July 20, 2026
By Evan Lepler
Throughout the UFA season, there are typically dozens of noteworthy individual performances every week. But only seven special efforts can earn their way onto the weekly Honor Roll, highlighting the best of the best across the Association.
Players are listed alphabetically by last name.
Oscar Graff, Boston Glory
Saturday’s regular season finale was a microcosm of the season for Boston’s D-line leader, Oscar Graff. Even though he barely played any O-points, he still racked up big numbers engineering the Glory break train. He finished Saturday’s rout over the Royal with a career-high six assists, along with one goal, two blocks, and 34 completions. But those numbers barely contextualize his impact as the consistent anchor for Boston’s defense. Truly, he’s putting up O-line numbers as a D-line staple, a feat that is mighty rare in the modern UFA. He’s the only player among the league’s top 75 in completions with fewer than 80 O-points played during the season, and Graff wasn’t even close to 80 O-points; he only played 15. Furthermore, Graff finished tied-for-fourth in the entire league in hockey assists, which is genuinely astonishing when you survey how virtually all the other leaders in this category were around 200 O-points. Quite simply, in the history of the league, we’ve never seen anything like this before.
Miles Grovic, DC Breeze
Like Graff, DC’s Miles Grovic has fully blossomed into a star in 2026. He’s still just 22 years old—turning 23 next month—but the Breeze entrusted him with buckets of responsibility this season, and more often than not Grovic delivered. Most recently, he led his team to a 24-22 road win at Atlanta on Saturday night, spoiling the Hustle’s season finale with six assists, two goals and 498 total yards. Both as a thrower and a receiver, he has helped make DC more explosive this season, leading the team with 15 completing hucks on the year. Perhaps the craziest thing about that stat is Grovic did not even attempt a single huck in his first three seasons with the Breeze. Across the entire UFA, there were only two players who closed the year with at least 30 assists, 20 goals, 15 completed hucks, and less than 15 throwaways. Those two players are Grovic and New York’s Alex Atkins, who will tangle in the opening round of the East Division playoffs this Saturday.
Elliot Hawkins, Indianapolis AlleyCats
While Saturday at Toronto wasn’t his greatest day, Elliot Hawkins still closed out his breakout season with another dazzling 14-assist display on Sunday at Pittsburgh. He also churned for 938 total yards against the Thunderbirds. Both the yardage total and the assist count were the second-most any player had in a game all season. And of course, the number one marks in each category were also claimed by Hawkins in his 15-assist, 1,174-yard debut performance against Chicago back in May. In nine games played on the year, Hawkins went 6-3 and threw 65 assists, an average of 7.2 per contest. That’s the highest single-game assist average (minimum two games) since Seattle’s Mark Burton threw 81 assists in 10 games back in 2018. Additionally, only six players in UFA history have enjoyed multiple double-digit assist games in a season, and Hawkins is the first to do it this decade. The others in this club are an elite glimpse at the league’s top throwers from the first seven seasons: Brodie Smith in 2013, Tyler DeGirolamo in 2015, Jonathan Nethercutt in 2017, and Burton, Nethercutt (again), and Pawel Janas in 2018.
Kyle Henke, Austin Sol
With a chance to clinch the top seed in the South for the first time in franchise history, the Austin Sol basically trusted Kyle Henke to carry their offense. And in a pair of victories over the Havoc, Henke totaled 100 completions and over 1,400 total yards, along with nine assists, three goals, one block, and just three throwaways. He also completed all six of his hucks, going 4-for-4 in Saturday’s home finale. Overall, Henke’s efficient and effective finish helped him rise up several league leaderboards. He closed the campaign with the fourth-most scores, the second-most total yards, and the third-most completions, all for a team that went 11-1 and earned the one-seed in the South. It’s fair to quibble with the Sol’s schedule and even mention that Henke made a huge mistake in the team’s only loss, but when you look at the full landscape, the 28-year-old veteran has still absolutely performed at an All-UFA level.
Ben Jagt, New York Empire
In the past 10 years, only two UFA players have won back-to-back MVP Awards: Ben Jagt and Jeff Babbitt. And while I don’t expect Jagt to earn his third MVP nod in 2026, it’s frankly crazy how similar his current regular season has been to Babbitt’s pair of MVP campaigns. In 2023, Babbitt had 50 scores and three throwaways. In 2024, Babbitt had 62 scores and four throwaways. And here in 2026, Jagt has totaled 65 scores and just two throwaways. On Friday against Philadelphia, Jagt continued his late-season surge with eight assists, six goals, and zero turnovers in the Empire’s 37-20 rout over the Phoenix. It was the 19th time in his remarkable career that he’s had double digit scores in a game, second-most in UFA history. Additionally, Jagt’s gone seven straight games without a throwaway and has thrown a career-best 114 consecutive completions dating back to his last error on May 16 against Colorado.
Justin Podnar, Toronto Rush
While Justin Podnar’s the only player on the Week 13 Honor Roll who won’t be competing in the playoffs, let’s be very clear: if the Rush were in the Central or the West, they’d probably be hosting a round one playoff game. But the misfortune of being in the same division as Boston, New York, and DC should not minimize Podnar’s impact for the Rush on Saturday against the AlleyCats, when the rookie registered six assists, three goals, and two blocks in Toronto’s 28-17 romp over Indianapolis. The performance was somewhat Oscar Graffian, considering he played 20 of his 25 points for the D-line. Podnar also had three hockey assists and 484 total yards on Saturday, matching or exceeding his season-highs.
Daniel Ritthaler, Oakland Spiders (Pictured)
Despite going 41 days between appearances in a UFA game, Daniel Ritthaler pretty quickly reminded all spectators that he was a massively important piece of the Spiders’ 2026 O-line this past weekend. Across two road wins, he tossed 12 assists, scored six goals, and completed 67-of-69 passes, producing a grand total of almost 1,300 yards. Despite missing three games, he still finished the year as Oakland’s leader with 58 total scores, an average of 6.4 per game that ranks as fourth-best in the league (minimum three games played). Only Indy’s Hawkins, Boston’s Tobe Decraene, and New York’s Jagt averaged more scores per game than Ritthaler. And perhaps even more importantly, the Spiders prevailed every time they had Ritthaler on the field, going 9-0 when he competed. In a season where no team across the Association was perfect, Ritthaler’s success stands out, and we shall see how far he and his team can go.
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