Thursday, June 20, 2019

2018 Offensive Player of the Year


Kyle Castner

While 2018 was truly the "Year of the Injury" for Columbia Football, the medical emergencies on the offensive side of the ball were more critical than they were for the defense.

That's what makes choosing the offensive MVP for last season so hard. Each of the six Lion wins seemed to have a different offensive star.

Part of me wants to give the award to the entire offensive line, which kept its composure protecting four different starters and allowed 50% fewer sacks than 2017. But the run blocking wasn't quite strong enough to go there.

But when all was said and done, WR/Wildcat QB Kyle Castner deserves the award the most. He was the biggest reason the Lions beat Brown in week 9, played a major role in the week 10 win over Cornell, and stepped up the entire season after top WR Josh Wainwright went down in week 1.

Kyle was always a special player and he really got a chance to show it in 2018.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

With his surprising performances in so many role it is hard to deny him the MVP trophy!