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by Spark Wonup
Lawrence Sun Times
Only the oldest of the old IFL'ers remember "C-Dog" but I guarantee every one of them does.
How good was he? No one will ever know as he, like another "C-Great", had his career wiped out harshly due to injury. This is for certain: In Charles' 4 seasons with St. Louis he returned 6 INTs for TDs, a career record that stands to this day though other defenders have had 10 seasons to surpass it.
Ask Louisiana fans about Oct 23, 2003 and you might be asked to leave the establishment for intending to start a riot. Only 3 other IFL defenders have returned more INTs for TDs in their CAREERS than Mr. Yon's 3 on that magical day.
Lawrence's own Tobias Stanfield never played against Yon... thankfully as he tells it: "I was young and wide eyed at that time and throwing picks to anyone willing to catch one. If I had to face Charles it might have psychologically destroyed my career. Luckily, that didn't happen."
The IFL gods have deprived us of too many possible memories. It's hard to figure that we lost more on any other single player. Charles Yon, lightning in a bottle...
Lawrence Sun Times
Only the oldest of the old IFL'ers remember "C-Dog" but I guarantee every one of them does.
How good was he? No one will ever know as he, like another "C-Great", had his career wiped out harshly due to injury. This is for certain: In Charles' 4 seasons with St. Louis he returned 6 INTs for TDs, a career record that stands to this day though other defenders have had 10 seasons to surpass it.
Ask Louisiana fans about Oct 23, 2003 and you might be asked to leave the establishment for intending to start a riot. Only 3 other IFL defenders have returned more INTs for TDs in their CAREERS than Mr. Yon's 3 on that magical day.
Lawrence's own Tobias Stanfield never played against Yon... thankfully as he tells it: "I was young and wide eyed at that time and throwing picks to anyone willing to catch one. If I had to face Charles it might have psychologically destroyed my career. Luckily, that didn't happen."
The IFL gods have deprived us of too many possible memories. It's hard to figure that we lost more on any other single player. Charles Yon, lightning in a bottle...
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