What follows is the preliminary ballot for the 1983 All-Pro team. If you have players who should be part of that ballot but are not, and whose statistics compare favorably to those of other players at that position, please reply and nominate them. No more than 4 sacks allowed for offensive line nominees. Additional nominations will close at midnight Saturday.

Note that there is no significance to the order the players are listed here. The order is randomized every time a user opens up the ballot online.

Quarterback
Dustin Nichols, DEN: 5,047 YDS, 40 TD, 19 INT, 63.4 PCT, 96.82 QBR
Stephan Labelle, NJ: 4,231 YDS, 32 TD, 16 INT, 68.3 PCT, 97.30 QBR
Chester Dougherty, CHI: 3,790 YDS, 25 TD, 14 INT, 66.2 PCT, 90.31 QBR
William Trombly, HOU: 3,911 YDS, 30 TD, 13 INT, 65.6 PCT, 99.77 QBR
Charles Evans, JAX: 3,772 YDS, 29 TD, 13 INT, 64.9 PCT, 94.45 QBR
Ryan Tate, PIT: 4,437 YDS, 25 TD, 19 INT, 65.2 PCT, 89.14 QBR

Running Back
Max Howard, CHI: 1,397 YDS, 4.0 YPC, 5 TD; 67 REC, 770 YDS, 4 TD
Charles Ahumada (WR/RB), MIC: 1,180 YDS, 4.6 YPC, 5 TD; 77 REC, 857 YDS, 3 TD
Samuel Draper (WR/RB), CLE: 1,060 YDS, 3.4 YPC, 5 TD; 70 REC, 382 YDS, 3 TD
Arthur Strickland (WR/RB), FLA: 637 YDS, 5.7 YPC, 4 TD; 52 REC, 787 YDS, 8 TD
Billy Brink (WR/RB), DET: 1,058 YDS, 5.6 YPC, 5 TD; 72 REC, 746 YDS, 5 TD
William Guerro, JAX: 943 YDS, 5.0 YPC, 9 TD; 27 REC, 206 YDS, 1 TD
Socrates Rogers, NOV: 1,034 YDS, 4.0 YPC, 8 TD; 60 REC, 353 YDS, 2 TD
Cam Dalton, NYS: 553 YDS, 2.8 YPC, 1 TD; 82 REC, 711 YDS, 6 TD
Ronald Boatman, HON: 1,001 YDS, 3.8 YPC, 4 TD; 90 REC, 687 YDS, 4 TD

Wide Receiver
James Sheckler, NOV: 84 REC, 1,885 YDS, 18 TD
Bruce Edwards, HOU: 64 REC, 1,233 YDS, 8 TD
Robert Anderson, CHA: 54 REC, 1,171 YDs, 8 TD
William Johnston, ARZ: 108 REC, 1,135 YDS, 4 TD
Mark Moody, HON: 102 REC, 1,006 YDS, 9 TD
Charles Holt, PIT: 49 REC, 1,159 YDS, 11 TD
Jose Buford, DEN: 61 REC, 1,141 YDS, 14 TD
Christopher Henderson, CLE: 53 REC, 889 YDs, 11 TD
Justin Timberlake, NJG: 63 REC, 917 YDS, 10 TD

Tight End
Carmen Nelson, NYS: 120 REC, 852 YDS, 8 TD
Stephen Hicks, POR: 96 REC, 874 YDS, 2 TD
Chris Squire, STO: 89 REC, 719 YDS, 3 TD
Mario Burton, BIR: 72 REC, 782 YDS, 1 TD
Burt Johnson, TAM: 83 REC, 584 YDS, 1 TD

Offensive Line
Andre Adkins, C, PIT: 1,493 plays, 0 sacks allowed, 733 pass blocks, 613 run blocks
Richard Mosley, RT, SJS: 1,374 plays, 1 sack allowed, 729 pass blocks, 419 run blocks
Antonio Preston, RT, MEM: 1,306 plays, 0 sacks, allowed, 715 run blocks, 565 pass blocks
Timothy Ross, LT, SHR: 1,298 plays, 2 sacks allowed, 715 run blocks, 568 pass blocks
Wesley Griffin, LT, WAS: 1,294 plays, 0 sacks allowed, 800 pass blocks, 474 run blocks
James Robinson, RG, MIC: 1,280 plays, 3 sacks, allowed, 893 pass blocks, 462 run blocks
David Sawyer, LT, MIC: 1,273 plays, 4 sacks allowed, 879 pass blocks, 501 run blocks
Guy Rojas, LT, SCS: 1,270 plays, 1 sack allowed, 807 pass blocks, 539 run blocks
Thomas Bellanger, C, POR: 1,269 plays, 1 sack allowed, 953 pass blocks, 468 run blocks
Andrew Briggs, LT, HON: 1,260 plays, 0 sacks allowed, 872 pass blocks, 577 run blocks
John Coltrane, RT, STO: 1,215 plays, 3 sacks allowed, 966 pass blocks, 417 run blocks
Martin Hindman, C, CHI: 1,194 plays, 2 sacks allowed, 698 pass blocks, 606 run blocks

