT Hunter Myers - (retired)
92 DT Bryan Fyie - (retired)
93 CB Angel Tong - (retired)
94 TE Jack Ohare - (retired)
95 DE Scot Dick - Paris starter
96 QB Mel Atkins - Maassluis backup
97 LT Edgar Dunkin - Bordeaux backup
98 QB Moe Baxter - Conyers free agent
99 LB Josh Weisberg - Maassluis backup
100 G Timothy Lacy - Maassluis starter
101 G Eric Dietrich - Maassluis backup
102 WR David Henkel - Maassluis backup
103 FB Jamel Rosenberry - Maassluis starter
104 CB Johnnie Stidham - Maassluis starter
105 CB Gus Stoffers - Outer Banks backup
106 QB Shane Bower - Maassluis backup
107 P Lester Murrell - Orlando backup
108 LB Carl Meier - Maassluis backup
109 G James Paddock - (free agent)
110 S Norman Mueller - Orlando free agent
111 RB Vincent Tavares - (free agent)
112 DE Richard Stutz - (retired)
113 LB Karl Mercer - (free agent)
114 FB Charles Reuter - (free agent)
115 DE Erik Springer - (retired)
116 DE Omar Gougeon - Maassluis starter
117 S Lamar Singleton - Maassluis backup
118 C Ernie Taylor - Maassluis backup
119 FB Doug Nelson - Tucker free agent
120 DT Andy Weliczka - Maassluis starter
121 K Al Bettis - Maassluis backup
122 CB Myron Stevens - Maassluis backup
123 WR Andre Horning - Springfield backup
124 OT Jeramy Thompson - (retired)
125 LB Kenneth Field - (retired)
126 S Bernard Buffington - (free agent)
127 QB James McKnight - (free agent)
128 WR Matt Offord - Maassluis backup
129 QB Louie Flannery - Maassluis starter
130 TE Charles Burley - Maassluis backup
131 DE Ian Degrange - Outer Banks backup
132 RB Cedric Rubio - Maassluis backup
133 S Emile William - Maassluis backup
134 DE Britt Bycroft - Maassluis backup
135 G Lane Stedman - Georgia backup
136 CB Laurence Gerry - (free agent)
137 QB Dominic Lynch - Conyers backup
138 LT Kerry McLaurin - (free agent)
139 C Bubba Kearney - Maassluis backup
140 C Duane Bishop - (retired)
141 FB Greg Berk - Maassluis backup
142 S Earnest Atkins - Maassluis free agent
143 WR Donovan Bradley - Maassluis free agent
144 TE Arnold Ramirez - Maassluis backup
145 WR Emmanuel Jennings - Maassluis backup
146 OT Cornelius Rice - Maassluis backup
147 CB Danny Person - Maassluis backup
148 G Brian Hammong - Maassluis backup
149 DT Johnny Meadows - Maassluis backup
150 CB Carlos Mitchem - Maassluis backup
151 LT Ivan Jacques - Maassluis starter
152 LT Darrin Olive - Maassluis backup

Of these 151 different names, 93 no longer are Merchantmen players. Of these 92, 60 were released, 27 were traded, 6 left as free agents and none retired. Interesting tidbit is probably that of the 53 initial league draft selections, 24 are out of football, of which only 1 made an official retirement as a Boulder Blizzard player (Vincent Lopez). Of these 53 initial players, free agents David Burdett and Tom Schwartz are the only two unretired players whole were not traded away or are still on roster.