Griffon Football Announces All-Decade Teams

The committee’s starting point was to identify five sub-committees, comprised of former players, coaches and support personnel familiar with the one decade they reviewed. There were people representing both offensive and defensive perspectives and the teams as a whole through each individual decade.

The committees met and discussed the overall goals of their work. The overriding principle of all decisions was that selections were to be merit based. All former players received consideration to be named to the All-Decade teams.

Postseason honors were the most fair and objective way to differentiate players and served as the first step in narrowing the hundreds of players in each decade to a more manageable number. Some players distinguished themselves at this step.

For other situations, the difference between players was more subtle. In those cases, comparing the number of seasons that awards were earned tipped the scales. In other situations where former players had the same number of postseason awards, the one with higher level recognition earned the position on the All-Decade team. Every player named to the All-Decade teams earned their position through on-field performance. Once the five committees finished their work, there were two independent layers of review.

Finally, there is a small number of former players named to the All-Decade teams with Special Mention status. These individuals were players at a position where the credentials of another player edged them out, but whose career was so impressive they deserved Special Mention.