Kick Returner
Aaron Paul, NJG: 24 KR, 39.0 AVG, 2TD; 31 PR, 8.4 AVG
Ernest Lynch, NYS: 22 KR, 35.0 AVG, 1 TD; 38 PR, 8.6 AVG
William Ramsey, BOS: 12 KR, 44.0 AVG, 3 TD; 29 PR, 10.7 AVG, 1 TD
Gary Much, POR: 20 KR, 32.0 AVG, 1 TD; 30 PR, 6.7 AVG

Defensive Line
Nickolas Taylor, RDE, SJS: 52 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 hurries
Roger Barrett, DT, STO: 51 tackles, 7 sacks, 6 hurries
Donald Jackson, DT, CLE: 50 tackles, 2 sacks, 3 hurries
John Biggs, DT, FLA: 46 tackles, 3 sacks, 4 hurries
Michael Kay, DT, MIC: 46 tackles, 6 sacks, 8 hurries
Raphael Alvarez, DT, JAX: 45 tackles, 5 sacks, 12 hurries
Ramon Carter, RDE, FLA: 42 tackles, 8 sacks, 19 hurries
Chad Brown, DT, DET: 33 tackles, 8 sacks, 13 hurries
George Turner, LDE, DEN: 38 tackles, 8 sacks, 10 hurries
John Broussard, RDE, WAS: 39 tackles, 3 sacks, 34 hurries
Eric Geiser, RDE, DET: 30 tackles, 3 sacks, 25 hurries
Timothy Despres, RDE, DEN: 24 tackles, 5 sacks, 25 hurries

Linebacker
Jim Grisby, SLB, TAM: 141 tackles, 1 sack, 1 hurry, 0 INT
Douglas Oneal, MLB, HON: 128 tackles, 0 sacks, 0 hurries, 14 INT
Charles Mooney, MLB, TAM: 110 tackles, 0 sacks, 3 hurries, 1 INT
Edward Standley, MLB, SCS: 109 tackles, 2 sacks, 0 hurries, 7 INT
Rocky Garfield, WLB, WAS: 109 tackles, 0 sacks, 1 hurry, 2 INT
William Bennett, MLB, ORL: 99 tackles, 0 sacks, 0 hurries, 8 INT
Troy Irwin, MLB, LAX: 99 tackles, 1 sack, 2 hurries, 7 INT
Thomas Allums, WLB, CHA: 106 tackles, 1 sack, 1 hurry, 6 INT

Defensive Back
Charles Bowles, CB, BOS: 132 tackles, 1 INT, 48.6 catch allowed
Richard Kelly, FS, BOS: 114 tackles, 0 INT, 62.7 catch allowed
Philip Shurtz, SS, OAK: 107 tackles, 4 INT, 53.8 catch allowed
Prince Stone, SS, OKL: 107 tackles, 2 INT, 54.4 catch allowed
Jeffrey Danko, CB, WAS: 69 tackles, 11 INT, 48.6 catch allowed
Bob Marley, CB, NJG: 31 tackles, 10 INT, 40.8 catch allowed
Gordon Wong, CB, JAX: 61 tackles, 9 INT, 62.0 catch allowed
Larry Ackman, CB, NOV: 83 tackles, 8 INT, 48.3 catch allowed
Carlos Turner, CB, BIR: 38 tackles, 8 INT, 45.3 catch allowed
Christopher McGee, FS, NYS: 44 tackles, 0 INT, 26.3 catch allowed
Brent Sylvain, FS, HON: 63 tackles, 3 INT, 26.9 catch allowed
Tim Rodgers, CB, HON: 50 tackles, 4 INT, 27.6 catch allowed
Ezra Baumgardner, FS, SJS: 72 tackles, 2 INT, 32.9 catch allowed

LB Paul Rivera 100 tackles, 3 sacks, 3 hurries
DB Juan Jacobson 67 tackles, 7 ints, 46.6 catch allowed
RT Donald Dahlquist 1203 plays, 0 sacks allowed, 766 pass blocks, 522 run blocks

returner
James Sheckler 0 kr, 40 pr 9.5 avg. 0 td's

RB Magic Johnson over 1400 combined yds 8 TD's

LG Jimmy Hoffa 1176 plays 1 sack allowed 1 penalty

DT James Lockette tied for league lead in sacks

Phillip Williamson MLB 97 tackles 1 sack 79 thrown at 18 knockdowns 38% catch allowed 4 int 2 FF
Just want to add on William Guerro RB he was 7th in total yards 4th among all RB with the least amount of plays from those RB and Tied first with Max Howard with 10 total touchdowns among those 4 RBs.

RDE Curtis Axelson 36 tackles, 6 sacks, 18 pressures

CB Dennis Canning 74 tackles, 7 int, 44.9 catch allowed

FS Robert Stroble 47 tackles, 4 int, 41.3 catch allowed

K Gary Pence - CLE - 41/43 95.3% - 57 yds longest in league
P Dan Carr - CLE - 45.3 Net - lead league
SS Oliver Serrano - CLE - 102 Tackles - 1 INT - 3 FFs (Tied for 2nd most)

Return specialist Tim Horton. Wouldnt win tho.